Project Engineer / Senior Project Engineer

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About The Role

We are looking to strengthen our Delivery team with a Senior Project Engineer based at Maple Lodge with hybrid working available.

You will report directly to the Project Manager and your role will be to manage the design (including challenging solutions and identifying opportunities for innovation), construction, commissioning and putting to work of contracts to ensure they are completed in the most efficient manner to the specification, within the time required and within the tender estimate without risk to the health and safety of all concerned while ensuring good customer satisfaction

Key responsibilities will include:

• Input to, manage and update construction programmes ensuring key milestones are met;
• Arrange, chair and participate in collaborative planning sessions to ensure critical activities are programmed with all key stakeholders ;
• Prepare and issue invitations to tender, collate responses and prepare cost benefit analysis with recommendations for award;
• Prepare and circulate requisitions to buyers;
• Technical co-ordination between MWH engineering and supply chain partners;
• Day to day support of site management team ensuring any issues are resolved or escalated;
• Review of consolidated invoices, identifying errors and omissions prior to payment approval;
• Challenge all stakeholders to identify opportunities for innovation, doing something differently and improving working practises to realise opportunities and minimise risk - both to safety and commercial performance;
• Management and coordination of the risk register and provide monthly updates. Assist Project Managers to manage early warnings to variations to risk register with the project management team;
• Attend Health & Safety, Progress, Employee Forums and Coordination meetings as required;
• Work with the Project Manager, Health & Safety, Design and Construction teams to report on all near misses / unsafe conditions/ accidents/ incidents;
• Preparation of pre-start packs and collation and uploading of collated data to systems
• Work closely with Project Quantity Surveyor to generate cost plans, input commitments and monitor project out-turn costs, reporting to the PM any variations and assist in preparation of mitigation plans
• Champion design liaison meetings
• Support your team to ensure that all Health and Safety procedures are adhered to and that all activities are carried out with due regard to the Health and Safety of all employees, Clients and members of the general public;

About You

Essential:

• Engineering experience
• Degree or equivalent qualification in a construction related discipline.
• Excellent oral and written communicator with the ability to work in close partnership with clients and end users.
• Understanding of Health and Safety legislation and regulations including CDM 2015
• Experience of delivering engineering projects
• Delivery driven with experience of setting and monitoring targets and programmes

Desirable

• Experience of delivering utilising ICheme form of contract
• Chartered with a recognised institute or working towards
• Water industry experience (non-infrastructure)
• APMP or equivalent

Technical Competencies: Skilled

1. Contract Management
2. Governance
3. Budgeting and cost control
4. Risk, Opportunities and issue management
5. Project Planning (schedule)
6. Digital Delivery
7. Procurement (negotiations and management)
8. Solutions development (pre- construction / design development)
9. Client, stakeholder and conflict management
10. Resource management
11. Change management
12. Quality management

Behavioural competencies: Skilled

1. Communication
2. Collaboration
3. Client Focus
4. Striving for Results
5. Integrity, Trust and Respect
6. Coaching and Providing Feedback
7. Leadership

About Us

MWH Treatment is an integrated design and build provider working in the water sector. With over 1,000 staff working across eight regional centres, supporting six long-term water sector frameworks and two recently won frameworks, operating both as a sole contractor but also in joint ventures and alliances.

At MWH Treatment we believe that people matter. We know to build successful, creative teams we need a diverse workforce that can deliver innovative ways of thinking. We provide an environment where you will have the freedom to develop and grow to your full potential, creating opportunity by inviting, embracing, and celebrating difference, our goal as an employer is to motivate, and develop our employees. By fostering a diverse range of talents and perspectives we ensure we have the breadth of viewpoints, experiences, and skills needed to succeed. Embracing diversity of all kinds enables us to provide a work environment and culture that plays a key role in attracting and retaining the right people with the right skills.

As signatories to the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant, we have made a promise to support our forces, working with the CTP to help ex veterans find work in the civilian world. We also support Mates in Mind, a charitable programme to improve and promote positive mental health in the workplace. We don't just tick boxes; we live these values every day.

What MWH offer

Packages include -

• A competitive salary
• Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
• Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
• Contribution Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Health Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc