Senior Project Engineer / Lead PE

Location: Various Locations – Glasgow / Birmingham / Derby

Term: 6 months initial contract

Rate: £450 - £550 per day, out of scope

“Our client is a well-established Nationwide Rail company whose professionalism and well-respected name have been instrumental in their success. They provide an exceptional service to their customers and are focused on continually improving this.”

They are looking for an experienced Senior Project Engineer to provide project engineering team leadership, ensuring projects are to the required quality and safety standards within given timeframes.

Essential

• Extensive experience in all aspects of Signal and Railway Engineering.
• Strong leadership skills including an ability to drive a team’s performance.
• Electrical Engineering Degree or equivalent
• Member of the IET, IRSE or other recognised professional body
• Hold or be working towards IRSE Project Engineer licence
• Chartered Engineer status (desirable)
• A1 Assessor Qualification (desirable)
• To have passed four modules in the IRSE Professional Examinations (desirable)

The Role

• Support and monitor the progress of works, ensuring the development, design construction, testing and financial targets are met, and effect remedial action where required.
• Ensure that the technical standards are maintained in all aspects of signalling project work, in order that safe and successful project implementation and future reliability is achieved.
• Be the Project Manager’s engineering representative on projects
• Assist with forecasting the overall engineering resources
• Evaluate the quality and technical accuracy of tenders and make recommendations to obtain the best available commercial award for the Company
• Discharge safety responsibilities in relation to CDM Regulations, Health and Safety legislation
• Coordinate the engineering activities of sub-contractors

Our client is looking to hold interviews immediately for these positions.

Please send your CV to Amy Naden at Vital to move forward with your application

- a m y . n a d e n @ vi t a l . u k . c o m

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