EPS Water

Project Engineer (Contracts)

The focus of the role will be primarily on the delivery of larger contracts and off-site build solutions offered by EPS for the water industry.

Duties & Responsibilities

General Duties

1. Supporting Team Lead / Project Manager(s) in the delivery of water and wastewater treatment projects to help ensure they a completed on-time and within budget.
2. Co-ordinating with site, workshop and office-based personnel working on each project to ensure contracts are delivered within the awarded conditions of contract.
3. Conducting site visits to plan, monitor and close out project delivery activities.
4. Client liaison for project delivery planning, to communicate tracked changes or developments to the contract and other specific contract management.
5. Liaising with all personnel working on the project regarding all aspects of the contract to confirm that each stage is happening properly and on schedule.

Project Planning & Communications

1. Ensure all relevant HSQE documentation is up to standard and in place in a timely fashion for all projects undertaken.
2. Timeline planning of all installations from awarding of contract to completion and handover of all documentation.
3. Organising, planning, and attending technical meetings with clients and consulting engineers.
4. Ensuring all documentation for the project is current and saved within the project folder.

Health, Safety, Environment & Quality (HSEQ)

1. Enforcing safe work practices onsite and ensuring that policies and procedures are always adhered to during the design and installation.
2. Reporting accidents, incidents, dangerous occurrences and / or near misses to the UK Contracts Manager and Safety Manager.
3. Liaising with internal safety officers and auditors during site inspections.
4. Accommodating site inspections from clients, the HSE and other external bodies.
5. Liaising with the project teams to ensure that health and safety is considered at every aspect of design and to ensure compliance with design specification.
6. Recording and closing out non-conformances and ensuring that the corrective action, root cause and preventative / improvement actions are successfully identified.

Financial

1. Coordinating the financial elements of the project to achieve target goals.
2. Purchasing and acquisition of project cost components including labour, parts, materials, plant etc.
3. Coordinating the entry of relevant data on the internal Company IFS system.
4. Retrieval of relevant financial reports from the internal Company IFS system for monthly project status reporting.

Other duties

1. Attend Contracts team meetings, in person or remotely.
2. Producing case studies of completed projects.
3. Other duties as may arise from time to time that are consistent with the job-holder’s knowledge and skills and are needed to effectively perform the role.

Key Skills & Experience

1. Engineering or science degree, HND or equivalent.
2. Minimum one-year postgraduate experience in a project engineering, technical sales/support or applications/R&D role within the utilities sector and/or M&E engineering environment.
3. Experience within the UK water industry is a distinct advantage.
4. Able to demonstrate an ability to work on multiple projects or initiatives simultaneously.
5. Advanced MS Office skills with the ability to analyse and manipulate data sets.
6. Report writing skills.
7. Good communication skills, able to interact effectively with clients and colleagues.
8. Strong analytical and interpretive skills, ability to deliver data in a user friendly and relevant manner.
9. Organisational skills with a commitment to the role and a keen eye for detail.
10. Willingness to travel nationwide (including overnight stays) and to the EPS Group headquarters in Ireland as required.
11. Full driving licence, any existing endorsements should be declared in the application.

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Please send your CV to: [email protected]