Overview

Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for a Project Engineering Manager with a background in the nuclear sector to be engaged on a permanent or long-term contract basis in West Cumbria with hybrid working. As Project Engineering Manager you are responsible for the coordination, implementation and performance of engineering activities for an assigned project. Maintains a close working relationship with Project Managers and Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Assists with the establishment and implementation of project manpower needs and coordinates technical activities among disciplines.
• Identifies and ensures compliance with all statutory and licensing requirements.
• Conducts the design of a technically sound, safe and operable plant with a high degree of reliability.
• Prepares and issues Engineering Execution Plans (and ensures that all necessary and appropriate customer requirements, procedures and standards are incorporated).
• Compiles lists from each discipline to develop master document list for project.
• Works with project stakeholders to develop subcontract and work package descriptions that are consistent with the contracting plan for the project.
• Coordinates development of work-hour estimates and transfers information to Project Controls for preparation of engineering cost estimate.
• Cooperates with other departments in the company participating on the project.
• Schedules and coordinates meetings between Project Engineering, the customer and other outside groups.
• Keeps project stakeholders advised of project progress, performance and manpower utilization with attention to delays, adverse trends, errors and omissions.
• Assures proper documentation of meetings, agreements, conversations, etc. that affect the conduct of the project.
• Coordinates the customers engineering comments, approvals and requests with the functional activities of all disciplines.
• Encourages and assists in the technical and managerial development of subordinates.
• Coordinates Independent Engineering Design Reviews by discipline engineering management
• Reviews engineering performance on the project to ensure quality, conformance with conceptual design and completeness of engineering tasks.
• Promptly reviews Design Change Notices (DCN), identifies change order candidates, segregates cost collection and assists the Project Manager in pertinent aspects of change order management.
• Performs all other position related duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications and Experience

• Ideally hold a degree in relevant Engineering discipline
• Ideally Chartered or working towards
• Held similar engineering management position
• Proven experience within a highly regulated construction sector (including commissioning)
• Knowledge of safety case justification
• Sound understanding building regulations and planning submissions of CDM regulations

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