Mechanical Project Engineer

-; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major engineering contractor is looking for a Mechanical Project Engineer in Manchester. This role involves supporting the delivery of water sector AMP8 projects from design to commissioning, ensuring safety and quality in execution. The ideal candidate will have relevant engineering qualifications, experience managing mechanical packages, and strong stakeholder engagement skills. This position offers a mix of office, remote, and site-based work, contributing to various high-value projects in the region.

Qualifications

• Relevant engineering or project management qualification.
• Experience delivering Mechanical packages in a collaborative environment.
• Ability to build strong stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Promote health, safety and wellbeing in design and delivery.
• Manage mechanical packages, design and installation.
• Provide project performance reports to ensure contract compliance.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Solution-focused mindset

Package management experience

Knowledge of regulations

Ability to work in dynamic environment

Education

Relevant engineering or project management qualification

CSCS

Driving Licence

Job description

Costain have won extensive work across the water sector this year to support the AMP 8 investment cycle. We have been appointed by United Utilities as one of 7 partners to Enterprise, delivering £5.5bn of projects in the Asset Management Period 8 (AMP8) between 2025 - 2030, and AMP 9 (2030 - 2035). Our scope is to provide project management, design, construction and commissioning services on design and build schemes throughout the North West and Cumbria region covered by United Utilities. Projects vary in value from £10m - c£600m covering both infrastructure and non-infrastructure assets on water and wastewater sites with wider Enterprise partners.

We are recruiting for a Mechanical Project Engineer to support the delivery of our United Utilities (UU) AMP8 projects supporting them from outline design through to commissioning and handover. Working across the project lifecycle there will be a mix of office, remote and site-based demand on your time.

Responsibilities

• Proactively promote health, safety and wellbeing in every aspect of design and delivery
• Manage mechanical packages, design and installation and all necessary coordination
• Support relevant HAZOP/HAZCON and wider project meetings as required
• Collaborate with the wider engineering team to ensure a robust and realistic sequence of construction, programme and budget, of the whole project. You will support the development of mechanical aspects of this and the interfaces with wider delivery
• Co-ordinate with the pre-construction, delivery and wider teams to develop compliant, safe, considered solutions and address technical challenges
• Champion high quality delivery from the outset of design; developing processes, systems and initiatives to drive a high quality, right first-time culture
• Ensure good working relationships are established with site operating teams; our supply chain partners and wider stakeholders.
• Provide accurate and timely project performance reports, ensuring projects are on track and contract requirements are met; sharing and celebrating success and developing improvement plans and implementing mitigation strategies as required
• Ensure appropriate permits, records and checks are undertaken through installation to meet contract requirements
• Collaborate with the wider Costain framework team (inc supply chain) to support efficient and effective delivery to drive continuous improvement

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant engineering or project management qualification
• CSCS
• Driving Licence
• Experience of delivering Mechanical packages across the project lifecycle in a collaborative delivery environment
• Ability to engage and build strong relationships with stakeholders, motivating, influencing and striving for mutual success
• Excellent knowledge of relevant regulations including but not limited to Construction Design & Management Regulations and the Costain Way Requirements in respect of temporary works, lifting, commissioning and handover
• Able to understand relevant engineering technical standards
• Package management experience and contract awareness to effectively manage subcontract teams
• Solution focussed and passionate about improving performance in the sector through best practice, process improvements and continuous improvement practices
• Able to work and learn quickly in a fast paced, fun and dynamic environment
• Care about doing a great job and exceeding expectations with the quality of what you do
• Flexibility and adaptability to be able to respond rapidly to unexpected events, having the ability to shape our responses appropriately

Desirable

• Water industry experience
• Bio-resources experience
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary teams over multiple locations
• Experience of working with both construction and design teams
• A personal drive for continued professional development