Mechanical Project Engineer

Title: Mechanical Project Engineer

Position Type: Staff

Location: North West

Categories: Engineering, Project Management

PM Group requires mechanical project engineering support on a chemicals site in North West England.

Responsibilities:

• Actively promote and support workplace safety.
• Comply with all site SHE regulations.
• Work closely with project contract personnel both on site and in pre-planning stages to ensure successful completion of projects without any injuries to personnel, loss of containments or damage to the environment.
• Provide mechanical engineering expertise for successful implementation and completion of projects as requested by the business - on time and within budget.
• Prepare detail design packages for mechanical / structural / civil and Building Services works including detail scope of work, cost estimate, drawings, installation and safety procedures.
• Design to approved procedures to minimise potential for major process accident hazards
• Provide input to the procurement process by obtaining price quotations for project works and advising on contractor selection.
• Supervision of contract staff carrying out site installation works including issuing of Permits (General Work Permits Hot Work Permits).
• Liaise with site maintenance and process personnel to ensure project takes account of operation, maintenance and energy efficiency requirements.
• Provide problem solving support to Project, Operations and Maintenance Team as required.
• Deliver mechanical Capex/Decom Projects in support of EP Site Capital Plan from concept through to commissioning and handover.
• Support the on-going Knowledge Management, Quality Improvement and cosmetic
• Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) programmes.
• Responsibility for managing mechanical design resource(1off draughtsman) and projects mechanical contractor (1off contractor) plus coordination of site embedded mechanical project contractors to ensure efficient use of resources.
• Support development of staff through relevant personal assessments and development of technical competencies, and promotion of teamwork within and between teams

Qualifications

• Degree/HND/HNC in mechanical engineering
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working within the chemical / petrochemical industry in a plant installation or design engineering role.
• Ideally within a top tier COMAH siteExperience in managing contractors both internal and external to ensure correct delivery on time on budget
• Knowledge, awareness, experience of contractor and construction site safety.
• Man management/Leadership skills – Able to both lead Mechanical orientated capital projects or to contribute as part of a multi-discipline team for larger capital projects. (£0.5M)
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office systems – word, excel, Microsoft project. Experience with Autocad ideally AutoCAD3D.
• Comfortable with issuing and controlling permits for both low and high hazard work (GWP, WAH, Hot Work etc.)Experience in Leading small (Experience working on a Top Tier COMAH site and familiarity with associated regulations e.g. ATEX