DCO Project Engineering Manager (Solar)
Posted 4 days ago by Rullion
£750 Per day
Inside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The DCO Project Engineering Manager will oversee engineering activities for a renewable energy project, focusing on both pre-planning and post-planning phases. This role requires collaboration with project managers to ensure design suitability and compliance with safety regulations. The position is remote with monthly team meetings and involves managing engineering work packages and documentation. Candidates must have relevant experience in power generation and hold a degree in engineering or project management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the planning process and provide viable engineering concept designs during pre-planning consent stages.
- Manage readiness for financial decisions and procurement during the post-planning consent phase.
- Oversee site activities, commissioning, and acceptance of technical documentation at handover.
- Develop the Engineering Management Plan and related documentation to ensure quality control and governance.
- Collaborate with the Project Manager to align engineering and procurement activities with the overall project programme.
- Ensure compliance with internal and industry HSE requirements.
Key Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
- Proven experience in engineering project management within power generation (solar, wind, nuclear).
- Strong technical background with problem-solving abilities for complex engineering challenges.
- Experience managing budgets, schedules, and cross-functional teams.
- UK citizenship and residency required.
Salary (Rate): £750/day
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Location: United Kingdom, REMOTE, team meetings 1x month
Contract Type: 12 months contract, renewable
IR35 Status: Inside, Umbrella
Day rate: up to £750/day DOE
Hours of work: 37 hours per week, 5 days
The DCO Project Engineering Manager will own the project technical assumptions and manage Engineering activities for the Project. The DCO Project Engineering Manager will liaise as necessary with the other project work package managers to ensure suitability of project design focussing on constructability and operability of the site.
Responsibilities
- Pre-planning consent stages, the focus is on, supporting the planning process and providing a viable engineering concept design; and
- Post-planning consent phase, the focus is on: readiness for financial decisions and procurement; setting up and managing contractors and client assurance of design; overseeing site activities and commissioning; and accepting technical documentation at handover.
- Manage and develop the scope for all design and engineering work packages under the Project scope;
- Develop the Engineering Management Plan and / or Design Management Plan to identify how Engineering will be delivered, governance applied and quality controlled. This includes sub-ordinate documentation such as: CDM related documentation; technical RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies); stage plans; Pre-Construction Information; basis of design; requirements register; and interface control documents.
- Work with the Project Manager to ensure engineering and procurement related works are considered and well aligned in the overall project programme.
- Ensure work activities are carried out safely and in compliance with relevant internal and industry HSE requirements (e.g. CDM).
Qualification
- Experience from similar role in Power Generation - solar, wind, nuclear...
- Candidates MUST BE UK citizens living in UK
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
- Proven experience in engineering project management, including managing budgets, schedules, and cross-functional teams.
- Strong technical background with the ability to address and resolve complex engineering challenges.
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