Mechanical Project Engineer
Twickenham
Contract
1st Step Solutions are supporting a leading M&E Contractor who have an opportunity for an experienced Mechanical Project Engineer to join their team on a new Laboratory project in Twickenham.
Responsibilities:
– Ensuring the technical accuracy of project development. This includes overseeing the supply and coordination of all technical documentation, particularly regarding Health and Safety protocols.
– Take charge of the mechanical services installation for projects.
– Collaborate with the BIM department to create fully coordinated installation drawings that provide clear guidance for on–site installation or offsite manufacturing processes.
– Ensure high–quality installations that meet clients' expectations while maximising profitability through intelligent design choices and early selections, all while upholding standards.
– Partner with the planner to establish a clear work sequence with defined timelines and resource allocations that are agreed upon with our clients.
– Foster and maintain professional relationships with customers, design team, the supply chain, and other relevant stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and presenting issues clearly and persuasively.
– Contribute as part of a team to promote safety and efficiency by coordinating activities with others.
– Attend & host team meetings.
– Lead and issue meeting notes for technical and progress workshop meetings.
– Reviewing tender information including design drawings, specifications and equipment schedules.
– Delivering the design / working drawings necessary to deliver the project and ensure you capture any additional costs and programme delays caused by external influences on their production.
– Production and technical compliance checking of technical submissions against specifications and ER documents.
– Production of package scoping documents.
– Reviewing and compliance checking our working drawings against specifications and ER documents.
– Being able to develop a commissioning strategy for the installation.
– Management of procurement. Value engineering (where asked for) and better buying against the tender allowances.
– Programming of the works and sub–contract packages.
– Production and management of programmes.
– Project reporting to PM.
– Manage installation and commissioning activities of your assigned packages.
– Handover documentation (record drawings / test and commission).
– Ensure all variation costs are advised to the PM and QS.
– Cost control. Liaising with project surveyor to assist the PM with the monthly PFR report.
– Quality control.
– Risk control (programme and commercial)
Qualifications/Skills:
– HNC/HNC in Building Services Engineering or similar.
– CSCS/IOSH/SMSTS.
– Experience of working on M&E pharmaceutical projects, as well as ideally having had responsibility for full contract management.
– Capability to accept responsibilities and accomplish project objectives in a timely manner.
– Good computer skills especially with Microsoft Office.
– Be aware of health and safety requirements and the continual assessment/control of risk.
– To actively contribute to the team (internal and client team).
