Project Engineer

Project Engineer (Ref: 202410/PCPE)

Overview of Employer

A family run business trading for over 25 years, McCrory provides Design & Build Principal Contractor construction services for prestige clients in the Energy, Transport & Utilities Infrastructure sectors in England. UK clients in the last 10 years include Network Rail, Eurotunnel, National Grid and Affinity Water.

Overview of Role

The successful candidate will have a wide range of Project Engineering responsibilities associated with the pre-construction planning, civil engineering, building, construction, (including M&E), miscellaneous project engineering for turnkey building projects for prestigious clients located in southeast England and northern France.

Regular travel to England will be required. The frequency and duration of the stays in England will be negotiable. Occasional travel to client’s sites in France will also be required.

Flights to, accommodation and company vehicles in England and France will be provided.

Reports to

Directors

Employment Type

• Permanent, Full Time.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Preparation and support of pricing specifications for tender opportunities.
• Support, contribute to and liaise with temporary works designers.
• Contribution to pre-construction planning, design and specification agreement
• Supervision and planning of preparation of project quality and control files, manuals & records including maintenance of documentation for Health & Safety file & O&M Manuals.
• Contributing to preparation of project progress reports for presentation to client.
• Liaising with purchasing to ensure accurate & timely procurement of materials
• Overseeing and / or liaising with setting out engineers, structural design engineers, civil engineers, electrical engineers & mechanical engineers
• Liaising with suppliers and sub-contractors to ensure design specifications are met and relevant documentation is captured.
• Liaising with client project managers, design engineers, principal designers and architects, attending regular project meetings.
• Overseeing the control, distribution and superseding of drawings with support of admin & document control staff.
• Assist the commercial team in the preparation of project budgets and costings.
• Preparation of H&S file and O&M Manuals.
• Maintenance recording of appropriate quality control documentation & records as appropriate
• Preparation and closing out of snag lists at periodic handovers and completion, assisting the securing of handover certificates etc.

Additional & Shared Roles and Responsibilities

• Liaising with colleagues as part of the project delivery team, contributing as required to ensure the safe delivery of project to the specifications and budgets.
• Assist and support Directors in annual ISO audits.

Essential Skills & Qualifications

• Third Level Education: BA (Hons) in Construction Engineering and management, Building Engineering, Civil Engineering, similar or equivalent.
• A Level or equivalent in Mathematics (B or higher), 1 x Science (C or higher) and any other A-Level (C or higher).
• GCSE Level in Mathematics (B or higher), 1 x Science (C or higher), English (B or higher) and any other.
• Full Clean (3 points or less) UK/EU Driving Licence with exclusive access to own vehicle.
• Current passport with at least six months to expiry.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role with an interest in infrastructure
• Experienced in MS Excel, MS Outlook, and the MS Windows file system.
• Good Health – Network Rail (ML1) Medical may be conducted.
• Have a good understanding and experience of contemporary professional email communications with a high standard of grammar and punctuation.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely in both oral and written (email) forms.
• Familiarity / knowledge of NEC3 & NEC4 contracts.

Desirable Skills, Qualifications and Characteristics

• CSCS UK H&S Test for Managers & Professionals.
• CSCS / CSR / NPORS Site Card.
• High level of attendance and punctuality in school and higher education.
• Knowledge and/or experience of MS Project.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience working under NEC3 & NEC4 contracts.

Other Additional Information

• Access NI / DBS Checks will be conducted.
• Right to work in the UK.
• Commencement as soon as possible.
• Laptop, mobile phone, company fuel & expenses credit card provided.

Salary & Package

Negotiable, meeting your expectations and dependant on CV, experience and interview appraisal.

Additional benefits:

• Up to 28 Days annual holidays (incrementing annually, after 3 consecutive years of service) plus bank holidays.
• Formal annual minimum 2% salary scale.
• Formal Christmas Bonus arrangement in the region of 2% - 7% of salary.
• Overtime available with appropriate uplift to be agreed.

Closing Date: 19/10/2024

Interviews: As Soon As Convenient

Commencement Date: As Soon As Possible