Electrical Contracts Engineer

JA1321 - Electrical Contracts Engineer
Location – Manchester
Type – Permanent full-time
Salary – £50K - £60K DOE + £470/month car allowance
Overview:
We are currently recruiting for an Electrical Contracts Engineer to join our client’s Infrastructure business. The successful candidate will be a qualified Electrician and hold a current ECS card. Due to the nature of their infrastructure business it requires that occasional “out of hours” working including some weekend and nights working. 
Key Responsibilities:

• Engineering analysis and studies.
• Construction engineering design.
• Business development
• Procurement.
• Cost control
• Estimate projects.
• Price variations.
• Forecasting end of life contract costs and sales values.
• Ensuring order numbers and SES numbers are in place.
• Preparation of invoices and applications to meet the business and contractual obligations.
• Site management including:- setup, installation, testing, commissioning and handover.

Aims and Objectives:

• To ensure that projects and small works are carried out safely.
• To develop effective working relationships with fellow team members and clients, to maximise the opportunities to secure and win new work.
• To work with Clients to produce a relationship that results in repeat business.
• To provide technical engineering expertise and advice to fellow members of the team and clients, as and when necessary, to support the successful execution of the work.   
• To ensure Project Engineering services are delivered to plan, to programme and within budget.
• To ensure Project Engineering and technical standards are maintained throughout the work, meeting specification requirements and in accordance with Quality Management Systems and Control
• To provide management reports as required and to agreed schedules.

Key Accountabilities:

• To manage and control site-based teams to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• To ensure understanding of the contract conditions and engineering standards and specifications that apply to each assigned project & area of work and ensure that all considerations are accounted for in the execution of work.
• To produce or review risk assessments and method statements to comply with Health and Safety requirements/ legislation.
• To sequence and programme works, establishing work scope, specifications, programmes, and cost control including sub-contracted works.
• To compare suppliers and subcontractors’ quality and costs against procurement schedules and assists in identifying their suitability for the work and provision of services.
• To prepare work programmes, ensuring activities are planned in line with available resources, understanding the interfaces and coordination with other disciplines and contractors.
• To establish the procurement schedules and specifications for engaging suppliers and subcontractors.
• Procure, co-ordinate and monitor all site activities. 
• To undertake site and works visits as required, attend engineering/ project/ client progress meetings to provide the necessary input to support the successful execution of the work.
• To provide tendering facilities for project works and variations to suit the business and client requirements.
• To work closely with the commercial team to manage variations and changes to the scope of work, with emphasis on receiving payment for all additional activities.
• To ensure understanding of the financial plans/ set budgets and the methods for monitoring cost, spend, value and recovery for all works, including variations, as executed. 
• To understand the controls for managing risk throughout all stages of the work, risk analysis, risk scheduling, risk controls and monitoring.        
• To manage and set firm financial targets to meet established objectives, which will include the reporting of financial status to the General, Commercial and Operations Managers.
• Other duties as required by Head of Operations and Commercial Manager.
• To develop customer relationships and provide excellent customer service to gain new opportunities through existing and new customers i.e., additional core contracts, extra works, total facilities opportunities.

Allied Duties:

• Carry out staff appraisals for employees who are direct reports setting out training and development programs as required.
• Interaction with HR team on investigation and Disciplinary meetings.

Skills & Experience:
Essential

• Must have a current ECS card and be a qualified electrician.
• Have a proven track record within the Electrical Contracting Industry, managing safety, finance, and quality in addition to the ‘cradle to grave’, delivery of projects
• Be in possession of City and Guilds Electrical / Instrumentation Installation and Safety qualifications
• Experience of working on contracts with an E&I value in range from £1k to £1M
• Strong HSEQ management awareness
• Strong financial awareness including financial monitoring, control and forecasting
• Excellent organisational skills including written and verbal communication
• Ability to complete estimates from client information
• Ability to produce reports and meet deadlines including the ability to survey productivity and progress
• Ability to sequence and programme the works, utilising different planning and programming methods/ techniques to meet Company, client and project requirements
• Ability and willingness to travel and work within the office or based on sites as required
• Proficient with Microsoft Office programmes
• Excellent communications skills with the ability to produce and deliver presentations

Desirable

• Knowledge of Highway and Road Tunnel systems and legislation (Desirable)
• Basic skills and knowledge of AutoCAD and the ability to read and interpret drawings.
• Flexibility of approach to client requirement

Benefits:

• Private Medical Cover via Vitality Health – opportunity to add family members at additional cost.
• Company Pension scheme.
• Death in service benefit
• Substantial Employee referral scheme
• Holiday Purchase Scheme up to 5 days per year
• Additional Birthday holiday
• 25 days holiday entitlement + 8 days bank holiday