Project Engineer - South Region

Char.gy Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45.000 - 65.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Private medical insurance

Private dental insurance

Season ticket loan

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Personal fulfilment days

Hybrid/remote work up to 2 days a week

Enhanced parental leave

Zusammenfassung

Char.gy Limited is seeking a Project Engineer for the South region to support delivery projects across the UK. You will install, test, maintain and survey charge points, ensuring safety and quality standards on site.

You will report to a Team Leader, coordinate with project managers and suppliers, and aim for right-first-time deliverables while adhering to budgets and SLAs. The role offers hybrid working with nationwide travel.

Qualifikationen

• Up to Level 3 Diploma in Electrical Installations
• NVQ Level 3 and BS7671 18th Edition knowledge
• AM2 and I&T Level 3 certificates required
• Valid driving licence and willingness to travel across UK
• Experience with electrical installations for charging points is desirable

Aufgaben

• Electrical installation of charging points including wiring, testing and commissioning
• Maintenance of charging points including 18th Edition retesting annually
• Site surveys to enable delivery of Char.gy projects
• Supervise site activity and support suppliers and customers on issues
• Conduct health and safety audits and ensure on-site compliance
• Manage information sharing and identify risks and issues across projects

Kenntnisse

Electrical installations

Test and commissioning

Site surveys

Quality audits

Supplier management

Travel readiness

Ausbildung

Level 3 Diploma in Electrical Installations

NVQ Level 3

BS7671 18th Edition

AM2

C&G 2391-52 I&T Level 3

Driving licence

Tools

Site Tracker

Jobbeschreibung

Char.gy

We are a leading charge point provider and operator for electric vehicles in the UK, managing over 6,000 public charge points. We are committed to providing reliable, convenient and affordable charging infrastructure that is accessible to all, particularly the 40% of UK households without private driveways that rely on public charging.

We believe our employees are the electric spark igniting our success. We’re dedicated to our culture and ensure that every individual feels charged up and empowered to accelerate their career which is why we have been recognised as a "Great Place to Work" and a "Living Wage Employer". Together, we’re shaping the future as society’s preferred EV charging network.

Engineering Overview

Char.gy has been awarded and expects to be awarded multiple contracts with Local Government organisations and private landlords to deploy Charging Points (CPs) across the UK and ultimately expect to deploy over 50,000 CPs by 2034.

The Engineering Team is growing to meet this demand, and we require a Project Engineer based in the South region to complete electrical installation and maintenance activities across multiple Delivery Projects in the UK along with some small works activities. Quality of the network we create is essential to the success of the delivery projects as is the relationship with our customers, this role will ensure that the chosen network gains strong revenues and the standard of work completed on site is at the highest level possible using the right first time as a guiding principle.

Health and Safety is paramount to the success of char.gy and its delivery projects, this role is pivotal to ensuring the good practice of our chosen installation partners.

Position Overview

The post holder will be empowered to support the Delivery Projects and Customers using the tools provided to achieve the goals of Char.gy and the contracts it signs.

The Project Engineer will report to a Team Leader (Qualified Supervisor) and will work alongside other Project Engineers, Delivery Team and Field Services Team. You will have the responsibility, where assigned, the quality of installation and maintenance work on site. We aim for right first time installations without the need for remedial work and to meet the SLAs / KPIs for maintenance work on the char.gy network. You will be asked to ensure the network contains quality char.gy charging points that uphold health and safety on site, ensuring any operatives from supplier or customer organisation are adhering to H&S requirements by carrying out Quality of Work, Health and Safety & Behavioural Audits from time to time.

