Graduate Project Engineer

at  Balmoral Group

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.
We are recruiting for a Graduate Project Engineer 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• HNC/HND Mechanical or Marine Engineering discipline

Desirable:

• Degree in Engineering discipline

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.

• 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.