Project Engineer

Role: Project Engineer
Type: Permanent
Salary: £46,000 to £54,000 plus 20% in benefits.
Location: Bicester (Hybrid. 3 days on site / 2 from home)
Sector: Rail
Start: ASAP

Job Description
As a Project Engineer you will be responsible for providing professional and technical support on project engineering issues, carrying out assurance of asset design and construction, assuring that it is in accordance with organisational and sponsor requirements, standards and policies.

About the role:

• To be responsible for providing technical assurance, as per the client assurance requirements, through production, checking and submission of assurance evidence for technical stage gates.
• To be responsible for assuring that the design and construction of assets comply with the technical and sponsor requirements and applicable standards, specifications, and procedures by supporting planned Technical Assurance Reviews and "spot-checks" of Contractor's deliverables.
• To be accountable for supporting the Head of Engineering and Environment in discharging their duties of NEC3 Supervisor and Principal Designer Representative as mandated within the Construction Desing Management (CDM) Regulations 2015.
• To be accountable for communicating the client Engineering requirements to the IPT contractor and provide responses to technical queries.
• To be responsible for providing guidance on design solutions for the asset, promoting use of best practice and innovative engineering techniques, technologies and processes, driving consistency and identifying opportunities for efficiencies within the IPT.
• To be responsible for working alongside other technical specialists to develop appropriate and cost balanced mitigation strategies and solutions, contributing to successful system integration.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures in EDI.

About You

• Complex problem solving - Able to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. This includes the management and planning of multiple workstreams and the competing demands of stakeholders.
• Decision Making - Able to gather and synthesise information, identifying options and applying sound judgement based on logic and reason, making use of a variety of analytical approaches to provide relevant information to suppliers, stakeholders and decision makers using key facts and data.
• Technical Leadership - Specialist technical support and leadership on at least one discipline-specific scientific, technical or engineering principles whilst knowing when to seek further guidance from Subject Matter Expert or others.
• Technical Communication -Able to communicate a range of technical ideas in at least one discipline-specific area to colleagues, based on a mix of training and examples of application.
• Technical Leadership - Able to apply principles and methods that ensure effective information management, modelling and data security, basic understanding of data creation and visualisation, working under supervision of line manager or in liaison with relevant Subject Matter Expert.

Knowledge

• Applicable UK construction regulations including CDM requirements.
• Understanding of the Regulatory/Legislative Framework relevant to the client.
• Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets and the need to deliver an integrated solution that meets all functional requirements.
• Chartered Engineer/Membership of an appropriate professional institution or working towards with the equivalent experience.

Experience

• Experience in managing standards, engineering and safety activity on any engineering projects/ programmes.
• Experience of managing competing project and engineering demands, with cost and schedule implications on any engineering projects/ programmes

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