Senior Project Engineer – Staff – London

Overview

In this client-side role, you will manage FEED package delivery and oversee DCO compliance, coordinating with stakeholders to ensure technically sound solutions. You’ll review scopes, supervise design work, and provide project management across multiple engineering packages. You will work on-site to provide technical guidance, maintain budgets, and drive progress with the client team. This position offers exposure to high-stakes regulatory-driven projects in energy, with clear opportunities to shape delivery and compliance. You will collaborate across disciplines to sustain safe, efficient project execution.

Pay / Benefits

• market leading salary
• private healthcare
• private dental care
• pension scheme
• 33 days holiday (incl 8 bank holidays)

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of FEED contractor packages on a client site
• Oversee DCO scope and ensure technical compliance with consent conditions
• Conduct technical reviews of gaps in FEED scope
• Provide on-site technical advice and project management support
• Quality-check subcontractor design against client specifications
• Prepare budget costs and cash flow projections
• Plan, schedule, and steward engineering project progress
• Maintain relationships with key stakeholders and issue resolution
• Ensure HSE issues are managed per client policies
• Produce progress reports and lead progress meetings
• Check project deliverables (drawings, schedules, datasheets, specifications)
• Deliver engineering design and assessments aligned with client expectations

Key requirements

• Degree qualified in a relevant engineering discipline
• Chartered status desired but not essential
• Experience in design projects within Oil & Gas, Petrochem, or Renewable Energy
• Experience in other major energy sectors (e.g., Energy from Waste) advantageous
• Previous site experience combined with a design background is beneficial

• stakeholder management
• clear communication
• problem solving
• DCO compliance and regulatory understanding
• FEED package management
• budgets and cash flow forecasting

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