Graduate Project Engineer

Posted 15 hours 54 minutes ago by Balmoral Offshore Engineering

Permanent
Not Specified
Graduate and Post Graduate Jobs
Scotland, United Kingdom
Job Description

Balmoral, a division of Balmoral Group, provides surface and subsurface buoyancy, insulation and elastomer products and services to the global energy, defence, subsea communications and oceanographic industries.

To co-ordinate all activities required for the successful completion of all assigned customer orders. Including liaising with key stakeholders throughout all stages of the project. As a Graduate the position will be supervised by a trained Project Engineer allowing time to develop capabilities and competency.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE JOBHOLDER

  • To review and take ownership of projects, and their associated documentation, handed over from the proposals department.
  • To ensure that projects are run in accordance with the company's health, safety and environmental policy.
  • To assess bought-in parts required and work with the procurement team to meet project deadlines.
  • To schedule projects to safely meet client and in-house deadlines and to monitor and report progress.
  • To partake in and witness product testing and to ensure third party witnessing is carried out where applicable.
  • To prepare and monitor project budgets to ensure projects meet or exceed their profit targets.
  • To prepare valuations and ensure information is passed to accounts to allow invoices to be issued on their due dates.
  • To prepare close out reports and provide feed back to the contracts department on actual versus estimated costs.
  • To expedite drawings, materials and any other applicable items required to carry out the execution of projects successfully.
  • To provide progress reports for both clients and senior management which adequately explain the position of all projects under the job-holders ownership.
  • To identify risks, mitigations and contingency plans to ensure the effective running projects.
Qualifications

Required:

  • HNC/HND Mechanical or Marine Engineering discipline

Desirable:

  • Degree in Engineering discipline
Experience

Required:

  • Graduate role, no previous experience is required.

Desirable:

  • N/A - Training will be provided as part of the role
Skills/Personal Qualities

Required:

  • Must be an organised individual who is also commercially and contractually aware.
  • Must have well developed interpersonal and communications skills.
  • Must be computer literate, particularly in Microsoft Excel and Word.
  • Must be willing to work within a team.
  • Must be willing to accept responsibility when delegated.
  • Must be highly motivated and keen to develop.

Please note Balmoral is unable to support employment visa sponsorship for this role.