Senior Project Engineer

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Req Id : 18001

Job Title : Senior Project Engineer

Business Unit Sector : PCL-WTR EMEIA

Work Location : UKCHESTER

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : No

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Contract Hire Only for this Project :

Job Summary

Black & Veatch is recruiting Senior Project Engineers to join their Water Services team based in Chester. The team consults, delivers and manages Critical Human Infrastructure projects in the Water and Flood Risk Management sector. The Senior Project Engineer will be accountable for the planning and execution of our projects to the defined scope, cost and programme to meet our Client’s requirements. Successful applicants will be based in our office in the beautiful historic City of Chester, and projects will predominantly be across the north of England and Wales but may extend nationwide. The ability to travel to Client offices and project sites is essential.

Key Responsibilities

Plan, execute, monitor and control projects in terms of scope, time, cost, quality, resource, communications, risk, procurement and stakeholder management
Contract management, predominantly under the NEC suite of contracts
Deliver projects to the As-Sold financial metrics or better
Balance the needs of multiple projects
Leadership of the overall coordination and production of multi-disciplinary appraisals and designs
Organise and chair professional client meetings
Understand the customer’s basic and performance requirements during the sales process and formulate a scope of work that adds value for our customers and us
Assess the technical and commercial risk of projects during the sales process
Create and review proposals and costings for new projects
Work with our Regional Delivery Director to identify opportunities to improve our business management systems
Manage consultancy projects varying in size up to a £1.5m in revenue

Preferred Qualifications

Written Communications, Drive For Results, Priority Setting, Planning, Delegation, Directing Others, Conflict Management, Informing, Listening, Dealing with Ambiguity, and Building Effective Teams

Intermediate knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

Minimum Qualifications

Professional qualification in an engineering discipline
Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) or Geography discipline
Proven ability to plan, execute, monitor and control projects in terms of scope, time, cost, quality, resource, communications, risk, procurement and stakeholder management
Leadership skills to manage project teams and create positive change
Motivated to Project Manage flood and coastal risk management and water projects
Previous experience in a project management or technical civil engineering role on projects using the NEC suite of contracts
Knowledge of programme management using Microsoft Project or other suitable software
Knowledge of Earned Value Analysis to monitor project performance and produce accurate cost and spend profiles

Salary Plan

ENG: Engineering

Job Grade

130

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