Project Engineer - Services

Smd

North East

Hybrid

GBP 70,000 - 95,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Health insurance

Hybrid Working

Annual Rise

Life insurance

Gym membership

Job summary

Smd is seeking a technical lead to provide leadership across engineering and production from contract award through system trials. You will coordinate technical design, commissioning, and FAT procedures, while liaising with the client as the primary technical contact on projects worldwide.

You will work with cross-functional teams to identify risks, ensure suppliers meet specifications, and drive documentation to completion, including risk assessments and design directives.

Qualifications

Degree-level qualification in Electrical, Mechanical, Hydraulic or Marine Engineering.
Knowledge of CAD systems.
Ability to plan and manage technical teams.
Strong team player with excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

Technical lead across engineering and production throughout the project life cycle.
Liaise with client as primary technical contact and provide field support.
Coordinate design solutions, risk mitigation, and compliance documentation.
Oversee commissioning, FAT procedures and client installation documents.
Drive completion of machinery risk assessments and technical design specs.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Team player

CAD knowledge

Education

Electrical/Mechanical/Hydraulic/Marine Eng degree

Tools

CAD systems

Job description

About The Role

Reporting to the Services Chief Engineer, you will liaise with the Engineering teams and provide the technical lead across engineering and production areas throughout the project life cycle from contract award through to system trials. In addition to support in service equipment and mechanical design.

What will I be doing?

First port of call for technical support from a project management perspective
Technical point of contact for the client throughout the project lifecycle and in field support
Technical integration of design solutions
Identification of Technical Risks and mitigation plans
Ensuring specifications for outsourced components and / or assemblies are complete
Responsible for Commissioning / FAT procedures
Responsible for client installation documents
Responsible for generation and reply of client Technical Queries
Responsible as the driving force to ensure completion of the machinery risk assessment and functional design specification documents
Responsible for collation and closing the Technical Construction File including Design Directives and Standards, CofC, Manufacturing Record Book index
Responsible for establishing and updating the recommended spares list
Support commissioning and FAT phase ensuring procedures are followed and system data recorded
Technical lead during customer installation and trials onshore, offshore and abroad as necessary
Technical discussions with key suppliers including inspections / visits / trial build programmes / FAT of sub assemblies as required
Aid with mechanical design team

In addition will work in teams with supply chain, QHSE and production on continuous improvement. The main objectives being:

Working with suppliers to improve quality
Lowering costs of bought out parts or assemblies by design improvement
Improving delivery times

Skills & Education

Educated to Degree level in Electrical, Mechanical, Hydraulic or Marine Engineering disciplines
Knowledge of CAD systems
Ability to plan and manage technical teams
Strong team player
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

About The Company

The power behind subsea pioneers.

We collaborate with future-thinking companies to draw knowledge, wealth and prosperity from underwater environments. Together, our teams invent and engineer the answers to the toughest challenges in under water industry and science. Allowing for safe and efficient operations, while harnessing the potential of the most challenging subsea locations on the planet.

Company Culture

Our people.

We don’t refer to our own employees as staff or personnel. They are ‘Our people’. ‘Our engineers’. ‘Our team’. ‘Our talent.’ Without our talented people, we would never progress as a company. They embody our values, and they mean everything to us. Whether we are talking directly to them, or about them—the value, attitude and intelligence of our people should be clear.

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