Project Engineer

Project Engineer – Norwich.

£37,000 per annum

Contact Personnel are currently looking for Project Engineers to join our very well-respected client in Norwich. The suitable candidate would be working within Project Engineering already with a minimum of an HNC in an Engineering Discipline.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To provide drive and energy for the completion of all allocated projects
• Ownership of project from project handover until completion, recording and resolving actions via the action tracker.
• To act as the project focal point and liaise with the Client, nominated 3 rd Party bodies and all internal departments, dealing with both the commercial and technical aspects of the project delivery.
• To identify risk such as commercial, contractual, design, schedule and make assessment of such risk and minimise its impact on the business, highlighting such issues to senior staff
• Define, manage and drive the project delivery schedule, identifying critical path items and capturing all QA/QC elements
• Ensure AE financial management systems are current and reflect actual progress and forecast costs at an individual project level, highlighting significant forecast variations at the earliest opportunity.
• To understand the scope of the project(s) linking all parts of AE to understand progress and to ensure the project is on track to meet all correct “gates” (S.I.T & F.A.T., mobilisation and product release)
• Prepare project user requirements, documentation and manuals by engaging with customers, and taking sales (purchase orders) to a finale against an agreed specification.
• Ownership of ordering material / services in good time to meet project requirements and to raise material enquiries and purchase requisitions
• At delivery/execution/commissioning of the project all “gates” to have been followed, project controls met and deliverables fit for purpose.
• The Project Engineer will lead “Project Kick Off” meetings with the design team and instigate or actively participate in Design reviews.
• Own and present to Directors reviews on Project Progress
• Instigate HAZID and HAZOP meetings (as necessary)

 OTHER ACTIVITY

• Monitoring of project cash flow to ensure that invoices accurately reflect the projects expenditure and current forecasting.
• Management of a variety of construction/engineering contracts with the ability to recognise, reduce and control commercial and technical risks in the project.
• Regular review of supplier relationships to ensure that accounts and timeframes are correct and true to project projections, expediting / mitigating any delays.
• Ensuring honest and open reporting of all technical, operational, contractual, claims, and financial related matters to the correct management in good time.
• Support Sales in the preparation of bids and quotations ensuring technical, operational and commercial aspects are addressed.
• Assist Operations in providing technical guidance where appropriate.
• Approval of Purchase Orders and Invoices in line with the project requirements/budgets.
• Checking and approval of detailed technical documents, reports and drawings linked to own project.
• Supervision of site work, including offshore, as required.
• Assist in Client visits/technical presentations as required
• Ensuring all tasks are carried out in accordance with company policies and procedures and in line with ISO 9001/14001 guidelines/requirements.

GENERAL ACTIVITY

• Abide by all statutory requirements including those related to Health & Safety
• Understand and comply with your responsibilities under the Company’s policies and procedures in place from time to time, including all those relating to HR and Health and Safety
• Undertake any reasonable duties as directed by your line manager or Director of the business

What’s on offer

• Training and development (pay for professional quals, memberships and courses e.g. Chartership)
• Private heath plus employee Assistance scheme
• Pension
• Life cover
• 25-day holiday plus bank hols
• Birthday leave after one years’ service
• Reduced gym membership
• Retail discount scheme
• Cycle to work
• Electric car scheme

Qualifications Required

Minimum of HNC in an Engineering Discipline, an experience in Project Engineering/Management Experience

For more information about this opportunity or any of our other roles please get in touch with me.

Rwelsh@cpl.uk.com

01603 764044