Project Engineer
- Location: London, Greater London, England
- Salary: Market related
- Category
- Sector: Rail and Transportation
- Contract type Contract
- Consultant: Daniel Buxton
Key Accountabilities
- Ensures the safety, functionality and compliance of newly implemented or altered assets/systems.
- Leads the development and implementation of complex engineering solutions from a multi-discipline perspective, coordinating subject matter experts as needed.
- Drives a culture of continuous improvement using best practice, innovation, whole life cost optimisation and effective root cause analysis
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Skills
- Ability to communicate, negotiate, motivate & influence effectively - both orally and in writing - with people at all levels below Director both across the organisation and outside it.
- Ability to analyse complex data (quantitative and qualitative), draw conclusions and produce solutions and decisions.
- Proven ability to coordinate engineering activities to deliver assured engineering solutions.
Knowledge
- Understanding of the challenges of introducing new assets (ideally in the transport industry) and the necessary trade-off between cost, time, and scope.
- Understanding of the principles of risk management and value engineering.
- Knowledge of applicable health & safety legislation, industry best practice, standards and guidance.
- Knowledge of engineering contracts, e.g. the New Engineering Contract (NEC).
Experience
- Experience of providing engineering services to programmes/ projects for a large, high risk/ complexity, safety focused and regulated organisation(s), where there are multiple complex interfaces and delivering to time budget and quality.
- Some experience in the effective control of budgets and the delivery of projects to required cost, time, and quality.