Mechanical Project Engineer CCGT

Astute Technical Recruitment; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Energy company is seeking a Mechanical Project Engineer to oversee projects across its CCGT assets. The role offers a competitive salary of up to £75,000 plus private medical benefits. The ideal candidate will be degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering, have strong project management skills, and be willing to travel. Responsibilities include delivering projects, managing stakeholders, and ensuring all engineering work meets high standards of compliance and quality.

Benefits

Private medical

Competitive benefits

Qualifications

• Degree qualified Mechanical Engineer.
• Experience managing stakeholders and project teams.
• Willingness to travel to various sites.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects while managing stakeholders and ensuring compliance.
• Carry out mechanical engineering work including fault finding.
• Lead project teams and contractors based on project complexity.
• Define scopes of work and develop technical specifications.
• Ensure QA and QC standards are met for contractors.
• Promote health, safety, environmental, and quality improvements.

Skills

Proactive mechanical engineering

Project management

Fault finding

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Astute's Power team is partnering with a leading Energy company to recruit a Mechanical Project Engineer for a travelling role across its CCGT assets.

The Mechanical Project Engineer role comes with a starting salary of up to £75,000 + private medical + benefits.

If you are a degree qualified Mechanical Engineer and happy to travel to sites as required then submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties of the Mechanical Project Engineer role

• Deliver projects and outages while managing stakeholders, ensuring compliance with regulatory and HSSE standards.
• Carry out proactive and reactive mechanical engineering work, including fault finding, problem solving, and investigations.
• Lead project teams and contractors depending on project complexity.
• Define scopes of work and develop technical and contract specifications.
• Ensure contractor Quality Assurance and Quality Control standards are established and met.
• Promote and contribute to health, safety, environmental, and quality improvements.
• Apply engineering expertise to maximise plant/facility performance, resource utilisation, and availability.
• Investigate issues, determine root causes, and implement engineering resolutions within change management processes.
• Share and employ best practices by networking, benchmarking, and col...