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Job Description
Wood is recruiting for Project Engineers to support the delivery of engineering capital projects based at our client site in Irvine, Scotland on a staff or contract (inside IR35) basis. This is a site-based position, working at the client's operating facility.
Responsibilities
The Role
Our Project Engineers work closely with the client to deliver capital projects from concept through to completion. This role works closely with a multi-disciplined engineering team consisting of both Wood and client engineers alongside external designers, equipment vendors, and skilled contractors.
The role will require you to be flexible in your day-to-day activities.
The portfolio of projects encompasses infrastructure enhancements and replacements, building upgrades and production line modifications within a Primary Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility.
What We Can Offer
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across renewables and emerging energy sectors
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
- Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
- Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
- Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
- Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
Qualifications
What makes you remarkable?
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we would like to encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.
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Expected
- HND / Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline
- Application of Wood and client health and safety standards within the working environment and design process
- Ability to maintain safe working practices through all stages of a project with a focus on the assessment and mitigation of safety issues through design
- Working in/leading multi-discipline teams delivering work packages in accordance with the requirements of quality and environmental management systems qualified to ISO standards
- Be able to manage work scope and interfaces between all engineering disciplines to ensure the successful delivery of assigned work packages
- Ability to review vendor documents and identify any problem areas
- Commercially astute and aware of the importance of Change control as well as evidence of experience of the management of change
- Completely familiar with project contractual and commercial requirements
- Active management of plant changes in a controlled and safe way
- Understanding of what GxP and ALCOA are
- Monitoring and reviewing engineering progress with Project Services and Engineering disciplines
- Ability to be a focal point for assigned projects, managing issues that require expediting or resolution
- Experience organising, attending, and preparing reports
- CDM experience and knowledge
- Good communicator verbally and in written form
- Strong planning, organising and execution skills
- Work in coordination with Engineering, construction, HSE, procurement, subcontracting & project control
- Collate actions and expedite the closure of the outstanding actions with appropriate disciplines
- Relevant proven experience in Project Engineering within engineering, procurement and construction projects for the Pharmaceutical, Speciality Chemicals, Life Sciences, Petrochemical, Process and Energy or Oil and Gas industries
Desirable
- Experience in engineering delivery design/operation of Manufacturing Equipment, Chillers, HVAC, Granulation, Medical Devices, Packaging etc.
- Integration of design schedule to procurement and/or fabrication schedules
- Preparing and checking the scope of work specifications, project procedures and project reports
- Ability to take on tasks delegated by Project Manager or Engineering Manager
- Ability to produce detailed execution plans
- Preparing project budgets, controlling costs during delivery and providing detail forecasts for presentation to internal and external stakeholders
- Forecast manning level to support the contract portfolio
- Prepare procurement strategies and continual engagement with suppliers and sub-contractors
- Assisting with responses to site queries from the ‘business as usual’ team
- Able to engage with multiple engineering disciplines
- Demonstrable delivery experience through full project and validation life cycle; URS, DQ, IQ, OQ, PQ and handover to production.
- Experience of leading multi-discipline teams.
- Able to adapt to changing priorities


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Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com
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We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
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