Role: Project Engineer (Water)
Location: Alton
Salary: up to £45,000 p/a 
 

My client, who offers the market a unique end-to-end service ranging from needs assessment & solution definition, through design, manufacture, installation & commissioning, to aftercare and operation of water & wastewater treatment assets. They're looking to grow their delivery team and source a Project engineer to be based out of their Alton office.

Duties & Responsibilities:
 
General Duties:

• Supporting Team Lead / Project Manager(s) in the delivery of water and wastewater treatment projects to help ensure they a completed on-time and within budget.
• Co-ordinating with site, workshop and office-based personnel working on each project to ensure contracts are delivered according to the awarded conditions of contract.
• Conducting site visits to plan, monitor and close out project delivery activities.
• Liaising with all personnel working on the project regarding all aspects of the contract to confirm that each stage is happening properly and on schedule.

 Project Planning & Communications:

• Ensure all relevant HSQE documentation is up to standard and in place in a timely fashion for all projects undertaken.
• Timeline planning of activities from awarding of contract to completion and handover of all documentation.
• Planning, and attending technical meetings with clients and consulting engineers.
• Ensuring all documentation for the project is current and saved within the project folder.

Health, Safety, Environment & Quality (HSEQ):

• Enforcing safe work practices on-site and ensuring that policies and procedures are always adhered to during the design and installation.
• Reporting accidents, incidents, dangerous occurrences and / or near misses.
• Liaising with internal safety officers and auditors during site inspections.
• Accommodating site inspections from clients, the HSE and other external bodies.
• Liaising with the project teams to ensure that health and safety is considered at every aspect of design and to ensure compliance with design specification.
• Recording and closing out non-conformances and ensuring that the corrective action, root cause and preventative / improvement actions are successfully identified.

Financial:

• Coordinating financial elements of the project to achieve target goals.
• Purchasing and acquisition of project cost components including labour, parts, materials, plant etc.
• Coordinating the entry of relevant data on the internal Company IFS system.
• Retrieval of relevant financial reports from the internal Company IFS system for monthly project status reporting.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Engineering or science degree, HND or equivalent
• Ideally one-year postgraduate experience in a project engineering, technical or applications/R&D role within the utilities sector and/or M&E engineering environment.
• Experience within the UK water industry is an advantage but high-calibre graduates will be considered.
• Able to demonstrate an ability to work on multiple projects or initiatives simultaneously.
• Advanced MS Office skills with the ability to analyse and manipulate data sets.
• Report writing skills.
• Good communication skills, able to interact effectively with Clients and colleagues.
• Strong analytical and interpretive skills, ability to deliver data in a user friendly and relevant manner.
• Organisational skills with a commitment to the role and a keen eye for detail.
• Willingness to travel nationwide (including overnight stays)
• Full driving licence, any existing endorsements should be declared in the application.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

We are looking to move quick sourcing for this position. Apply Today and We will be in touch to progress your application. You can contact me at chas.earl@carringtonwest.com or reach me on 02393 876 074.
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