Job Title: Small Works Engineer
Function: Projects
Reporting to: Directly report to the Project Engineering Manager. Functionally report to Project Managers and Project Planners / Quality Engineers.
Scope: Clarke Energy Ltd
Location: UK, with possible overseas
Job Purpose: Deliver the assigned construction and engineering projects successfully at whilst conforming to time, scope and quality requirements.
Majority of time spent: Knowsley office with some working away
Responsibilities:
As projects/contracts are increasingly more complex, there are consistently a number of small sub-projects that fall outside normal Project Management / Project Engineering/Management day-to-day works. These works are by their very nature reactive rather than planned, and need instant time and focus as they carry financial/reputational risk particularly when related to asset downtime. An examples of such work would be revisiting site for latent defect works within a defects liability period.
- Manage and ensure that Health, Safety and Environmental standards are always understood and adhered to.
- Manage the assigned small works packages, conforming to scope, budget, time and quality requirements.
- Act as the client’s primary focus on a day-to-day basis, acting in a professional and courteous manner, and reporting any relevant interactions internally.
- Raise Purchase Orders on subcontract packages and consumables.
- Ensure timely request, review and submission of RAMS.
- Create lookahead programmes and drive the works to timely completion.
- Create and manage trackers, noting the progress of works and assigning and chasing actions.
- Manage subcontractors and their works, challenging any cost, scope, progress, safety or quality issues, and reorganising works where appropriate.
- Take charge of project logistics ahead of time, co-ordinating deliveries and plant movement, taking into account site conditions and offload requirements to ensure that goods and materials are installed safely and on programme.
- Write detailed reports and updates for the Project Engineering Manager and other project departmental heads.
- Collate and submit accurate project documentation, including but not limited to As-Built drawings, calibration and test certificates, and commissioning records.
- Suggest and implement cost-effective solutions and proposals, acting as the focal point for unexpected technical difficulties and other problems, ensuring that they are resolved in a timely manner.
- Participate in meetings with internal and external stakeholders either in person or on-line. Where appropriate, schedule and act as chair, taking minutes and assigning actions.
Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills:
Essential:
- Experience within a relevant discipline, such as construction, electrical or mechanical engineering.
- Good understanding of Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental issues.
- Good IT skills – Word, Excel, and Microsoft Project, Teams, able to communicate and use VPN, video conferencing and mobile platforms.
- Knowledge of current ‘Construction (Design and Management) Regulations’
- Project Management
- Basic coaching and negotiation skills
Personal attributes/skills
This requires the job holder to demonstrate that they are:
- Motivated, organised, and disciplined – repeats actions across projects without prompting.
- Thrives from taking responsibility of the given situation.
- Resilient and driven – does what is required to get the job done.
- Consistently trustworthy and professional
- Reliable and dependable
- Responsive to customers’ needs
- Supportive and able to work well with colleagues.
- Committed to quality and improvement.
In addition, it is particularly important to the success of this role that the job holder can demonstrate the following:
- Excellent at building relationships, and competent in communicating both technical and practical matters.
- Ability to motivate, persuade and influence others.
- A pragmatic and flexible approach to requirements – adapts to changing priorities.
- Strong planning skills.
- Commercial awareness – acts to minimise costs to Clarke Energy and customers.
Essential:
- Can demonstrate transferable skills to fulfil a Project Management role
- Supervisory experience
- A background in construction and / or electrical / mechanical engineering.
- Good understanding of Health, Safety and Environmental requirements.
- Willingness to travel extensively and work away from home as required.
Desirable:
- Project Management experience
- Site management experience.
- CSCS card holder
- Experience in a related discipline e.g. – boilers, HV systems, quantity surveying, CAD, planning, SCADA, BMS.
- IOSH / SMSTS qualified
- Degree / HND / HNC in Engineering