Senior Project Engineer / Manager

Do you have project management experience, and are you seeking a new job in Bristol? Jonathan Lee Recruitment is helping a collaborative company recruit a Senior Project Engineer / Manager, and the role comes with an attractive salary and benefits package.

As a Senior Project Engineer / Manager you will provide leadership and management throughout the project life cycle. Please note that you must be available to travel on work-related business throughout the UK with occasional overnight stays.

In your first few weeks in this Senior Project Engineer / Manager role, you can expect to:

• Provide leadership and management throughout the project life cycle.
• Manage, mentor and support project engineers, providing advice and guidance from initial concept to completion.
• Responsibility for effective Project Management and delivery across a diverse range of electrical HV projects including liaison with clients, consultants, and their representatives. Produce project construction programmes and manage activities to the construction programme.
• Attend site project progress, coordination meetings and undertake inspections / audits of site works to monitor quality and progress.
• Manage commercial aspects of projects in line with budgets and forecasting budgets for financial reporting.
• Ensure project compliance with health and safety adherence including strategic planning and management of projects, produce risk assessments and method statements and undertake safety audits.
• Attend site project coordination meetings and undertake inspections/ audits of site works to monitor quality, progress, managing commercial aspects of the project in line with statutory requirements.
• Management of internal and external resource to ensure project goals and customer expectations are met.
• Building and maintaining relationships with our clients and supply chain partners
• Manage in-house design and engineering teams to generate equipment layouts, designs, cable schedules, testing, and commissioning procedures.
• Liaise with suppliers and manufactures on design, installation, and commissioning. Obtain competitive tenders from the supply chain. Attend manufacturers factory acceptance tests when required.
• Attending pre-start and kick off and ongoing client meetings.
• Purchase Procurement for Project.
• Set up and agree a budget for projects.
• Organising the logistics of materials and equipment.
• ldentifying and organising resourcing requirements for projects.          
• Organising 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.

To apply for this Senior Project Engineer / Manager role, your soft skills, expertise and experience should include:

• Minimum of 5 years' experience of electrical engineering and project management.
• Previous experience of project delivery or a project management role including experience of dealing with suppliers, clients, and employees.
• You will need to confident in managing clients, contractors and third parties and have a strong commitment to the success of the projects that you undertake.
• Experience of commercial management of projects and financial forecasting.
• Experience with managing projects from £1-10 Million in value.
• Able to communicate and influence at all levels.
• Able to work effectively whilst under pressure.
• Able to assess and identify compliance shortfalls or engineering opportunities within designs.
• Able to plan ahead and prioritise workload.
• Able to follow business processes whilst managing multiple time pressured tasks.
• Degree, HND in Electrical Engineering or similar field (Senior Project Engineer not Project Manager).
• Full UK Driving Licence and Right to Work within the UK without limitation
• Experience in HV Systems.
• Experience of managing large teams

As a vital member of our team and in return for your expertise, inclusive approach and commitment, we'll provide a favourable salary and the chance to join a passionate and welcoming team.

Please reach out to our team today to apply and register your interest for this full-time Senior Project Engineer / Manager position in Bristol. They'd be thrilled to hear from you. We'd love to help you get your next role and enable you to fulfil your professional ambitions.

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