Electrical Project Engineer

Salary £40-55,000

Location: Reading

The Role

• Overall responsibility for working with our designer (Arcadis) and suppliers to successfully deliver all mechanical requirements across a project portfolio.
• Work with commercial team to procure all off and on site manufactured mechanical requirements particularly focusing on offsite assembly and modularisation.
• Closely monitor the progress of off and onsite activities to ensure delivery against agreed programmes and budgets.
• Contribute to a positive team culture and environment on your projects to support improved wellbeing and performance.
• Responsible for undertaking factory inspections and quality audits and ensuring the highest level of quality and customer satisfaction for all mechanical installations.

What you will be doing

• Overall responsibility for working with our designer (Arcadis) and suppliers to successfully deliver all mechanical requirements across a project portfolio.
• Work with commercial team to procure all off and on site manufactured mechanical requirements particularly focusing on offsite assembly and modularisation.
• Closely monitor the progress of off and onsite activities to ensure delivery against agreed programmes and budgets.
• Contribute to a positive team culture and environment on your projects to support improved wellbeing and performance.
• Responsible for undertaking factory inspections and quality audits and ensuring the highest level of quality and customer satisfaction for all mechanical installations.

Your Responsibilities

• Safety, Health and Wellbeing: Positively contribute to delivering Thames Water and our "Zero Incidents, Zero Harm, Zero Compromise" goals.
• Productivity: Work with others to achieve a step change in productivity which will include implementing robust mechanical design, manufacture and installation quality management to achieve "right first time".
• Customer Focus: Establish and maintain trusting and effective relationships with Thames Water Operations and other stakeholders, delivering excellent customer service throughout project delivery.
• Culture: Fully embrace our clients Construction's and Thames Water's cultural vision and consistently champion collaborative behaviours and our other core values.
• Develop Sustainable Solutions: Display a sound knowledge of sustainable construction solutions and manage engineering activities that contribute to sustainable development.
• Digital Engineering: Work with our designer (Arcadis) and the supply chain to optimise the benefits of using digital tools and expertise to integrate our off and on site delivery approach.
• Design Collaboration: Use the BIM model to ensure that mechanical designs and installations fully integrate with the civils and electrical designs.
• Engineering Proposals and Design: Technical expertise in the placement and administration of sub-contracts and material orders relating to mechanical equipment. Preparation for, vetting and approval of supplier's proposals and designs in accordance with specified requirements.

What we'll need from you

• Display a high degree of technical knowledge and have relevant electrical project engineering experience within a manufacturing or construction organisation.
• Must have an excellent knowledge of control panel design, cable sizing/calculations and instrumentation. ICA skills are desirable.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills who can multi-task and consistently meet challenging deadlines.
• Commercially astute.
• Experience of both pre-production and production electrical project engineering desirable.
• Has an appreciation of MMC, Lean Construction, Agile Programme Management, Production Thinking and other techniques that assure programme, cost and quality performance.
• Programme focused with an ability to plan and organise resources both off and on site to deliver on time and in full.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with a range of people. Produce electrical test documentation and sign off completion certificates in accordance with BS7671.
• BIM/digital experience is essential.
• Minimum HNC qualified in an electrical engineering subject desirable.
• IT literacy essential.
• Professional qualification is desirable.

In Return

You can expect a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

• Car Allowance
• 26 days annual leave (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday)
• Private medical insurance for yourself (with the option to buy family cover)
• Matched pension scheme up to 8%
• Flexible and Agile working (dependent on your role)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible Benefits scheme which includes benefits such as cycle to work
• Access to retail discount scheme
• 2 days volunteering opportunities