Senior Project Engineer - Mechanical OR Electrical

Posted 05 July 2024
Salary £60000 - £65000 per annum
LocationWest Sussex
Job type Permanent
Sectors InfrastructureAviation
ReferenceBH-36553
Contact NameRob Hobdell

Job description

Play a key role in leading across the design of projects, helping to define client requirements, appoint and then manage the interface your external design consultants. 


You'll be responsible for managing programme and cost as well as ensuring constructed projects are done so in line with approved design. 


The benefits of taking on this position are:
  • A wide variety of projects and a super secure pipeline of work
  • A very generous 20% annual bonus
  • A friendly, diverse team of construction professionals
  • Opportunity for you to move from a purely technical role into more of a process / design management focused position


Some of your core responsibilities will be to:
  • Deliver effective design management on projects.
  • Develop the project scope for design and installation of Building Services
  • Develop the design brief for external design consultants, ensuring that the design contract is implemented and effectively managed
  • Seek safe and cost effective design solutions to meet project requirements
  • Manage external design consultants, ensuring that design outputs are reviewed, co-ordinated and meet quality requirements
  • Define, in collaboration, the asset information requirements within the Employers Information Requirements for both design and construction contracts.
  • Monitor, coordinate and provide technical input to any design changes throughout the construction and handover stages
  • Support the construction team with management of safety and quality on site, ensuring that the construction on site aligns with the design and that quality testing meets necessary requirements.
  • Support with answering queries and technical RFI's raised during Design, Tender and Construction work

To be successful in this position, you will: 
  • Be educated to HND or Degree level (or equivalent) in either MECHANICAL or ELECTRICAL Engineering
  • Have experience in engineering design or design management on projects with LV / HV networks, in multi-disciplinary complex projects
  • Experience in managing and monitoring quality
  • Knowledge and understanding of BREAAM
  • A CSCS Card


On offer is a salary of between 60,000 - 65,000 per annum along with a generous benefits package which includes the 20% bonus, a cash/travel allowance, private medical insurance, rail discount and an enhanced employer pension contribution. 


Interested in applying?  Please feel free to send us a copy of your CV (it doesn’t have to be up to date) or call us on 0203 998 7671.


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