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Graduate Engineer - Trainee Project Manager

IQA Group
Pay: On Application
Location: South Scotland South Scotland United Kingdom
Category: Graduate
Available from: Immediately
Finishes on: Ongoing Position
Type of work: Full Time , Daytime Work
Job reference: E03142023
Engineering 2019-08-22 2019-08-26

Job Description

Graduate Engineer (Trainee Project Manager)

Location: Hillington, Glasgow
Salary: £25,000 pa
Contract: Full time & Permanent
Hours: Monday to Friday (8am to 5pm)

About Us:

IQA Group is a leading provider of utility contracting services to Distribution Network Operators, the private sector and the public sector across the UK. Established in 2002, IQA now employs over 250 people across our three sites - Glasgow, North Wales and Liverpool.
Our parent company Elecnor, have 60 years of continuous growth and a presence in more than 50 countries, Elecnor has become one of the most outstanding Spanish business groups and a benchmark in the infrastructure, renewable energy and technology sectors
This is an exciting time to join IQA, at a period of growth and diversification.

Due to our plans for expansion, growth and diversification, we are currently looking to recruit a Graduate for our Hillington office.

Graduate Engineer - About the Role:

We are currently looking to recruit a Graduate to provide assistance and support to the Project Managers and Operations team on all matters relating to project management within our Overhead Lines contract. You will be required to undertake a number of tasks to assist with the smooth running of the projects and in return, you will be nurtured and developed to grow into a project management role.
You will be required to undertake some financial elements of the role, such as managing project margins, ensuring profitability of project and overseeing general costings to projects.

Key responsibilities are as follows (but not limited to):

• Process Disputes, Claims, Standby & Faults.
• Maintain accurate records of Purchase Order's, Invoicing, Debt and Disputes
• Maintain deadlines in line with monthly commercial calendar
• Identify additional works from original purchase orders and inform Project Team prior to processing
• Process Sub-contractor applications and payments in line with payment terms
• Prepare detailed reports for all projects
• Issue monthly reports to all site supervisors detailing hours expended on projects versus target hours
• Prepare and access the CBA and the Target Prices to be submitted to SPEN
• Prepare reports as required by operational managers
• Input CBA data
• Procurement and cost control of sub-contractors and suppliers
• Update and maintenance of reports
• Liaising with the client at meetings or site visits
• Preparation of reports and outage plans for proposed works
• Procurement of materials and the booking/organisation of plant and subcontractors
• Cost analysis and management; estimating the predicted profit margins of planned works and ensuring they are on target throughout the life of the project
• Overseeing the pre-vet programme required for outages to take place
• Dealing with customers and keeping up a high standard for customer satisfaction during jobs
• Design and planning of small OHL projects
• Task delegation to a small number of staff, including admin staff and operational staff members

Graduate Engineer - Candidate Specification:

Qualifications / Training:

• Engineering Degree (Electrical engineering preferable)

Other requirements:

• Valid Driving License
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Confidentiality of sensitive material
• Excellent PC skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Understanding of project management skills
• Ability to work individually or as part of a team
• Good Health & Safety knowledge and practices

Salary/Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Opportunities to progress career
• 22 days annual holiday, plus 8 stats

No Agencies please!

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