Project Engineer

Omexom Uk; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Omexom Uk is seeking a Project Engineer to work closely with Design Engineers to ensure the safe, efficient delivery of HV substation projects. You will coordinate design activities, manage resources, and support tendering and client interfaces.

You will engage with clients, attend meetings, and travel as required, while maintaining commercial targets and process improvements across the engineering team.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, to include spoken and written.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, collaboration skills, and people skills.
• Exceptional focus.
• Good commercial awareness with ability to monitor and accurately report performance against pre-determined targets.
• Experience and understanding of working within contract terms and conditions.

Responsibilities

• Represent Omexom professionally in project situations with stakeholders.
• Assist with Health, Safety and Environmental procedures compliance.
• Coordinate design activities, resources, materials and equipment.
• Act as a point of contact for design engineers and clients to ensure delivery of planned productivity.
• Assist with programme development and resource planning.
• Represent Omexom at client meetings.
• Assist with the tendering process and bid returns to timescales.
• Assist with site and client interfaces and manage project costs and income.
• Provide technical support to engineering team and seek process improvements.
• Interact with client personnel to ensure cooperation on projects.
• Attend meetings with clients, contractors and consultants; travel as required.
• Develop reports for Engineering team.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Office tools

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Title: Project Engineer

Reporting to: Project Manager

Business Unit: Omexom Power Solutions

Role purpose

The successful candidate will work closely with Design Engineers and other members of the Engineering business unit to ensure the safe, efficient and productive delivery of HV substation projects.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Represent Omexom professionally in a wide range of project situations with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Assist with managing compliance with Health, Safety and Environmental procedures, policy and legislation.
• Co-ordinate design activities, resources, materials and equipment.
• Act as a point of contact for design engineers and communicate with all clients to ensure delivery of the required planned productivity on a daily basis.
• Assist with programme development and resource planning.
• Represent Omexom at client meetings.
• Assist with the overall tendering process, working closely with the Business Unit General, Operations Manager and Project Manager
• Manager to develop comprehensive and accurate bid returns, to challenging timescales.
• Assist with all site and client interfaces.
• Work closely with Design Engineers to manage project costs and income, ensuring commercial targets are met.
• Provide technical support to the engineering team, continuously looking for improvement in the work package delivery process.
• Interact with all Client personnel as required to ensure full co-operation on projects is achieved through good interpersonal relationships.
• Attend and undertake meetings with clients, contractors and consultants as required.
• Travel as required to support business requirements.
• Develop reports for Engineering team.

Key interfaces

Relationships with key stakeholders:

• Business Unit General Manager
• Design Engineers
• CAD Engineers
• Project Teams
• External stakeholders, e.g. client

Person Specification

Qualifications and experience

• Previous management experience including the ability and willingness to address poor performance
• Good commercial awareness with ability to monitor and accurately report performance against pre-determined targets.
• A sound working knowledge of electrical infrastructure, safety rules/legislation and CDM (UK)/ safety Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013 (ROI).
• Good working knowledge of computers and computer packages including Microsoft office products.
• Exceptional focus.
• Experience and understanding of working within contract terms and conditions.
• A good level of commercial awareness and understanding of power networks.
• Excellent communication skills, to include spoken and written.
• Enjoys being part of a team and works well within one.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, collaboration skills, and people skills.

Values

In line with Omexom’s values, the jobholder must have the following qualities:

Team Spirit & Generosity able to work effectively within and contribute to the Omexom team to deliver results, provide support and drive performance.

Trust and Empowerment enjoy managing their responsibilities and time to ensure work is completed efficiently and professionally.

Integrity and Responsibility enjoy taking responsibility for their duties and managing these effectively to ensure efficient high quality results.

Innovation & Entrepreneurship continually strive to improve processes and introduce new initiatives to improve efficiency.