Project Engineer

Accountabilities

Governance

• Lead and attend project reviews / project meetings
• Have an awareness of the Digital Briefcase
• Maintain accurate project records (progress, daily diaries etc.)
• Prepare both internal/external reports and liaise with stakeholders

Analytical Thinking & Decision Making

• Helps to ensure reports provide relevant information to enable informed,

cost-effective decisions in line with overall strategy

• Helps to ensure scope and package assignment supports the team in

coordinated working

• Specify, understand, develop and implement technical information and

drawings into delivery

• Understanding and specify plant and equipment requirements

Health Safety & Environmental

• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm & keep up to date with changes in

legislation

• Responsible for the safety and welfare of the general public, employees and

supply chain

• Carry out Safety & Environmental Tours/promote observation and safety

initiatives

• Conduct and support Accident/Incident Investigations
• Monitor effectiveness of the H&S Management System and implement

improvement solutions

• Write and review RAMS and accepting subcontractor RAMS
• Identifying, raising and reporting risks and hazards
• Ensure sufficiency and competency of workforce
• Understand, control and issue safety documentation
• Completion of audits
• Setting people to work

Risk, Issue & Opportunity

• Assist the Project Manager to lead risk/opportunity reviews, present the Risk

Register and recommend/implement changes

• Log and escalate any issues that cannot be resolved at delegated level of

authority

Procurement & Supply Chain

• Management of subcontractors, including monitoring of contractor attendance

and progress, providing direct instruction and support as necessary, such that

contractual arrangements are achieved

• Ensure procurement plans are available in line with the overall project plans,

and material/resources/supply chain activities are delivered to meet scheduled

deadlines

Quality

• Follow targets/KPI's in line with project objectives and monitor performance
• Ensure assurance activities (audits) are undertaken and take appropriate action

on findings

• Contribute towards workshops that cover the principles of continuous

improvement

Planning

• Help to develop, implement and periodically update resource loaded schedules
• Ensure team adopt productivity and project controls techniques
• Monitor progress and implement Short Interval Control processes/hold weekly

meeting

• Ensure production of operational milestones reflect master schedule and

customer expectations

Commercial & Contract

• Ensure that expenditure is in line with the budget and that resources are

utilised efficiently to ensure cost control

• Able to identify elements for cost recovery from others
• Incorporate and balance both operational and commercial constraints into

decision making

• Analyse, appraise and implement CEs
• Ownership of Budget
• Understanding of the contract and knowledge of commercial impact
• Manage commercial change
• Requestion of plant and materials

Digital

• Maintain Digital Group Minimum Standards and operate with appropriate level

of digital tools

• Ensure the team has the correct level of digital training and provide coaching

where required

• Advocate consistency and reliability of digital data to support successful project

delivery

Resources & Development

• Help to develop, implement and update resource allocation plans and raise

appropriate requests

• Setting people to work
• Upskilling others
• Coordinate with other project activities and internal functions

Leadership & Line Management

• Motivate and empower the team using the resources available through training,

mentoring and performance management.

• Produce plans for the team to achieve goals/aspirations
• Work alongside Project Management and deputise where required

Personal

Qualities &

Experience

(Required)

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• An organised, innovative and creative Project Engineer with knowledge and

experience of working on Projects who is proficient commercial/project

management communications

• Experience in implementing safe systems of work
• Experience in managing risks and change processes through solutions-based

approach to problem solving

• Good interpersonal skills that enable working relationships to be developed at

all levels across the business and be able to negotiate and influence

• Discuss ideas and plans competently and with confidence
• Communicate new concepts and ideas to technical and non-technical

stakeholders

• Awareness and promotion the benefits of diversity and inclusion
• Demonstration of resilience and determination to succeed
• Proactively develop others around you including junior members of the team
• Identify and drive personal development
• Proficient on O365

The role holder is likely to have one or more of the following:

• Holds or working towards a formal qualification in construction/engineering or

equivalent industry experience

• Holds or desire to work towards either the APM PFQ/PMQ
• Holds CSCS and SMSTS or equivalent

Last Update February 2024

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