Project Engineer (Mechanical)

Job Description

The Project Engineer will be responsible for delivering a portfolio of projects (number and complexity to be determined based on experience), reporting to the Senior Project Manager. The role requires regular interaction with multiple contractors, demanding strong self-management and time management skills.

The successful candidate will be a team player with excellent communication skills, high levels of drive and motivation, and the ability to effectively prioritise workload — all essential to succeeding in this role.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Project Manager in the development, monitoring, and reporting of project progress.
• Provide support during mechanical Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of manufactured components. This will involve UK-wide travel to sub-contractor sites.
• Attend stakeholder meetings and project readiness reviews.
• Participate in site walkdowns and work closely with sub-contractors to ensure enabling documentation is in place for progression into the construction phase.
• Lead or support progress meetings with sub-contractors to monitor performance and resolve issues.
• Attend client progress meetings and represent the project delivery team.
• Apply and promote awareness of CDM Regulations within the nuclear industry on all construction-related activities.
• Liaise closely with the site delivery team to ensure alignment and continuity.
• Identify and manage areas of significant project risk, escalating where appropriate.
• Work effectively within a highly regulated environment.
  
  

Qualifications

• Experience in construction engineering, site supervision, or construction installation/project management.
• Hold, or be able to obtain, the required security clearance.
• APM PMQ qualification or demonstrable project delivery experience at an appropriate level.
• Experience in project management within the nuclear decommissioning sector; familiarity with NEC3 contracts is desirable.
• Strong teamworking and people management skills.
• Effective stakeholder and client management capabilities.
• Client- and customer-focused with a track record of successful collaboration.
  
  

About Us

Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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