Project Engineer (Lifting & Handling)

Jacobs; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Project Engineer specializing in Lifting & Handling in Bristol. This role involves overseeing critical equipment contracts for major energy projects, ensuring compliance with design and safety standards. You will lead technical discussions, manage contract evolution, and collaborate with diverse teams to drive project success. The company values innovation and teamwork, offering a supportive environment for personal and professional growth. If you're passionate about contributing to the UK's energy strategy and thrive in a dynamic setting, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Free Medical Cover

Enhanced Parental Leave Pay

Employee Assistance Program

Professional Development Reimbursement

Paid Volunteering Time

Qualifications

• Masters or equivalent in Engineering or Scientific Discipline required.
• Experience in Nuclear Mechanical Equipment Design and Operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical meetings and resolve issues/queries.
• Review and approve contractor deliverables and design changes.
• Liaise with teams to ensure integration of equipment.

Skills

Nuclear Mechanical Equipment Design

Contract Management

Technical Surveillance

Change Management Systems

Education

Masters in Engineering or Scientific Discipline

Tools

Navisworks

Teamcenter

CEMAR

Job description

Amentum will inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the opportunity

Energy Power Programmes are delivering client critical works to some of our major UK and European Projects. Our embedded teams are delivering support to Hinkley Point C (New build power station in the South West), Sizewell C (located in the South East), helping develop technologies in SMR (Small modular Reactor) capability and working towards building Poland's first Energy Power station.

Working in both client facing and internal roles we are delivering major programme and project management capabilities throughout the project lifecycle. We are driving to deliver safe, high quality and to time solutions by thinking innovatively and working collaboratively.

Amentum have an excellent opportunity for a Project Engineer (Lifting & Handling) based in Bristol to support Lifting and Access equipment contracts for HPC scope. The contracts include Airlocks, equipment hatches, cranes, lifts trolleys and hoists. This is a valuable and technically stimulating opportunity to work within EPR-E UK to support HPC which is a vital part of the UK's future energy strategy. As part of the Responsible Designer (RD), EPR-E deliver the design of some of the Nuclear Island (NI) buildings, contracts and studies for HPC in the years to come. Key responsibilities will be:

• Leading technical open point meetings
• Technical surveillance and resolution of issues/queries
• Review and approval of contractor deliverables and design where necessary and the review of non-conformances, exemptions requests (ER's), open points, design changes
• Control Management of the evolution of the contract and design changes
• Review and approval of contract amendments and exemptions (CTSs, ERs)
• Liaise with RD and client teams to ensure integration of equipment with interfacing functions/systems
• Liaise within the Responsible Designer and client management teams to communicate progress, risks, issues and planning to support contract delivery
• Reporting of KPI's to the CEL
• Ensure qualification activities are progressing accordingly to the contract progress and site needs
• Help to upskill other members of the team, including other less experienced TLs
• Technical assessment of the tenders in the aspects of design, qualification and manufacturing

Qualifications

• Masters or equivalent in an Engineering or Scientific Discipline
• Understanding of the EPR or general PWR design
• Knowledge and experience in Nuclear Mechanical Equipment Design, Manufacture and Operations
• Technical background on handling equipment such as: cranes, mechanical equipment, rotating equipment, steelwork design, lift design
• Understanding of Equipment interfaces (safety case, systems engineering, civil interfaces)
• Contract management and document review experience
• Experience using change-management, commercial and deliverable management systems (UKDC, UKICM, OPM, CEMAR, Teamcenter,
  Navisworks) is advantageous

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centered on inclusion and diversity.

We partner with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility, please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.