Project Engineering Leader

GE Vernova; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in the UK is seeking a lead engineer to manage design changes, analyze customer requirements, and ensure project compliance. The role involves leading multidisciplinary teams and requires a degree in engineering, along with experience in the EPC environment. Candidates should have exceptional interpersonal skills and knowledge of both the Transmission/Distribution industry and Renewable Energy systems. This position offers competitive benefits and great development opportunities, including private health insurance.

Benefits

Competitive benefits

Private health insurance

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as lead engineer in EPC type environment.
• Successful experience in managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution industry.
• Knowledge of Renewable Energy systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage scope or design changes and prepare related claims.
• Analyze customer technical requirements and ensure compliance.
• Validate design throughout customer acceptance.
• Ensure delivery of design to stakeholders.
• Lead and coordinate design teams.

Skills

Engineering degree level

Project technical management

Interpersonal skills

Leadership skills

Ability to coordinate projects

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

Overview

contribute to the project multidisciplinary design reviews according to the EMH procedures and per the project strategy.

Responsibilities

• Manage scope or design changes & prepare related claims and VO to be approved by Project Engineering Director or Project Manager.
• Analyse customer technical requirements, prepare and or consolidate clause by clause analysis and ensure compliance to Customer requirements through Technical Queries, identify, track, manage potential change.
• Represent customer interests in the design decisions at Project Manager's request.
• Validate design throughout customer acceptance.
• Ensure that Management of return status of project documentation internal or external (approved, comments, resubmit, rejected) is performed for your work package.
• Prepare or review technical specifications and supplier's documents to enable procurement of materials and plant detailed design.
• Check effectiveness of design against delivery of contract requirements within project budget and look for global cost optimisation in all design phase and mainly during basic design.
• Project design budget, overseeing the design change process, supervising, and coordinating engineering activities required to execute the project.
• Ensure technical co-ordination of the Grid Solutions Project.
• Responsible for issuing consolidation of provisional drawing list of the project or of your work package.
• Manage global time schedule of concerned engineering activities, check coherency of links between engineering activities and other project functions activities (procurement, construction, commissioning) and organise follow up of critical activities of the project or of your discipline.
• Plan and manage delivery time of technical interfaces with your work package.
• Put in place exchange interface sheets with partners, customer, and third-party contractors.
• Ensure on-time delivery of design to stakeholders with suitable quality including Partner documents.
• For large & complex projects support Project Engineering Director and Project I&I manager in the engineering change management.
• Lead & coordinate design teams - you'll be supported by Primary, Secondary and Civil Designers.
• Follow the engineering budget and identify potential savings and highlight to the Project Manager all instances requiring additional budget.
• Participate and follow the engineering budget and identify potential savings and highlight to the Project Manager all instances requiring additional budget.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications: Engineering degree level or equivalent education/experience.
• Experience of Engineering activities as lead engineer in EPC type environment.
• Successful experience in project technical management in a multi-disciplinary team's context including multiple interfaces and with products coming from several countries.
• Desired Characteristics: Knowledge of the Transmission or Distribution industry is essential.
• Exceptional interpersonal and leadership skills are advantageous.
• Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously.
• Knowledge of Renewable Energy systems is beneficial.
• Knowledge of GIS systems is beneficial.

Benefits

Competitive benefits, and great development opportunities - including private health insurance.