The Project Engineer will:

• Complete survey, electrical installations (test and commission), charge point maintenance, fault root cause analysis and site and.or supplier audits (quality and H&S)
• Support the project managers to ensure the CPs required under the customer contract are delivered safely to time, cost and quality
• Manage Suppliers quality and site safety in the field – ensure assigned suppliers are engaged with clear instructions with clarity of expectations
• Complete site surveys as part of the site selection ensuring that the best asset locations are chosen that meet the criteria set by the Network Planning team and the overall goals of char.gy
• Complete site inspection surveys – when required complete site surveys to gain vital information to enable the delivery of char.gy projects
• Ensure project information is shared as required to all stakeholders. Managing risks and issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Electrical installation of charging points, including physical installation, wiring, testing and commissioning to the char.gy network
• Maintenance of charging points including 18th Edition retesting annually
• Site surveys – when required complete site surveys to gain vital information to enable the delivery of char.gy projects
• Supervising site activity ensuring projects run as efficiently as possible whilst supporting suppliers and customers with any on‑site issues. You may be required to attend multi‑skilled visits (MSVs) pre-start meetings, site progress meetings, and site handovers.
• Site inspections - health and safety on site is critical and the inspections are to ensure that operatives are adhering to H&S requirements including carrying out Quality of Work, Health and Safety & Behavioural Audits.
• Supplier relationship – maintaining strong relationships with Supplier Project Managers, Project Engineers, Site Managers and installation teams. Creating a supportive environment on site that promotes best practice and continuous improvement of char.gy site work
• Delivery information management with simple organisation and absolute clarity of deliverables
• Travelling extensively using char.gy vehicles to support site work and maintaining the pace of project delivery. There is an expectation that overnight stays will be required and all reasonable expenses for this will be covered by char.gy.

Person Specification

Essential

• Based within 30 mins of inside the M25 covering the South region with the ability to travel extensively in the UK using char.gy provided vehicles (cars and vans). In time the team will expand further, and regionalisation of the team will reduce the requirement for UK wide travel. Initially as we grow the team cover the length and breadth of the UK with current projects based in Brighton, Devon, West Midlands, London Boroughs, Blackpool and Lincolnshire.
• A willing communicator using appropriate written and verbal communications to a varied audience across all Delivery stakeholders especially supplier field installation and engineering teams. We look for leadership qualities in our field teams.
• Has a track record of working on projects that include the delivery of civils and electrical installations
  

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Up to Level 3 Diploma in Electrical Installations
• NVQ Level 3
• BS7671 18th Edition to latest Amendment
• AM2
• C&G 2391-52 Inspection & Testing Level 3
  
• Full and clean driving licence

Desirable

• Experience working in the EV charging industry
• Worked in a programme associated to Small Works contracts
• An understanding of working with Highways and/or Highways Lighting
• Experience working with project tools like Site Tracker

What do we offer?

Being committed to our employees mean we offer more than just a competitive salary:

Our commitment to diversity, inclusion and sustainability is embedded in what we do and how we act as a company.

We believe we do our best work when we're connected which is why we allow our employees to work from home up to 2 days a week.

25 days off to go on holiday and recharge your batteries!

Celebrate having a child with enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave packages.

By joining a dynamic environment like ours - you can learn, develop and grow your career – because you're in the driving seat!

We cover your premium for a fully comprehensive private medical insurance with AXA.

We cover your premium for a fully comprehensive private level 2 dental insurance with BUPA.

We offer season ticket loan via our portal “Let’s Commute” to help employees to spread the cost of their travel ticket through monthly deductions from their salaries.

We understand that life can sometimes throw unexpected challenges in your way and if our employees are unable to work for an extended period due to illness, Unum covers 75% of your salary for up to three years.

10 personal fulfilment days to mix and match between having a "Life Admin", "Emergency", "Birthday Off" or "Personal Development".

We provide you with Life Assurance benefit at 4 times your salary!

Call our employee assistance programme when you need someone to talk to via UNUM.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of any characteristic protected under the Equality Act 2010. Our recruitment and selection processes are based solely on merit, skills, experience and potential, assessed against the requirements of the role. We use fair, transparent and inclusive hiring practices and make reasonable adjustments at every stage of the process to support candidates with disabilities. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and are dedicated to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

Please note: you must have valid right to work in the UK, we unfortunately cannot provide sponsorship.