Project Engineer

Astute People; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

8% employer pension contribution

Company bonus arrangements

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Astute is recruiting a Project Engineer for a permanent role based at Bridgwater, with travel to client and supplier sites as required. You will own technical delivery across multiple disciplines, coordinating engineering, procurement, production, installation and commissioning to meet milestones.

The role suits an engineer who enjoys hands‑on delivery, cross‑functional collaboration and progressing toward project management responsibilities within a nuclear/regulated environment.

Qualifications

• A degree, HNC/HND, apprenticeship or equivalent experience in electrical, control, mechanical or another relevant engineering discipline.
• Experience coordinating engineering projects, technical work packages, subcontractors or suppliers within a multi‑discipline environment.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications and technical documentation and relate them to project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of technical coordination and day‑to‑day delivery of engineering work packages.
• Develop and maintain technical delivery plans, schedules, logs, and change documentation.
• Coordinate interfaces between Engineering, Procurement, Production, suppliers, installation and clients.

Skills

Engineering project coordination

Technical communication

Documentation & records

Interpreting drawings & specs

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

Astute's Nuclear team is partnering with a growing engineering SME to recruit a Project Engineer on a permanent basis, based at their offices in Bridgwater, with travel to client and supplier sites as required. This is a hands‑on technical delivery role suited to an engineer or technical delivery professional who enjoys coordinating projects and working across multiple engineering disciplines. You will connect engineering, procurement, suppliers, production, installation and commissioning, ensuring the right information is available, technical requirements are understood and agreed delivery milestones are achieved. If you are a Project Engineer, Technical Engineer or experienced engineering professional looking to take greater ownership of project delivery and progress your career towards Project Management.

Responsibilities and duties of the Project Engineer role

• Take ownership of the technical coordination and day‑to‑day delivery of assigned engineering work packages.
• Develop and maintain technical delivery plans, deliverable schedules, action and decision logs, interface information, risk and issue records and change documentation.
• Review project contracts, technical scopes, deliverables, interfaces, acceptance requirements, assumptions and constraints to ensure delivery requirements are clearly understood.
• Coordinate interfaces between Engineering, Procurement, Production, suppliers, installation, commissioning and clients, ensuring responsibilities and deadlines are clearly defined.
• Control the issue, receipt and status of technical information, ensuring internal teams and subcontractors are working from the correct approved documentation.
• Track readiness for technical reviews, inspections, hold points and go/no‑go gates, ensuring required information, actions and approvals are in place before progression.
• Work closely with Lead, Senior and Design Engineers to resolve technical queries and obtain specialist input where required.
• Monitor supplier and subcontractor deliverables and progress, identifying omissions, conflicts, emerging requirements and potential delays.
• Identify and record technical deviations, concessions and non‑conformances, coordinating the appropriate engineering assessment and ensuring their impact on programme, interfaces and acceptance is understood.
• Communicate technical delivery status, dependencies, gate readiness and outstanding issues to clients, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate and auditable project documentation, including inspection, test and quality assurance records.
• Identify potential scope changes or cost implications arising from technical decisions and elevate these to the Project Manager.

Professional and Personal skills

• A degree, HNC/HND, apprenticeship or equivalent experience in electrical, control, mechanical or another relevant engineering discipline.
• Previous experience coordinating engineering projects, technical work packages, subcontractors or suppliers within a multi‑discipline environment.
• The ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications and technical documentation and understand how they relate to project delivery.
• Experience coordinating technical information, interfaces, supplier activity, inspections, reviews, project documentation or delivery milestones.
• Good technical curiosity and the confidence to engage with engineers, suppliers, subcontractors and clients, while recognising when specialist engineering input is required.
• An organised and detail‑conscious approach, with the ability to maintain accurate records and follow actions through to completion.
• Experience working within EC&I, nuclear, defence or another regulated engineering environment would be beneficial but is not essential.
• A proactive approach to identifying issues, resolving ambiguity and escalating concerns before they affect delivery.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships across technical and non‑technical teams.

Salary and benefits of the Project Engineer role

• £42,000 - £50,000
• 37.5 hours per week
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
• 8% employer pension contribution
• Health cash plan
• Company bonus arrangements
• Based at Bridgwater Gateway, North Petherton
• Travel to client and supplier sites as required
• Potential progression into Project Manager roles or development into a specialist technical competency

INDNUC

We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.