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Senior Project Engineer (Operations)

London Gatwick

Guildford

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Job summary

Join a leading airport as a Senior Project Engineer, where you'll oversee significant engineering projects with budgets up to £20 million. This role offers the chance to innovate and lead in a dynamic environment, ensuring projects meet high standards of quality and safety. Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits, including a welcome bonus and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

5% Welcome Bonus

Performance-based bonus scheme

High street shops and restaurant discounts

Healthcare scheme

Life and disability insurance

Professional training to develop

Discounted travel

Volunteer days

Qualifications

Multi-disciplinary experience in engineering design or management.
Chartered Member of a recognised Engineering Institution is desirable.
Knowledge of scoping and briefing is essential.

Responsibilities

Lead design for multi-million projects ensuring alignment with project requirements.
Develop project scopes and innovative design solutions.
Manage outputs of external design consultants.

Skills

Problem Solving

Flexibility

Innovative Outlook

Education

Degree in Architecture, Engineering or Construction

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London Gatwick is more than just a workplace. We are a community of innovators, problem solvers, and achievers, united by our passion for pushing boundaries and overcoming challenges. If you're looking for a career that combines the thrill of the full project life cycle, a commitment to work-life balance, and sustainability, then look no further. Here at Gatwick, no two projects are the same consistent the only consistent thing is the location.

We have a variety of diverse projects to keep you challenged, all on one site; and due to continued growth, have plenty of complex and interesting projects on the horizon. As a Senior Project Engineer, in the Operations Programme, you will have the opportunity to work and play a key part in ground-breaking projects that will shape the future of London Gatwick, operating in a fast paced, energetic environment

Your ideas will be valued, and your contributions will have a lasting impact on our organisation and our passengers. Your role is pivotal in leading the design of a variety of strategically important projects for Gatwick Airport with typical budgets up to £20m, ensuring that design meets project requirements, whilst achieving real value for money. This role has involvement in every stage of the project process, including ensuring all projects are installed in line with approved designs.

The role

Reporting into the Programme Design Manager, you will play a key role in the Construction team, responsible for ensuring design meets needs across varied £multi-million projects, including working in defined sub-programmes on complex projects.

Other duties include:

Developing project scopes that support the business to meet its needs
Finding innovative design solutions that meet project scopes, are realistically deliverable, meet GAL engineering standards, and are cost effective.
Developing clear and transparent design briefs for external design consultants.
Managing and reviewing the outputs of external design consultants, to ensure effective implementation of designs that meet quality requirements and are aligned with delivery milestones and governance tollgates.
Work with the Asset Information Team and other stakeholders to determine the asset information requirements for design and construction contracts.

What are we looking for?

The live environment at Gatwick requires all our teams to have a flexible and adaptable approach, with problem solving skills and an innovative outlook. Involved in projects from inception to completion, you will work alongside multiple stakeholders. In addition, this role requires:

Previous multi-disciplinary experience in an engineering design or design management role, ideally in a live operational environment with responsibility for delivering safety critical outcomes, with a strong focus on significant multi-year infrastructure programmes of work with a value of more than £20 million (ideally in a relevant infrastructure, building setting or operational development field).
Educated to Degree level or equivalent with honours in an architecture, engineering or construction related field
Qualifications – A Chartered Member of a recognised Engineering Institution is highly desirable.
Knowledge of and experience in scoping and briefing is essential.

What do I get?

Our employees tell us that working here is something special and no day is like another; Where our teams do something every day other airports only dream of. Along with a competitive salary our employees enjoy a range of personal, health and financial benefits, including:

5% Welcome Bonus
Performance-based bonus scheme
High street shops and restaurant discounts
Healthcare scheme
Life and disability insurance
Professional training to develop
Professional subscriptions
Discounted travel
Volunteer days

What it's like to work at London Gatwick?

Our people are our biggest asset. We want people to thrive and have the best experience while working with us. We know we are all at our best when we feel comfortable and included.

We are an organisation that places diversity, equity and inclusion at its heart. Our aim; to create a place where everyone belongs and has a voice, and we recognise we all play an important role in our success.

To apply and find out more about what it's like to work at Gatwick, visit our careers site Careers | Grow your career with Gatwick Airport LGW

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

Click apply to start your career with Gatwick.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

Click apply to start your career with London Gatwick

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