Senior Project Engineer - Woking

About the job: Senior Project Engineer at Kent
Kent is seeking a Senior Project Engineer who will be accountable for coordinating the production of engineering deliverables and progress reporting for a project, as per the project plan. The Senior Project Engineer will manage the interfaces between engineering offices, procurement, project controls, third-party contractors, and engineering disciplines. The ideal candidate will assume responsibility for a specific area of a medium-sized project or the delivery of a grouping of project scopes. A Senior Project Engineer is usually accountable to the Project Engineering Manager or Project Manager, depending on the size and complexity of the project. Corporate reporting lies under respective Departmental/Group Manager. The company is recruiting high-caliber individuals for this key Engineering role to develop and grow their Front End and General Engineering capability in the UK.
The UK Engineering group will work on a variety of exciting and challenging projects, including but not limited to Low Carbon/ Energy Transition (CCUS, Green Hydrogen, Blue Hydrogen, Offshore Wind, Waste to X, Emissions Reduction) as well as responsibly developing traditional international energy projects. The candidate must be collaborative, confidently hands-on, and dedicated to a long-term career within a high performing and close team. We work on a hybrid model with a mix of office and home working to develop an effective team dynamic within Engineering.
Your responsibilities:
Coordinating the interfaces between the Engineering team and the Project Management team and ensuring effective transfer of information between the two.
Participating in the planning and scheduling of the scope of Engineering for the project and providing inputs to the project technical document register.
Monitoring the engineering progress, addressing shortfalls, assisting in developing recovery plans where required, and ensuring plans are implemented.
Providing feedback to Direct Supervisor and engineering discipline supervisors as and when required on the progress.
Ensuring participation of the engineering team members in project engineering reviews and assisting in resolution of any issues arising out of the same.
Attending project review meetings and ensuring that associated reports are compiled and distributed accordingly.
Ensuring that interface issues between disciplines are addressed and seeking management advise and assistance where required.
Assisting in the production of the project execution plan and preparing the coordination procedures for the project and providing progress monitoring and reporting against that plan.
Implementing corrective action with assistance from Direct Supervisor, as and when variations from plans occur.
Formulating resolutions to technically challenging and/or high profile issues with support from Engineering/Project services personnel and resolving with Project Management and Client.
Coordinating the preparation and presentation of the final documentation in accordance with requirements of the Client acceptance certificates.
Participating in a formal review of the project with relevant parties on completion, and identifying opportunities for learning and development.
Participating in employee performance evaluations, establishing performance criteria, identifying employee strengths, and weaknesses and recommending training and development requirements.
Ensuring compliance with Kent’s ISO Quality procedures, Project Quality Plan, and Design Integrity processes and procedures. Complying with other Kent accredited frameworks such as ISO14001.
Ensuring that the TDR and all project registers (e.g. Trends, action tracker, interface, TQ, etc.) are populated and maintained.
Attending all key project and vendor meetings and minute where required by the PM or EM.
Performing related duties as and when instructed by Direct Supervisor.
Coordinating the production of the engineering deliverables for an area of a project or a small project/study, in accordance with the plan.
Coordinating input from multiple offices, engineering disciplines, procurement, project controls, and third parties. Decisions related to general resource requirements, general technical issues between disciplines, and day to day corrective action to maintain progress in accordance with the plan.
Decisions limited to those delegated by Direct Supervisor. Duties essentially performed in Main Office. Time spent in planning, coordination, and attending meetings.
Required to travel to other Kent offices, Client’s offices and attend site visits as necessary, in accordance with corporate or project requirements.
Supporting tendering/proposal work (Staff positions only).
Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience:
Masters Degree in Engineering Chartered Status preferred.
Related experience working for Engineering/Client organizations in the Oil and Gas Industry and/or Low Carbon Energy Transition industry.
Good Coordination skills.
Ability to meet schedules and deadlines.
Multi-tasking abilities and attention to detail.
Analytical and problem-solving mind.
Good written and spoken communication skills.
Experience of FEED/Detailed Design and EPC projects.
Knowledge of other engineering disciplines.
Knowledge of international equipment specifications and codes.
Knowledge of standard international specifications and codes.
Knowledge of Safety and Quality procedures.
Global work-share experience.
Details about the role:
Location: Woking
Contract type: Permanent and Contract roles
Experience level: 7 to 10 yrs.
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