Project Engineer

Astute People; Nether Stowey; 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 People seeks a Project Engineer to lead technical delivery on multi-discipline projects at Bridgwater and related sites. The role connects engineering, procurement, production, installation and commissioning to ensure timely, compliant delivery.

The ideal candidate will hold a degree in electrical/control/mechanical engineering and have hands-on experience coordinating engineering work packages. This role offers progression towards project management within a nuclear/regulated setting.

Qualifications

• Requires degree or equivalent in electrical/control/mechanical engineering.
• Experience coordinating engineering projects and technical work packages.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specs and technical documentation for delivery.
• Experience coordinating information, interfaces, supplier activity and milestones.
• Proactive, organised with attention to detail and ability to escalate when needed.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of technical coordination and day-to-day delivery of work packages.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans, schedules, logs, interfaces and change documentation.
• Review contracts, scopes and constraints to ensure understood delivery requirements.
• Coordinate interfaces between Engineering, Procurement, Production, suppliers and clients.
• Control technical information flow with correct approved documentation.
• Track readiness for technical reviews, inspections and go/no-go gates.
• Collaborate with engineers to resolve queries and obtain input.
• Monitor supplier/subcontractor progress and flag delays or omissions.
• Record deviations and non-conformances and assess impact on programme.
• Communicate delivery status to clients, suppliers and stakeholders.
• Maintain auditable project documentation including QA records.
• Identify potential scope changes or cost implications and raise to PM.

Skills

Project coordination

Engineering delivery

Communication skills

Organised workflow

Regulated environment awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical/control/mechanical 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, submit your CV today.

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

The Project Engineer role would suit someone who has:

• 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

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. 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.