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Project Engineer
Posted 4 days ago Scotland - United KingdomContract
Sectors:Transmission & DistributionJob Reference: 8280
Alongside the Project Manager / Project Director and project team the Project Engineer will have accountability for successful project delivery including; planning, design, delivery, monitoring, commissioning and handover/close out. You will formalise and specify an engineered delivery solution, brief out the solution to the working party and ensure it is completed through effective management and leadership. You will also managing and caring for the people delivering the works whilst monitoring compliance and to customer/project requirements, objectives and constraints; time, cost, quality and safety.
Key Responsibilities
Governance
Requirements
The following qualities/experience are desirable:
Education
Key Responsibilities
Governance
- Lead and attend project reviews / project meetings
- Have an awareness of the Digital Briefcase
- Maintain accurate project records (progress, daily diaries etc.)
- Prepare both internal/external reports and liaise with stakeholders
- Helps to ensure reports provide relevant information to enable informed, cost-effective decisions in line with overall strategy
- Helps to ensure scope and package assignment supports the team in coordinated working
- Specify, understand, develop and implement technical information and drawings into delivery
- Understanding and specify plant and equipment requirements
- Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm & keep up to date with changes in legislation
- Responsible for the safety and welfare of the general public, employees and supply chain
- Carry out Safety & Environmental Tours/promote observation and safety initiatives
- Conduct and support Accident/Incident Investigations
- Monitor effectiveness of the H&S Management System and implement improvement solutions
- Write and review RAMS and accepting subcontractor RAMS
- Identifying, raising and reporting risks and hazards
- Ensure sufficiency and competency of workforce
- Understand, control and issue safety documentation
- Completion of audits
- Setting people to work
- Assist the Project Manager to lead risk/opportunity reviews, present the Risk Register and recommend/implement changes
- Log and escalate any issues that cannot be resolved at delegated level of authority
- Management of subcontractors, including monitoring of contractor attendance and progress, providing direct instruction and support as necessary, such that contractual arrangements are achieved
- Ensure procurement plans are available in line with the overall project plans, and material/resources/supply chain activities are delivered to meet scheduled deadlines
- Follow targets/KPI’s in line with project objectives and monitor performance
- Ensure assurance activities (audits) are undertaken and take appropriate action on findings
- Contribute towards workshops that cover the principles of continuous improvement
- Help to develop, implement and periodically update resource loaded schedules
- Ensure team adopt productivity and project controls techniques
- Monitor progress and implement Short Interval Control processes/hold weekly meeting
- Ensure production of operational milestones reflect master schedule and customer expectations
- Ensure that expenditure is in line with the budget and that resources are utilised efficiently to ensure cost control
- Able to identify elements for cost recovery from others
- Incorporate and balance both operational and commercial constraints into decision making
- Analyse, appraise and implement CEs
- Ownership of Budget
- Understanding of the contract and knowledge of commercial impact
- Manage commercial change
- Requestion of plant and materials
- Maintain Digital Group Minimum Standards and operate with appropriate level of digital tools
- Ensure the team has the correct level of digital training and provide coaching where required
- Advocate consistency and reliability of digital data to support successful project delivery
- Resources & Development
- Help to develop, implement and update resource allocation plans and raise appropriate requests
- Setting people to work
- Upskilling others
- Coordinate with other project activities and internal functions
- Motivate and empower the team using the resources available through training, mentoring and performance management.
- Produce plans for the team to achieve goals/aspirations
- Work alongside Project Management and deputise where required
Requirements
The following qualities/experience are desirable:
- An organised, innovative and creative Project Engineer with knowledge and experience of working on Projects who is proficient commercial/project management communications
- Experience in implementing safe systems of work
- Experience in managing risks and change processes through solutions-based approach to problem solving
- Good interpersonal skills that enable working relationships to be developed at all levels across the business and be able to negotiate and influence
- Discuss ideas and plans competently and with confidence
- Communicate new concepts and ideas to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Awareness and promotion the benefits of diversity and inclusion
- Demonstration of resilience and determination to succeed
- Proactively develop others around you including junior members of the team
- Identify and drive personal development
- Proficient on O365
Education
- Holds or working towards a formal qualification in construction/engineering or equivalent industry experience
- Holds or desire to work towards either the APM PFQ/PMQ
- Holds CSCS and SMSTS or equivalent
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Consultant
Ella Conway
Ella Conway