Project Engineer

Vital Energi; Gatwick; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading renewable energy provider in Gatwick is seeking a Project Engineer to support project activities ensuring high standards and delivery of services. The role involves monitoring project progress, liaising with subcontractors, and producing progress reports. Ideal candidates will possess an Engineering qualification and relevant building services experience. This position offers a chance to contribute to innovative energy solutions while achieving UK Net Zero targets.

Responsibilities

• Ensure objectives of the contract/project are understood and achieved.
• Monitor progress of works against agreed construction programme.
• Liaise with senior project engineer to coordinate procurement.
• Assess sub-contractor performance and produce reports.
• Produce weekly project progress reports for financial overviews.

Skills

HNC / HND or Degree qualification in an Engineering Subject

Health & Safety Qualification such as SMSTS or SSSTS

Proven relevant Building Services Experience

Experience within M&E

Education

HNC / HND or Degree qualification in Engineering

Job description

Project Engineer- Gatwick

Would you like to be part of Vital Energi’s Strategy of Growth?

The Opportunity

As a Project Engineer at Vital Energi, you’ll have the opportunity develop and support the project activities in a safe, structured and cost-efficient manner. Accountable for the delivery of services from personnel across the projects ensuring high standards are maintained and continuously improved.

Who are Vital Energi?

Vital Energi is a leading provider of renewable energy infrastructure and systems to the public and private sectors. We support Hospitals, Universities, New Build Developments, Towns & Cities, as well as Industrial and Commercial clients to reduce their carbon emissions and improve the efficiency of their buildings.

Vital Energi’s Vision is ‘to protect our planet for future generations’. We are doing this by enabling the UK’s Net Zero targets.

Key responsibilities.

• Ensure the objectives of the contract / project are understood and achieved.
• Monitor the overall progress of the works against the agreed construction programme and revise any critical path issues. Update the project team and the client (or their representatives) on necessary revisions and co-ordinate the agreed responses. Record and act upon any instructions given by the client or their representative.
• Liaise with the project quantity surveyor to ensure that all changes to the original scope are acknowledged, recorded, and resolved in line with contractual requirements.
• Liaise with the senior project engineer to co-ordinate procurement requirements in relation to quality, availability and fitness for purpose.
• Maintain accurate on-site records of all goods received on a weekly basis and ensure that these (including all delivery notes) are correctly processed.
• Support and co-ordinate on-site operational staff, in accordance with the complexity of contractual obligations and nature of the contract.
• Assess sub-contractor performance (including review of non-conformance reports with the site-based project team) and produce reports for the project team.
• Manage Tenant liaison and any associated issues raised at site level in accordance with the contract.
• Chair weekly subcontract meetings where both post and pre-weekly progress will be recorded and co-ordinated.
• Deputise for the Senior Project Engineer in their absence.
• Produce weekly overall project progress reports to help the quantity surveyor and project engineer produce contract financial overviews. Your reports will include: issues that require either input from the client or other parties; financial movements (including additional orders raised and the necessity of such orders), and financial forecast information.
• Using information supplied by site-based engineers; maintain an up to date and fully tracked progress record of all on and off site operations to formulate an accurate “As Built” programme. Maintain the accuracy and timeliness of all site-based records.
• Compile a fully documented operation and maintenance manual for the project for review by the senior project engineer.
• Ensure any correspondence from the client or any other interested party is either dealt with at a site level or brought to the attention of the project team for action.
• Hand over the contract to the client on completion and ensure that they record the date and any other relevant information on an agreed certificate.

Skills / Experience

• HNC / HND or Degree qualification in an Engineering Subject essential
• Health & Safety Qualification such as SMSTS or SSSTS
• Proven relevant Building Services Experience
• Experience within M&E

The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and / or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.

Only applicants who are legally entitled to work in the UK and are currently resident in the UK are invited to apply.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives :

Vital Energi Utilities Ltd is not accepting unsolicited CVs from agencies and / or search firms for this job posting. CVs submitted to any Vital Energi Utilities Ltd employee by a third party agency and / or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Vital Energi Utilities Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you