Bareshaft Senior Project Engineer

CHART COOLER SVC CO INC; Renfrew; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000

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Location: Renfrew, Scotland, United Kingdom, PA4 8XJ

Available as a result of an internal promotion, the Senior Project Engineer is a key role responsible for managing special compressor projects from sales handover to final payment, ensuring they meet budget, quality, and delivery targets. You will serve as the customer's main point of contact, fostering strong relationships while managing project risks, schedules, and financials. With a focus on process improvement, you'll lead initiatives to enhance project management methodologies within the team. The role offers flexibility with hybrid working and occasional international travel, supporting both customer and supplier engagements.

Who are we

Chart Industries is a leading global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the clean energy and industrial gas markets. Chart employs over 11,700 people based across 64 global manufacturing locations and 50+ service centres. Recognised for an innovative edge and expansive portfolio, Chart has a global leadership position in process technologies with products and services in applications such as hydrogen, carbon capture, energy recovery, nuclear, water treatment, mining, and LNG to name a few.

In 2023, Chart acquired Howden, a leading global engineering business. Since 1854, Howden has been at the forefront of developing engineering solutions for the needs of industrial processes. Today, Howden provides mission-critical air and gas handling products to clients with our range of highly engineered compressors, blowers, fans, steam turbines, and rotary heat exchangers.

The strategic combination of Howden and Chart expands our offering of products and solutions across the Nexus of Clean -- clean power, clean water, clean food, and clean industrials. Together we are advancing a more sustainable future by helping our customers to increase their environmental & functional efficiencies and decarbonise their operations. We have a strong corporate identity and a clear purpose - you will be a member of our team shaping the future of the company and participating in helping our customers tackle some of the planet's most pressing issues.

What will you do

• Ensure adherence to company environmental, health, and safety standards in compliance with company policies to ensure a safe working environment and the minimisation of environmental impact.
• 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.
• Liaise with Operations team to ensure projects are prioritised in line with Business needs and that each phase – ranging from material receipts through to machining, assembly, and test remains on track.
• Collaborate closely to identify risk and delays, developing recovery plans as needed, to mitigate potential impacts on project timelines.
• Regularly report on full project status both internally and externally.
• Understand and manage project budget and accurately forecast costs and cash flow. Quickly identify and manage deviation from budget. Drive margin growth.
• Identify and manage change resulting from variation in customer requirements.
• Ensure accurate forecasting and timely issue of invoicing, monitor and manage receipt of payment.
• Lead the review, improvement, and updating of bare shaft project management processes in line with project management methodologies and capture in Business Management System.
• Support the training, continuous development, and tracking of knowledge and skills within the Bareshaft projects team.
• Deputise for the General Manager – Projects Bare Shaft as needed.
• Coordinate workload within the team of Project Coordinators and Project Engineers.

What do you bring

Essential skills, knowledge & behaviours

• 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.
• Computer literacy in Excel, Word, Outlook, MS Project or equivalent scheduling software.
• Excellent communication skills (Written and Oral).
• Knowledge of compressors or other rotating machinery.
• Knowledge of Petrochemical, Oil and Gas, Refrigeration, Heat Pump, Biogas, and Vapour Recovery.

Qualifications and Experience

• Educated to HNC level or higher in a relevant technical discipline.
• Project Management qualification is an advantage.

We’ve put together some criteria that we think is important for this role, but don’t worry if your experience and expertise isn’t an exact match. If you feel that you can add value to our role and to Howden more broadly, we would welcome your application and be eager to learn more about you.

• A flexible, hybrid working environment.
• Generous holiday entitlement package totalling 33 days annual leave.
• Howden Pension Plan with a maximum employer contribution of 7%.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental and adoption leave pay.
• Free onsite parking.
• Group Income Protection plan.
• Access to My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal – Cycle2Work programme, range of discounts across various retailers, wealth of information to support health & wellbeing.
• Dedicated Help@Hand Service – free counselling, physiotherapy, financial support, medical second opinion, remote GP, personal training, nutrition consultations etc.
• Opportunity to be involved in our ESG ‘Bright Future’ initiatives – STEM ambassador & volunteering.

Chart is an equal opportunity employer...

The Company's 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.

Chart Industries, Inc. is a leading independent global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment servicing multiple applications in the Energy and Industrial Gas markets. Our unique product portfolio is used in every phase of the liquid gas supply chain, including upfront engineering, service, and repair.