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Chart Industries Project Engineer in Glasgow, United Kingdom
Exciting Opportunity for a Project Engineer
Embark on an exciting career journey as a Project Engineer with us, where you'll take charge of overseeing special projects from the moment they are handed over from sales until the final payment is received. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring these projects are executed with precision, adhering to strict safety protocols, staying within budget, meeting deadlines, and upholding the highest quality standards. As the primary point of contact for our customers, you'll proactively engage with them, fostering positive relationships and ensuring their needs are met at every stage. You’ll play a crucial role in providing accurate and timely reports on project forecasts, schedules, finances, and risks during periodic project reviews, enabling informed decision-making by management.
Who are we?
Howden is a premier global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment, catering to diverse applications in clean energy and industrial gas sectors. In March 2023, Chart Industries acquired Howden, solidifying our global presence with over 40 countries and a team of more than 11,700 professionals. Our mission is to empower our customers' critical processes, driving a more sustainable world through the fusion of Chart and Howden's innovative process technologies. Learn more about us at www.chartindustries.com and www.howden.com
What will you do?
Manage special bare shaft projects from handover to completion of delivery and receipt of final payment.
Interact with the sales managers to support timely, accurate and fully detailed handovers of new projects.
Book projects in the MRP system ensuring accurate forecasting of deliveries and invoicing.
Create Project Datasheet which accurately captures all project requirements.
Load projects into the document control system ensuring appropriate document requirement dates are specified. Ensure documentation schedule remains on time.
Work with Project Coordinator to manage project schedule, specifically managing any deviation from the baseline by establishing priorities and driving recovery to baseline.
Understand and manage project budget and accurately forecast costs and cashflow. Quickly identify and manage deviation from budget. Drive margin growth.
What do you bring?
To be successful you must have …
Prior experience of managing projects or close involvement in management of projects in a manufacturing environment.
Commercial acumen / experience in dealing with customers and contracts.
Confidence and experience to pro-actively solve problems, think laterally and identify corrective actions.
Examples of leadership, negotiation, ability to influence and inter-personal skills – internal and customer facing.
Experience of successfully driving to meet required time, cost and quality baseline.
Ability to work independently and at pace.
Confidence and experience to pro-actively lead issue resolution.
It’s a bonus if you have
Computer literacy in Excel, Word, Outlook, MS Project or equivalent scheduling software.
Excellent Time Management Skills
Excellent Communications skills (Written and Oral)
How do we operate?
This is a permanent position working 37 hours per week. We offer hybrid working for this role which will allow you to enjoy the balance of home working and collaboration time with the team in our modern, friendly offices which include free onsite parking.
In Return, we offer a range of fantastic benefits:
A flexible and supportive work environment.
A competitive salary.
Generous holiday entitlement package.
Howden Pension Plan with Scottish Widows.
Healthcare cash plan with Healthshield.
Access to My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal – Cycle2Work programme, range of discounts across various retailers, wealth of information to support health & wellbeing.
Group Life Assurance plan at 3x salary.
Group Income Protection plan.
Opportunity to be involved in our ESG ‘Bright Future’ initiatives – STEM ambassador & volunteering.
Dedicated Help@Hand Service – Free Counselling, Physiotherapy, financial support etc.
Training & Development Opportunities.
Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental and adoption leave pay.
The Company intention in respect of recruitment, selection and promotion is to appoint the most suitable candidate for each job regardless of that person’s race, religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age or disability.
Interested? We would love to hear from you! Please follow the link to our website to apply.