I am supporting a global FMCG client looking for project engineers to lead high‑impact capital engineering projects, driving delivery from concept to commissioning.
Details:
Location - Leven, Scotland
Contract length - 12 months
Working model - On-site
Start date - ASAP
Role Duties
- Lead capital engineering projects from initial concept through design, installation, commissioning, and final handover.
- Develop and manage detailed project plans, budgets, schedules, and risk‑mitigation activities.
- Take full ownership of project delivery, ensuring progress, prioritisation, and alignment across multiple concurrent projects.
- Control project scope, costs, and timelines, including assessing, managing, and approving change where required.
- Ensure all work complies with site safety standards, construction regulations, and relevant industrial safety legislation.
- Champion a strong safety culture across project design, implementation, and asset lifecycle.
- Lead incident investigations, root‑cause analysis, and implementation of corrective and preventative actions.
- Translate operational and business needs into clear technical requirements and engineering specifications.
- Apply engineering expertise to develop practical, compliant solutions for industrial environments.
- Manage external design partners and contractors to ensure design quality, installation standards, and project compliance.
- Lead design reviews and ensure the technical integrity of engineering solutions.
- Collaborate with technical specialists to ensure adherence to internal standards and external regulatory requirements.
- Interpret engineering drawings and support validation of installations and systems.
- Identify opportunities for cost reduction, sustainability improvements, and process optimisation.
- Build and lead multi‑disciplinary project teams while maintaining robust documentation and reporting.
- Provide regular project status updates using established reporting tools and frameworks.
- Capture project learnings and support continuous improvement of engineering standards, tools, and processes.
- Manage relationships with operations, leadership teams, suppliers, contractors, procurement, and finance.
- Balance competing stakeholder priorities while maintaining transparency on schedule, cost, and risk.
- Oversee supplier and contractor performance across safety, quality, cost, scope, and delivery.
- Support contract administration, commercial risk management, budget control, cash‑flow forecasting, and value delivery.
- Contribute to financial evaluations including ROI and NPV assessments.
Skills
- Strong project management capability across planning, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, and change control.
- Ability to manage multiple engineering projects simultaneously and prioritise based on business risk.
- Solid technical engineering knowledge with broad awareness of mechanical, electrical, civil, process, and control systems.
- Ability to convert operational needs into clear technical requirements and engineering specifications.
- Experience reviewing engineering designs, interpreting technical drawings, and ensuring technical quality and compliance.
- Strong understanding of health, safety, and construction compliance in industrial environments.
- Ability to lead and promote a positive safety culture across teams and contractors.
- Effective problem‑solving skills with a focus on practical, compliant, value‑driven engineering solutions.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across operators, leadership, suppliers, and contractors.
- Ability to lead cross‑functional and multi‑disciplinary teams to deliver successful project outcomes.
- Commercial awareness including supplier management, budget control, cost assessment, and contract administration.
- Financial literacy to support forecasting, contingency planning, ROI, and NPV analysis.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail in documentation, reporting, and governance.
- Ability to identify and drive continuous improvement in tools, templates, standards, and ways of working.
- Strong digital literacy: Microsoft 365, MS Project, SharePoint, SAP DEP, and familiarity with AutoCAD.
- Personal strengths: communication, teamwork, resilience, adaptability, and proactive delivery.
Education
- Degree in Engineering, ideally Electrical Engineering.
- Other relevant engineering disciplines also considered.
- HND/HNC in a relevant engineering discipline with strong practical experience also acceptable.
- Chartered Engineer status (or working towards chartership) desirable but not essential.
- Project Management qualification (e.g., APM PMQ or equivalent) desirable.
- NEBOSH Certificate or similar health & safety qualification desirable.
Please apply for more details or reach out directly with your CV to acoburn@tundratechnical.com