Job Title: Graduate Project Engineer
Reporting to: Design Delivery Manager
Role Purpose
The Graduate Project Engineer assists the Design Delivery Manager in monitoring and facilitating assurance activities for the Emmock 400 kV Substation project. This role serves as the main support function, ensuring effective information flow, identifying design risks, and making sure that design outputs comply with Works Information and technical standards. The Graduate Project Engineer collaborates closely with design engineers, planners, document controllers, commercial teams, and project managers. They help manage the program, documentation, meetings, and design interfaces to ensure successful project delivery.
Responsibilities & Duties
Including but not limited to the following:
1. Data Analysis and D&E Programme Updates
1. Assist the Design Delivery Manager in maintaining the D&E Management Report using the Project Deliverables Tracker.
2. Help the Design Delivery Manager in updating the Project Weekly and Monthly reports based on the D&E Management Report.
3. Gather and analyze data from various sources.
4. Monitor deliverables, including incoming items, internal reviews, and submissions.
5. Assist in developing and updating the D&E Programme.
2. Design Assurance & Documentation Management
6. Prepare meeting minutes.
7. Support compliance checking against standards and governance processes.
3. Change, TQs & RFI Management
8. Maintain registers for Design Changes, Early Warnings (EWNs), Compensation Events (CEs), Project Manager Instructions (PMIs), Technical Queries (TQs) and Request for Information (RFIs).
9. Ensure correct routing of technical queries between teams.
10. Provide early warning of potential issues to the Design Delivery Manager.
4. Interface & Communication
11. Act as a link between Design Engineers and Design Delivery Manager.
12. Support stakeholder communication, document control and coordination.
13. Assist in ensuring design intent is communicated clearly to construction teams.
5. Risk & Safety Support
14. Support the Design Delivery Manager in identifying and documenting design risks.
15. Ensure CDM 2015 Regulations compliance data is captured and stored appropriately.
6. Team & Improvement Contribution
16. Promote collaboration and cross-disciplinary coordination.
17. Support lessons learned collection and dissemination.
Key Interfaces
Relationships with key stakeholders:
18. Design Delivery Manager.
19. Design Teams (internal and external).
20. Project Managers.
21. Planning Team.
22. Client Representatives.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
The jobholder shall hold a degree in a relevant discipline, preferably in Electrical Engineering. They should also possess;
23. Excellent team ethic, and ability to work on your own initiative.
24. Ability to communicate with people at all levels, both internally and externally, developing positive relationships with customers through good professional conduct.
25. Ability to work accurately and methodically under pressure and strict deadlines, including the ability to juggle multiple tasks.
26. Time and cost management skills to ensure cost-effective and accurate delivery.
27. Effectively manage own time across multiple tasks and prioritise workload.
28. Ability to work well within a team of other professionals in delivering designs to satisfy the Scope of Works.
Essential
29. Mandatory Omexom training courses.
30. Full UK Driving Licence.
Desirable
31. CIGRE / IEEE / IET Membership.
Competencies
Required skills, knowledge, and abilities:
32. Computer Programming Skills (Python Language, Visual Basic for Applications, Matlab).
33. Computer-Aided Design Skills (AutoCAD).
34. Prompt Engineering Skills for Large Language Models (LLMs).
35. Detail-oriented mindset.
36. Ability to put the customer at the center of decision making.
37. Commitment to the highest safety and quality-related standards.
Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality
Omexom employees are required to abide by the Company SHEQ policies at all times. These policies are available on the Company’s Integrated Management System (IMS). Employee’s shall ensure they review any updates to these policies and behave accordingly.
Values
In line with Omexom’s values, the jobholder must have the following qualities:
38. Team Spirit & Generosity – able to work effectively within and contribute to the Omexom team to deliver results, provide support and drive performance.
39. Trust and Empowerment – enjoy managing their responsibilities and time to ensure work is completed efficiently and professionally.
40. Integrity and Responsibility – enjoy taking responsibility for their duties and managing these effectively to ensure efficient high quality results.
41. Innovation & Entrepreneurship – continually strive to improve processes and introduce new initiatives to improve efficiency.