Senior Project Engineer — Onsite Delivery & Innovation

Wood; Barnard Castle; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful projects

Diversity and Inclusion

Global connections

Job summary

Wood is seeking expressions of interest for a Senior Project Engineer to support the delivery of engineering capital projects at the client site in Barnard Castle. This is a site-based role, open to staff and contract arrangements.

The role requires leadership across multiple engineering disciplines, thorough change control, and strong focus on HSSE and quality management. Opportunities exist within pharma/biotech contexts and digitalisation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Degree or HND in engineering with relevance to project delivery.
• Experience applying health and safety standards in design and build.
• Familiarity with pharma/biotech contexts is essential.
• Ability to manage multiple engineering disciplines and interfaces.
• Understanding of change control and contract requirements.

Responsibilities

• Supports Wood in the review of the project proposal and plan to determine timeframe, procedures for accomplishing the project, and supports development and setting project evaluation parameters
• Negotiates changes to project scope or specification with the client. Follows Change Management process to identify and approve scope, budget specification and schedule modifications
• Establishes project procedures and prepares project execution plan including the scope of work, deliverables list, master schedule, budget, org charts, risk register
• Supports Wood in the identification, pursuit and development opportunities for innovation, such as digitalisation and technology use, work share and high value engineering centres, to bring value to Wood and customer
• Regularly reports project progress to senior management and/or the client
• Supports Wood with delivery of agreed schedule and financial performance, proactively intervening to avoid slippage
• Supports Wood with risk identification and mitigation during project execution
• Supports Wood to ensures a program of initiatives and auditing schedule are established and that HSSE and quality management issues are proactively addressed
• Provides Wood with guidance on their direction of a multidiscipline project team, which may include external specialists and involve staff from multiple offices and sites
• Participates in performance improvement culture and actions on complex projects and into their supply chains
• Provides guidance on the set up of information management systems / applications as applicable to suit various life phases of projects and manage information management project team

Education

HND / Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline

Job description

Wood is seeking expressions of interest for a Senior Project Engineer to support the delivery of engineering capital projects at the client site in Barnard Castle. This is a site-based role, open to staff and contract arrangements.

The role requires leadership across multiple engineering disciplines, thorough change control, and strong focus on HSSE and quality management. Opportunities exist within pharma/biotech contexts and digitalisation initiatives.