Senior Project Engineer

NG Bailey; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to manage high-value building service projects. You will provide leadership to the project team, ensure safety standards are met, and maintain customer relationships. Ideal candidates will have experience with projects valued at £5M+, with a preference for mechanical bias, but electrical bias will also be considered. This role comes with excellent benefits including a car allowance and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Car / car allowance

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Pension with up to 8% employer contribution

Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible benefits

Personal development programme

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience managing project teams from preconstruction through delivery.
• Experience on high value building service projects of £5M+.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety message is visible and alive on the project.
• Review project scope to ensure customer requirements are met.
• Lead identification of project risks and opportunities.
• Provide accurate site progress information to Project Manager.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Job description

Senior Project Engineer

Staffordshire

Permanent Role

Summary

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Project Engineer, to join our team in Staffordshire. This role can have a Mechanical or Electrical bias, with a preference for Mechanical, and report directly into the project lead for this job. You will be responsible for the delivery on site by managing subcontractors and being conscious of H&S, Quality and ultimately the successful handover of the project.

Key Deliverables

• Ensuring that our safety first and foremost message is visible and alive through all activities on the project
• Participate in pre‑commencement activities to maximise opportunities, efficiency and profitability
• Review the project scope of works to ensure precise provision of the customer's requirements
• Lead the identification of project risks and opportunities, and take responsibility to mitigate or enhance those in your control
• Ensure engineering solutions are procured and delivered to financial and commercial objectives.
• Provide accurate and timely information on site progress to the Project Manager and Commercial Lead
• Manage any sub‑contract resource if applicable.
• Provide leadership to project team members within your area of control, maximising performance and ensuring objectives are met.
• Build and maintain positive customer relationships
• Ensure project is closed out in accordance with customer requirements, maximising project profitability

What we're looking for

To be successful in this role you will have demonstrable experience of managing project teams from preconstruction through to delivery and handover. Mechanical bias is desired but also open to Electrical bias. Specific experience on high value building service projects of £5M+.

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
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid / Electric Vehicle)
• 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 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.