Project Engineer - Europe

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services is seeking a Project Engineer- Europe to assist the Project Manager across allocated projects, ensuring on-schedule delivery and adherence to customer expectations and statutory regulations.

You will support the Project Manager on H&S management, installation progress, quality, material management and test/commissioning across EU sites, with duties spanning surveys, planning, coordination and reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in fire detection, access control, CCTV and intruder alarm systems to applicable British/European standards.
• Knowledge of BAFE/NSI codes of practice.
• Ability to plan and monitor work to tight deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct site surveys and prepare documentation considering security and fire risk factors.
• Plan fire detection, access control, CCTV and intruder alarm systems.
• Ensure designs meet technical and regulatory standards (EN, BS, HTM) and BAFE/NSI codes.
• Coordinate installation activities per procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Actively monitor and manage project progress.
• Adhere to quality, health & safety policies and false alarm management.
• Provide reports to Project Manager and officers.
• Carry out other duties as directed by the directors.
• H&S reporting including toolbox talks and site inspections.
• Quality reporting with snagging and documentation.
• Report progress with drawings or schedules markups.
• Liaise with PM to ensure adequate labour for project needs.
• Attend site meetings as required.
• Accept installations for commissioning; commission and test systems.
• Demonstrate operation to client or client representative.
• Stay updated on new technologies and regulatory standards relevant to design.

Skills

Fire detection

Access control

CCTV systems

Intruder alarms

Project management

H&S compliance

Job description

The Role

The role of the Project Engineer- Europe is to assist the Company's Project Manager across allocated projects, ensuring smooth on schedule running including the achievement of all customer expectations and adherence to statutory regulations. Including supporting the Company's Project Managers, with regards the following, H&S management, installation progress and quality, material management and test and commissioning.

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Job title: Project Engineer- Europe

Based from: Sites in the EU

Reports to: Project Manager

The Role

The role of the Project Engineer- Europe is to assist the Company's Project Manager across allocated projects, ensuring smooth on schedule running including the achievement of all customer expectations and adherence to statutory regulations. Including supporting the Company's Project Managers, with regards the following, H&S management, installation progress and quality, material management and test and commissioning.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Conduct site surveys and to prepare documentation accordingly giving due consideration to all applicable security and fire risk factors.
• Plan fire detection, access control, CCTV and intruder alarm systems.
• Ensure system design specifications are compatible with the requirements of all applicable technical and regulatory standards (i.e. EN, BS, HTM) and BAFE/NSI Codes of Practice.
• Coordinate installation activities to ensure that they are carried out in a controlled manner and in accordance with the Company's documented procedures and processes plus any statutory and regulatory requirements that may apply.
• To actively monitor and manage project progress.
• Ensure adherence to all Company policies – including those for quality, health & safety and the management of false alarms.
• Provide reports as appropriate to the Project Manager and any other Officers of the Company.
• Carry out any other job specific duties as deemed appropriate by the directors of the Company.
• H&S reporting (Safe Starts, Tool Box Talks, Site Inspections, Plant & MEWP inspections).
• Quality reporting including snagging installation work, ensuring snags are cleared and documented.
• Report on progress including mark ups of drawings or schedules.
• Liaising with PM to ensure sufficient labour is available to meet project requirements.
• Attend site meetings as and when required.
• Accept the installation from the installers ready for commissioning.
• Commission & test systems, complete commissioning paperwork.
• Demonstrate operation of systems to client/client rep.
• Keep up to date in respect of new technologies and regulatory standards that are relevant to the design process.

No job description can be entirely comprehensive and the jobholder will be expected to adapt and carry out such other duties as may be required from time to time, on the understanding that they will be within the individual's remit and capability, and consistent with the status and responsibilities of the role within the business.

Person Specification

Essential

• To have experience in working on and project managing fire detection, access control, CCTV and intruder alarm systems to the applicable British and European Standards and knowledge also of all relevant BAFE/NSI codes of practice.
• To have good working knowledge of the products and systems specified and with any significant limitations inherent in such products and systems.
• To know installation requirements such that system design specifications are professionally compiled and finalised in a manner which gives clear and unambiguous information to the customer and to the installing engineer.
• Have the ability to plan and monitor work to tight time scales and deadlines.
• Have good verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare reports and submission items for tender/contract.
• To have the ability to