Project Engineer - Services

SeeMeHired; Wallsend; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SeeMeHired seeks a Technical Lead to oversee engineering and production activities across the project lifecycle, from contract award to system trials. You will coordinate technical integration, risk mitigation, and FAT procedures while ensuring client documentation and design directives are completed.

Based in Wallsend, you will lead cross-functional teams, collaborate with suppliers, and drive continuous improvements in quality, cost, and delivery.

Qualifications

• Degree level engineering qualification in Electrical, Mechanical, Hydraulic or Marine disciplines.
• Strong experience leading technical teams through project lifecycles.
• Experience with commissioning, FAT, and client documentation.

Responsibilities

• Technical point of contact for the client throughout the project lifecycle and in field support.
• Technical integration of design solutions.
• Identify technical risks and mitigation plans.
• Ensure specifications for outsourced components are complete.
• Responsible for Commissioning / FAT procedures.
• Prepare client installation documents.
• Prepare and respond to client Technical Queries.
• Lead machinery risk assessments and design specification documents.
• Collate and close the Technical Construction File including standards and CofC.
• Establish and update the recommended spares list.
• Support commissioning and FAT phase and record system data.
• Lead technical activities during customer installations and trials onshore, offshore and abroad as needed.
• Engage with suppliers for inspections, visits, trial builds and FAT of sub-assemblies.
• Collaborate with mechanical design teams and cross-functional groups (supply chain, QHSE, production).
• Aim to improve quality, reduce costs of bought parts, and improve delivery times.

Skills

Technical leadership

Project lifecycle

Risk mitigation

Commissioning / FAT

Client documentation

Technical queries

Machinery risk assessment

Design directives

Supplier interaction

CAD software

Team planning

Communication

Education

Engineering degree (Electrical/Mechanical/Hydraulic/Marine)

Tools

CAD software

Job description

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.,

• 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
• 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