Project Engineer – Water

Position: Project Engineer – Water

Location: Bristol

Salary: £40,000 – £50,000 Plus Car/Allowance and Package

The Role:

Our client is a large engineering company who operate predominately in the water industry. They have been awarded a contract with Wessex Water to design, build and refurbish their water treatment plants.

They are recruiting for a Project Engineer who will be responsible for the individual management of schemes predominately for the clean water industry, with a particular focus on capital improvement projects such as new Water Treatment Plants and pumping stations.

Responsibilities:

• Outline engineering from inception to completion of schemes utilising in-house resources, site installation and construction personnel
• The timely completion of multiple concurrent projects, safely and within budget
• Liaise with client’s engineering and operations staff to ensure KPI’s are met or exceeded within budget constraints
• Attend internal and external review and progress meetings
• Active participant in Collaborative Planning
• Attend site visits/meetings.
• Ascertain preliminary and detailed design/project requirements and solutions
• Prepare estimates and quotations
• Complete contract documentation to the supply chain
• Manage site safety, health and environmental issues
• Co-ordinate and liaise with suppliers, specialist sub-contractors, in-house functions, site installations and construction teams
• Procurement of plant, materials and specialist subcontractors.
• Attend/undertake factory site and works testing, commissioning and client training
• Compile and collate final contract documentation, “As built” drawings, test sheets etc. for inclusion into operation and maintenance manuals
• Responsibility for Profit/Loss on contracts/packages undertaken
• Establishing and agreeing price variations and final accounts with the project QS

Experience:

• An industry applicable ONC/HNC/B.Eng or NVQ equivalent
• Demonstrable experience of working within the water and / or sewage industries
• Commercial and contractual awareness
• Working knowledge of Microsoft packages

Keywords: Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Project Delviery, Design, Water, Sewage, Wessex Water