Address Job Description
Job Title: Civil Project Engineer
Reporting to: Head of Engineering, UK
Location: Birmingham, UK
Overview:
The Civil Project Engineer is overall responsible for managing the substation civil engineering, construction- and contracting activities, starting with tendering activities together with Sales and ending with the hand-over to the service department a/o client, with regard to scope, cost, time and quality so as to obtain the greatest return for Linxon.
What will you do:
Technical:
- Civil and structural design, ability to check and comment on civil documentation in accordance with contractual requirements of tenders / projects
- Knowledge of UK Building Market, Standards and Regulations
- To liaise with civil designers or resolve site Technical Queries, remedial works and snags
- To support CDM coordinator / Temporary works coordinator in the enactment of duties
- Contribute technical advice during the feasibility, design, construction and commissioning phases for projects to our direct labor force (Direct Services), framework contractors. To liaise with civil designers or resolve site Technical Queries, remedial works and snags
Project management:
- Monitor, control, and report on progress (costs and budget throughout the project)
- Select key personnel and subcontractors for the project
- Investigate and develop cost effective design and construction solutions,
- Contribute to the development and the implementation of the clients Design Guidance, Standards and Specifications
Experience Required:
- To be qualified for this position, individual should have a minimum of 8 years’ experience in: Developing project requirements, cost estimates, project plans and budgets within the construction industry (preferably on large multi-million dollar projects)
- Civil and structural design, ability to check and comment on civil documentation in accordance with contractual requirements of tenders / projects
- Assist in the negotiations and awarding of contracts
- Monitor, control, and report on progress (costs and budget throughout the project)
- Resolve disputes, negotiate change orders, communicate decisions to, client, subcontractors and management personnel
- Select key personnel and subcontractors for the project
- Knowledge of UK Building Market, Standards and Regulations
- Knowledge of National Grid, SSE, EDF and similar major utilities.
- Experience as a Contractor Design Approval Engineer (CDAE), as defined by National Grid's NG/ET/SR188 procedure will be an advantage.
- A Chartered Engineer (through IET) status or working towards it is desirable.
Education and Training Required:
- Bachelor or master’s degree in civil engineering or another construction related area and a member of a recognized professional institution.
Personal Qualities Required:
- Resilient and flexible achiever
- Driven by value added and business sustainability
- Calm under pressure in a constantly changing environment
- Assertive, decisive, confident
- Excellent listener
- Proactive and self-disciplined
- Leading by example, with strong values
- Team player
- Passionate to succeed
- Willingness to learn
About Linxon
Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity. We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and ABB’s deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon.
Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects.
As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy and transportation.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.
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Regular At Linxon, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.
