Senior Project Engineer - Hampton

MWH Treatment; Rickmansworth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

MWH Treatment in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Project Engineer or Senior Contracts Engineer to be based at Hampton. You will report to the Project Manager and lead design, construction, commissioning and handover of contracts to ensure timelines and tender estimates are met with safety and customer satisfaction.

Key responsibilities include managing construction programmes, coordinating planning sessions with stakeholders, tendering, cost planning, and coordinating between engineering

Qualifications

• Must have project management experience within construction.
• Experience delivering engineering projects and programmes.
• Knowledge of NEC3 contract framework and safety regulations CDM 2015.

Responsibilities

• Input to, manage and update construction programmes ensuring milestones are met.
• Arrange, chair and participate in planning sessions with key stakeholders.
• Prepare and issue invitations to tender, collate responses and prepare cost benefit analyses.
• Prepare and circulate requisitions to buyers; coordinate with engineering and supply chain.
• Day-to-day management of site management team; resolve or escalate issues.
• Review invoices for errors prior to payment; monitor costs and variations.
• Drive opportunities for innovation while minimising safety and commercial risk.
• Maintain risk register and provide monthly updates; assist with early warnings.

Skills

Project management

Contract management (NEC3)

Communication (oral & written)

Health and safety knowledge (CDM 2015)

Delivery of engineering projects

Targets & programme monitoring

Cost planning & budgeting

Education

Degree or equivalent in construction

Tools

Primavera P6/APMP or equivalent

Job description

We are looking to strengthen our Delivery team with a Senior Project Engineer or Senior Contracts Engineer based at Hampton.

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 equivalentT

Technical Competencies

• 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

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