Project Lead Engineer - Glasgow

Altrad UK, Ireland & Nordics; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Altrad are seeking an experienced Project Lead Engineer to act as the technical authority for civil and structural engineering, ensuring safe, compliant and fit-for-purpose delivery of structures and related works. The role requires leading multi-discipline engineering interfaces, developing technical requirements, and overseeing design through to handover.

You will work within a highly regulated environment and liaise with operators, contractors and safety case teams to maintain design intent

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer status or progress toward chartership.
• Extensive civil/structural engineering experience across lifecycle.
• Ability to review and assure structural calculations and reports.
• Experience leading engineering work packages and coordinating interfaces.
• Experience in site implementation in a highly regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering work packages and coordinate interfaces.
• Provide technical guidance and deputise for Engineering Manager.
• Develop scopes of work, technical requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure traceability of user, functional, system and stakeholder requirements.
• Support optioneering, feasibility studies and early contractor involvement.
• Review analyses, drawings, specs and design substantiation.
• Oversee design life, load cases, durability and constructability.
• Manage detailed design per site requirements and standards.
• Accept consultant/contractor deliverables and risk assessments.
• Chair design reviews and drive actions to closure.
• Provide technical oversight during fabrication, construction and handover.
• Coordinate with BIM/CAD, document control, safety, quality teams.
• Respond to technical queries and resolutions of non-conformances.
• Liaise with operators, site stakeholders and manufacturers.

Skills

Chartered Engineer

Civil/Structural engineering

Project leadership

Technical review

Stakeholder management

Education

Professional chartership progress

Tools

BIM/CAD collaboration

Job description

Altrad are currently looking for an experienced Project Lead Engineer to join the team.

As a Project Lead Engineer, you will act as the technical authority for civil and structural engineering, ensuring that structures, infrastructure, access arrangements and associated works are safe, compliant, fit for purpose and delivered in accordance with approved requirements, standards and design intent.

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Key Deliverables

• Lead engineering work packages and coordinate multi-discipline engineering interfaces.
• Provide technical guidance and support to Project Engineers and deputise for the Engineering Manager when required.
• Develop and maintain clear scopes of work, technical requirements, design criteria and acceptance requirements.
• Develop and manage user, functional, system and stakeholder requirements, ensuring traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support optioneering, feasibility studies, surveys, investigations and Early Contractor Involvement activities.
• Review structural analyses, calculations, drawings, specifications, models, reports and design substantiation.
• Ensure appropriate consideration of load cases, stability, fatigue, durability, corrosion, accidental actions, constructability, maintainability and design life.
• Manage detailed design activities in accordance with site requirements, applicable legislation, standards and relevant good practice.
• Carry out technical assessment and acceptance of consultant and contractor deliverables, including work instructions, method statements and risk assessments.
• Chair and contribute to design reviews, technical workshops and interface meetings, recording and driving engineering actions to closure.
• Provide technical oversight during fabrication, construction, installation, integration, testing, commissioning, handover and close-out to confirm compliance with design intent.
• Work closely with BIM/CAD, configuration management, document control, safety, environmental, quality and project controls teams.
• Respond to technical queries, manage engineering issues and support the proportionate resolution of non-conformances and design changes.
• Liaise with operators, maintainers, site stakeholders, safety case teams, designers, contractors and original equipment manufacturers throughout the project lifecycle.
• Comply with Environment, Health, Safety, Security and Quality requirements and support continuous improvement across the project.

Essential

Key Requirements / Qualifications:

• Chartered Engineer status, or demonstrable progress towards chartership supported by continuing professional development.
• Substantial civil / structural engineering experience across concept, detailed design, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Demonstrable ability to review and technically assure structural calculations, design reports, drawings, specifications and engineering substantiation.
• Experience leading engineering work packages, coordinating multi-discipline interfaces and managing requirements, technical risk and change.
• Experience of site implementation, construction assurance and confirming compliance with design intent in a highly regulated environment.

Desirable

• Experience of structural assessment of existing assets, intrusive surveys, material condition assessment and development of repair or refurbishment solutions.
• Knowledge of nuclear safety cases, safety-classified structures, systems and components, and nuclear safety committee / authorisation arrangements.
• Experience of BIM-enabled delivery, configuration management and requirements management.