Senior Electrical Project Engineer - Live Lead

NXGN; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An independent engineering and services firm in Manchester is looking for a Senior Project Engineer to manage a significant project at Manchester Airport. The role requires experience in M&E projects and the ability to lead a project team effectively. Key responsibilities include ensuring compliance with specifications and delivering projects within budget and timelines. The position offers great benefits including a car allowance and private medical insurance, along with a clear development path for professional growth.

Benefits

Car/Car allowance

Pension with up to 8% employer contribution

Private Medical Insurance

Free 24/7 Employee Assistance Program

Flexible benefits

Personal development programme

Qualifications

• Significant experience on large M&E / Building services projects.
• Electrically biased or in-depth knowledge in this area.
• Experience of leading project team members.

Responsibilities

• Participate and contribute to project procedures.
• Review project works required by specifications.
• Ensure compliance with internal procedures.
• Maintain relationships with the project customer.
• Manage subcontractors.
• Lead team to complete projects on time and within budget.

Skills

Leading project team members

Electrically biased knowledge

Significant experience on large M&E projects

Job description

Senior Project Engineer – Manchester

Permanent – Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

Summary

We have a fantastic opportunity for an electrically biased Senior Project Engineer to join our team working on a major project at Manchester Airport valued in excess of £100M. This involves the refurbishment of the existing terminal 2 on the site with a new construction of a departure pier.

In this role you will be responsible for the effective project engineering service, exclusively by the role holder or as part of a team of engineers under a project manager, to ensure that defined projects are engineered to specification and delivered in line with planned costs.

Key Deliverables

• Participate and positively contribute to all the current pre‑commencement/focus win company procedures for a project that has been allocated to the jobholder for execution and completion, to ensure that the company liabilities and risks on the project are minimised, fully adhering to the Delegated Authorities Matrix and Project Log requirements.
• Review and evaluate the project works required by the specification and drawings, and re‑engineer the installations and systems to ensure the precise provision of the customer’s requirements, and enhanced profitability for the company.
• Ensure that all operational activities are carried out in compliance with internal procedure and external legislation.
• Maintaining positive relationships with the project customer.
• Sub‑contractor management.
• Manage the successful completion of the project/area under control in line with agreed quality and commercial plans to achieve targets within agreed timescales and cost constraints.
• Team Leadership.

Qualifications

• Significant experience on large M&E / Building services projects.
• Electrically biased or in‑depth knowledge in this area.
• Experience of leading project team members with an area of control.

Benefits

We’re always evolving our benefits to ensure we’re attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Car/Car allowance
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well‑being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes
• Personal development programme

Next Steps

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About

About Us: We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward‑thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground‑breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.