Project Engineer

Job Description
We have a fantastic opportunity on our EDF Project Resource Framework, to be involved in the exciting challenges associated with the UK's nuclear power station. EDF are the sole nuclear power station operator and as such you can work in unique teams at the start of a new nuclear power golden age. As a Project Engineer you will be accountable to the Programme Manager for successful delivery of all aspects of their assigned projects. The Project Manager sets the project execution strategy in agreement with the Project Sponsor and uses a cross-functional project team to deliver the project safely in line with company policies and procedures, achieving established goals and objectives within the agreed baseline

Please note potential candidates for this role must be able to obtain and retain CTC (Counter Terrorist Check) level security clearance to be considered for this position. (Minimum 3 years residence in UK).
Responsibilities

• Identifying, implementing and complying with applicable safety, environmental and quality standards, company procedures and policies and other relevant legislative and regulatory requirements
• Support the Project Manager with day to day activities required to deliver work in line with the project plan including safety, quality, schedule and cost objectives.
• Prepare and maintain engineering documentation including Quality Plans and other documents as required
• Ensure production of technical specifications and support the process of contractor selection and contract placement
• Review technical documentation including contractor's documents and drawings
• Ensure technical queries are managed in accordance with processes and procedures
• Carry out technical appraisals of project options. Perform feasibility studies, site surveys and liaison with designers and station engineering staff as required
• Prepare engineering changes and manage the preparation of supporting and affected documents

Qualifications
Essential

• Suitable relevant project experience within engineering/construction projects, including the application of project management processes
• Suitable relevant technical experience including the preparation of technical documentation, the review and approval of technical proposals and procedures, experience of construction, testing and commissioning activities
• Experience of Engineering in a project and operational environment
• Proven experience as a project coordinator, project engineer, or project manager
• Relevant engineering academic qualifications

Desirable

• HND or Degree in a relevant engineering discipline
• Willingness to pursue Association of Project Management qualifications (PFQ, PMQ).

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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About The Team
Costain helps to improve people's lives by deploying technology-based engineering solutions to meet urgent national needs across the UK's energy, water and transportation infrastructures.

Skills
Costain provides a project controls and commercial managed service to portfolios and programmes of work across EDF Energy's eight UK nuclear power stations. As part of this work Costain will develop people capability in core project control skills and provide specialist support to EDFs Central Technical Organisation to improve project performance and deliver cost efficiencies. We are supporting EDF in 2 main areas:

• to successfully deliver projects that maximise the lifespan of their generating stations
• to successfully deliver a Defueling & Decommissioning programme, a first of a kind

endeavour for the UK.