Project Engineer - Seascale

BALFOUR BEATTY-4; England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure and engineering firm in the UK is seeking a Project Engineer for its Sellafield project. The role involves assisting with project planning, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and maintaining schedules. Ideal candidates will have experience in engineering within a nuclear environment and hold relevant qualifications. Benefits include flexible working arrangements and family-friendly policies.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements, including staggered hours

25 days paid annual leave (pro-rata)

Family-friendly policies

Pension and share plans

Volunteering leave and recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Experience managing installation of environmental monitoring equipment.
• Strong focus on exceeding customer expectations.
• High integrity and commitment to safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Project Manager with project planning and execution.
• Ensure packages are delivered on time and within budget.
• Maintain project schedules and budgets.

Skills

Experience in engineering works within a nuclear environment

Ability to obtain security clearances

SMSTS / IOSH qualification

HNC or equivalent in Mechanical or Piping

Education

HNC or equivalent in Mechanical or Piping

APM qualification

Job description

About the role

Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They're an opportunity to stretch, test, and develop your expertise. Join our Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as a Project Engineer at Sellafield, Seascale, and you'll deliver complex work that really matters to our business and the world around you.

Role Purpose:

• Assist the Project Manager and Engineering team with the planning and daily execution of the construction project.
• Maintain aspects of the project schedule as assigned by the Project Manager, managing submittal approvals, coordinating timely delivery of materials, and maintaining schedules and budgets.

What you'll be doing:

• Ensure packages are delivered on time, within budget, and meet safety and quality standards.
• Ensure packages comply with good design practice and relevant technical standards.
• Execute packages with minimal rework.
• Keep accurate and complete records according to the mechanical control sheet, including TQ's, WPP's, ITPs, Record Drawings, and other project documentation.
• Maintain communication/deliverables, ensuring document control sheets are updated and relevant team members are informed of potential impacts.
• Update communication trackers across platforms.
• Plan and organize plant, access, labor, and materials, including procurement activities relevant to a package.
• Produce/review WPP and ITP for activities, ensuring quality assurance mechanisms are in place four weeks prior to work start.
• Provide technical input for Scope of Work (SoW) in accordance with QS, suitable for an ITT, and identify project delivery risks, raising EWNs as needed.
• Monitor supply chain performance against planned activities and escalate issues to achieve targets.
• Draft site instructions for review and issue by the Project Management team, detailing works, location, program impact, cost impact, and referencing change events.

Who we're looking for:

• Achieved or working towards an HNC or equivalent in Mechanical or Piping.
• APM qualification is beneficial.
• SMSTS / IOSH qualified.
• Experience in engineering works within a nuclear environment.
• Experience managing installation of environmental monitoring equipment.
• Ability to obtain security clearances.
• High integrity and focus on exceeding customer expectations.

Why work for us:
Delivering some of the UK's most ambitious projects, developing vital infrastructure, and supporting communities.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible working arrangements, including staggered hours and up to 40% remote work.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro-rata).
• Family-friendly policies, including extended maternity/adoption and paternity leave.
• Additional benefits like pension, share plans, volunteering leave, and recognition schemes.

About us:
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick specializes in MEP and ME&I solutions, designing, installing, and maintaining complex systems that support the UK's infrastructure.

Diversity and inclusion:
We value diversity and inclusion, actively working to create an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. We are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum, and AFBE, and support initiatives for Black Inclusion. We are a Gold Award holder in the MoD Employer Recognition Scheme and a Disability Confident Employer, committed to fair and inclusive hiring. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, including Armed Forces personnel, veterans, reservists, and people with disabilities.

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