Project Engineer

Project Engineer

Posted Today by ERSG

£700 Per day
Undetermined
Undetermined
London

Summary: The Project Engineer role involves leading project reviews, maintaining project records, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. The position requires analytical thinking to support decision-making and effective risk management. The engineer will also oversee subcontractor management and ensure quality control while adhering to budget constraints. Strong interpersonal skills and a proactive approach to team development are essential for success in this role.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and attend project reviews / project meetings
  • Maintain accurate project records (progress, daily diaries etc.)
  • Prepare both internal/external reports and liaise with stakeholders
  • Ensure reports provide relevant information for informed, cost-effective decisions
  • Specify, understand, develop and implement technical information and drawings into delivery
  • Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm and keep up to date with changes in legislation
  • Responsible for the safety and welfare of the general public, employees and supply chain
  • Conduct and support Accident/Incident Investigations
  • Assist the Project Manager to lead risk/opportunity reviews
  • Management of subcontractors, including monitoring of contractor attendance and progress
  • Ensure procurement plans are available in line with overall project plans
  • Follow targets/KPI's in line with project objectives and monitor performance
  • Help to develop, implement and periodically update resource loaded schedules
  • Ensure that expenditure is in line with the budget and that resources are utilised efficiently
  • Maintain Digital Group Minimum Standards and operate with appropriate level of digital tools
  • Help to develop, implement and update resource allocation plans
  • Motivate and empower the team using the resources available through training and mentoring
  • Proactively develop others around you including junior members of the team

Key Skills:

  • An organised, innovative and creative Project Engineer with knowledge and experience of working on Projects
  • Proficient in commercial/project management communications
  • Experience in implementing safe systems of work
  • Good interpersonal skills that enable working relationships to be developed at all levels
  • Proficient on O365
  • 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

Salary (Rate): £700 per day

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Accountabilities

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

Analytical Thinking & Decision Making

  • 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

Health Safety & Environmental

  • 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

Risk, Issue & Opportunity

  • 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

Procurement & Supply Chain

  • 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

Quality

  • 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

Planning

  • 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

Commercial & Contract

  • 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

Digital

  • 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

Leadership & Line Management

  • 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

Personal

Qualities &

Experience

(Required)

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

The role holder is likely to have one or more of the following:

  • 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

Last Update February 2024

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