Senior Project Engineer

MWH Treatment; Coleshill CP; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

MWH Treatment is seeking a Senior Project Engineer or Senior Contracts Engineer to join the site-based Delivery team with hybrid working options. You will manage design, construction, commissioning and handover of contracts to meet the timetable and budget while upholding health and safety standards.

You will report to the Project Manager and collaborate with clients and supply chain partners to optimise programmes, manage risk and drive value through practical, innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Essential: Project Management experience and delivery using NEC3 contracts.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in a construction-related discipline.
• Excellent oral and written communication with clients and end users.
• Understanding of Health and Safety legislation and CDM 2015.
• Experience delivering engineering projects with targets and programmes.

Responsibilities

• Input to, manage and update construction programmes ensuring milestones are met.
• Chair and participate in collaborative planning sessions with key stakeholders.
• Prepare and issue invitations to tender, analyse responses and recommend awards.
• Coordinate technical work between MWH engineering and supply chain partners.
• Manage day-to-day site management and escalate issues as needed.
• Review invoices for errors and omissions prior to payment.
• Maintain risk register and provide monthly updates.
• Attend Health & Safety, Progress and Coordination meetings.
• Report near misses/unsafe conditions to PM in collaboration with safety teams.
• Prepare pre-start packs and upload data to systems.
• Work with Quantity Surveyor to generate cost plans and monitor costs.
• Champion design liaison meetings with project stakeholders.
• Ensure adherence to Health & Safety procedures throughout.

Skills

Contract management

Governance

Budgeting & cost control

Risk management

Project planning

Digital delivery

Procurement

Solutions development

Client & stakeholder management

Resource management

Change management

Quality management

Education

Construction-related degree

Tools

Primavera P6

APMP

Job description

We are looking to strengthen our Delivery team with a Senior Project Engineer or Senior Contracts Engineer based at site with hybrid working available (Site options: Brancote or Mansfield).

You will report directly to the Project Manager and your role will be to manage the design (including challenging solutions and identifying opportunities for innovation), construction, commissioning and putting to work of contracts to ensure they are completed in the most efficient manner to the specification, within the time required and within the tender estimate without risk to the health and safety of all concerned while ensuring good customer satisfaction

Key responsibilities will include:

• Input to, manage and update construction programmes ensuring key milestones are met;
• Arrange, chair and participate in collaborative planning sessions to ensure critical activities are programmed with all key stakeholders ;
• Prepare and issue invitations to tender, collate responses and prepare cost benefit analysis with recommendations for award;
• Prepare and circulate requisitions to buyers;
• Technical co-ordination between MWH engineering and supply chain partners;
• Day to day management of site management team ensuring any issues are resolved or escalated;
• Review of consolidated invoices, identifying errors and omissions prior to payment approval;
• Challenge all stakeholders to identify opportunities for innovation, doing something differently and improving working practises to realise opportunities and minimise risk – both to safety and commercial performance;
  
• Management and coordination of the risk register and provide monthly updates. Assist Project Managers to manage early warnings to variations to risk register with the project management team;
• Attend Health & Safety, Progress, Employee Forums and Coordination meetings as required;
• Work with the Project Manager, Health & Safety, Design and Construction teams to report on all near misses / unsafe conditions/ accidents/ incidents;
• Preparation of pre-start packs and collation and uploading of collated data to systems
• Work closely with Project Quantity Surveyor to generate cost plans, input commitments and monitor project out-turn costs, reporting to the PM any variations and assist in preparation of mitigation plans
• Champion design liaison meetings
• Ensure that all Health and Safety procedures are adhered to and that all activities are carried out with due regard to the Health and Safety of all employees, Clients and members of the general public;

Essential: Project Management experience. Experience of delivering utilising NEC3 form of contract. Degree or equivalent qualification in a construction related discipline. Excellent oral and written communicator with the ability to work in close partnership with clients and end users. Understanding of Health and Safety legislation and regulations including CDM 2015. Experience of delivering engineering projects. Delivery driven with experience of setting and monitoring targets and programmes.

Desirable: Chartered with a recognised institute or be near chartered. Water industry experience (non-infrastructure). Experience of using Primavera P6APMP or equivalent.

Technical Competencies: Skilled

• 1. Contract Management
• 2. Governance
• 3. Budgeting and cost control
• 4. Risk, Opportunities and issue management
• 5. Project Planning (schedule)
• 6. Digital Delivery
• 7. Procurement (negotiations and management)
• 8. Solutions development (pre- construction / design development)
• 9. Client, stakeholder and conflict management
• 10. Resource management
• 11. Change management
• 12. Quality management

Behavioural competencies: Skilled

• 1. Communication
• 2. Collaboration
• 3. Client Focus
• 4. Striving for Results
• 5. Integrity, Trust and Respect
• 6. Coaching and Providing Feedback
• 7. Leadership