AddressRole: HV Project Engineer
Salary: Up to £70,000
Location: Glasgow
Benefits:
- Yearly Bonus
- Pension contribution
- Private Health Insurance
- Car allowance scheme or company vehicle provided
- 25 days annual holiday plus paid public holidays
Are you looking for a new role within HV? MDE are currently supporting a leading ICP in their search for Project Engineers with HV experience to be office and site based.
You will be responsible for effective project management and delivery across a diverse range of electrical HV projects including liaison with clients, consultants, and their representatives.
- Ensure that projects are managed within budget and in accordance with budget forecasts for financial reporting.
- Ensure that projects comply with health and safety regulations by developing and implementing strategic plans, producing risk assessments and method statements, and conducting safety audits.
- Attend site project coordination meetings, conduct inspections and audits of site works to monitor quality and progress, and manage commercial aspects of the project in compliance with statutory requirements.
- Manage both internal and external resources to ensure that project goals and customer expectations are met.
- Establish and maintain relationships with clients and supply chain partners.
- Manage in-house design and engineering teams to generate equipment layouts, designs, cable schedules, testing, and commissioning procedures.
- Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturers on design, installation, and commissioning, and obtain competitive tenders from the supply chain. Attend manufacturers' factory acceptance tests as required.
- Attend pre-start, kick-off, and ongoing client meetings.
- Handle the procurement of materials and equipment for the project.
- Organise the logistics of materials and equipment.
- Identify and organise the resourcing requirements for the project.
- Organise project briefings for on-site management.
- Complete project review documentation.
- Provide proactive support and guidance to all parties on compliance with statutory requirements and company standards.
- Manage the interface between the company, client, and network operator commissioning and third-party engineers.
- Project a professional image to clients and colleagues.
Essential criteria:
- Possess a minimum of 2-3 years of relevant experience in electrical engineering within the electrical contracting or utility industries.
- Have experience in managing projects from a similar industry.
- Possess excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels.
- Be able to work effectively under pressure.
- Be able to assess and identify compliance shortfalls or engineering opportunities within designs.
- Be able to plan ahead and prioritise workload.
- Be able to follow business processes while managing multiple time-pressured tasks.
- Hold a degree or HND in Electrical Engineering or a related field (or be working towards an HND).
- Be available to travel throughout the UK on work-related business, with occasional overnight stays.
- Hold a full UK driving licence.
Desirable criteria:
- Have experience working in the high voltage sector.
- Have obtained or be working towards professional registration with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) at IENG/CENG level.
- Have experience in managing teams of site personnel.
- Possess a proactive, resilient, and adaptable attitude towards change.
