Project Engineer

Siemens Energy; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Global team

Medical benefits

Flexible holidays

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Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a Team Leader in Grid Technologies Substations Project Management to lead a team delivering critical substation projects across the UK & Ireland. You will manage governance, commercial relationships, and ensure safe, on-time delivery within budget and to high quality standards.

The role combines hands-on oversight with people leadership, supporting performance development and continuous improvement across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in managing engineering projects, ideally within energy/substation environments.
• Proven experience in leading professional project teams with focus on performance and accountability.
• Strong capability in applying formal project management methodologies and governance frameworks.
• Demonstrated commercial awareness, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of project professionals with clear objectives and performance development.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of substation projects, ensuring safety, timeliness, budget adherence and quality.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Governance & risk

Budgeting & finance

Stakeholder management

Communication

PMP certification

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

As a Team Leader within the Grid Technologies Substations Project Management team, this role plays a key part in delivering substation projects for major clients across the UK & Ireland. Created to support business continuity and an expanding project portfolio, the position combines hands‑on project oversight with people leadership. The role focuses on guiding and developing a team of project professionals, ensuring robust project governance throughout the full lifecycle, and managing commercial and stakeholder relationships. Working closely with internal teams and external partners, the Team Leader ensures projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of project professionals by setting clear objectives, supporting performance development, and fostering a collaborative working environment.
• Oversee the end‑to‑end delivery of substation projects, ensuring they are completed safely, on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Implement and maintain effective project governance, including robust planning, risk and opportunity management, and structured change control.
• Act as an escalation point for complex project challenges, supporting timely decision‑making and effective issue resolution.
• Manage relationships with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors to ensure alignment, transparency, and successful project outcomes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by enhancing project management processes, team capability, and overall delivery performance.

What You Bring

• Significant experience in managing engineering projects, ideally within the energy, power transmission, or substation environment.
• Proven experience in leading and supervising professional project teams, with a focus on performance, development, and accountability.
• Strong capability in applying formal project management methodologies, governance frameworks, and full project lifecycle delivery.
• Demonstrated commercial awareness, including responsibility for budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and financial reporting.
• Well‑developed stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills across internal and external interfaces.
• A relevant engineering degree is preferred, with a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification considered an advantage.

About The Team

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation. Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards/Benefits

• Opportunities to work with a global team
• Opportunities to work on and lead a variety of innovative projects
• Medical benefits
• Remote/Flexible work
• Time off/Paid holidays and parental leave
• Continual learning through the Learn@Siemens-Energy platform