Project Engineer

Wessex Water; Poole; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution up to 20%

Career progression

25 days holiday (28 with service)

Electric car lease via salary sacrifce

Life assurance up to 8x salary

Healthcare package

Volunteer day

Job summary

Wessex Water is hiring a Project Engineer to join our small schemes team in Poole. You will manage reactive and planned capital maintenance projects across water recycling, production, sewerage and distribution sites, with project values from £15,000 to £250,000.

You will oversee optioneering, contracts, tendering, spend forecasting and commissioning, while working closely with contractors and ensuring compliance with CDM 2015 and internal policies. A driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• Essential: safety-first approach and negotiation/influencing skills.
• Formal qualification in project management and engineering discipline.
• Professional registration support available for EngTech/IEng.

Responsibilities

• Manage reactive and planned capital maintenance projects across multiple sites.
• Lead optioneering, contracting, tendering, spend forecasting and delivery.
• Coordinate with contractors and supply chain while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure delivery aligns with policies and departmental targets.
• Assist in budgets and approvals during project lifecycles.

Skills

Project management

Negotiation

Safety consciousness

Teamwork

Customer focus

Education

Project management qualification

HNC (engineering)

EngTech/IEng registration

Tools

CDM 2015

Job description

Would you enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary project delivery scheme team? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our small schemes team based in Poole as a Project Engineer.

What you'll do

As a Project Engineer, you will be responsible for both reactive and planned capital maintenance projects across a diverse range of sites, including water recycling, water production, sewerage and water distribution.

The value of projects varies between around £15,000 and £250,000. You will be working across the Wessex Water region, mainly covering the Poole area.

Projects can include planned pumping station upgrades, the design and installation of inlet screen replacements, emergency wastewater treatment side streams, and clean water treatment process upgrades.

Your role will involve:

• optioneering, contracts, tendering, spend forecasting, project delivery, commissioning, authoring payments and project closeouts
• working closely with our contractors and supply chain
• ensuring that all health and safety and other statutory regulations that may affect the construction process are adhered to
• ensuring the delivery process accords with our policies
• ensuring company and departmental targets are met
• assisting in the establishment of budgets and approvals.

What you'll need

Ideally, you will be from a engineering/construction and/or water industry background with experience in project management and working closely with external contractors.

It is essential that you have a safety-first approach and good negotiation and influencing skills.

In addition, you will need to:

• have a positive and "can-do" attitude
• be well-organised, customer-focused and a great team player
• hold a formal qualification in project management
• hold a technical level 4 (HNC) qualification in an engineering discipline
• be a professionally registered engineer (EngTech/IEng) or working towards this - support can be given on professional registration
• have a working knowledge of CDM 2015
• have a valid driving licence (a company car will be provided if you are not able to use your own vehicle).

Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting. We may interview as and when suitable candidates apply and therefore may close the application end date early.

What you'll receive

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• Access to an interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from trained mental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us.

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

• Wessex Water – one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West
• YTL Developments – a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 350-acre former airfield into an award-winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community
• YTL Construction UK – a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors
• YTL Live – the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000-capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space
• plus a number of other retail, environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.