Project Engineer

Are you a Project Engineer with a degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering? Do you have experience within O&G or Renewables? If so, our client based in Wokingham has a permanent Project Engineer vacancy available, which is predominantly office based. There will be occasional visits required offshore, but these are kept to a minimum. This role will be supporting the project management team to ensure delivery of project deliverables for our client's range of monitoring systems within the energy sector (oil, gas, renewables). Providing engineering support to, and interfacing with, the multidisciplinary team and end clients, throughout the project design phase, delivery, and on-site installation. Duties/Responsibilities • Be the central technical interface between customer, 3rd party suppliers/partners, project management and internal specialist engineering teams (software, systems, mechanical and production) and have technical oversight relation to the project • Support client and supplier meetings minimizing specialist engineering teams’ involvement and discipline engineers to remain available for engineering • Ensuring customer requirements are understood and communicated to specialist engineering teams • Technical support during assembly and testing (FAT, SFAT) of systems, including hands on testing and troubleshooting, developing the test plans. • Problem solving and troubleshooting the systems during FAT, SFAT. • Documentation control, complying with Pulse internal processes and ISO9001 documentation control. • Client interface, understanding client requirements including trips to client facilities/offices. • Responsible for installation and commissioning of system onsite, this will include trips to an offshore environment (circa 20 - 30 days per year). Communicating with internal offshore/operations teams and other 3rd party stakeholders (customers, subcontractors…) • Providing On-Site training to Service Engineers but can equally support commissioning offshore / offsite. • Supports internal testing and production of associated documentation (e.g., test reports, risk assessments). Knowledge, Skills & Experience • Technical qualification: Engineering Degree, ideally in Electronics / Electrical Engineering • Preferably a few years’ experience in project environment, with exposure to mechanical and electrical systems • Capable of understanding wiring schematics / diagrams and mechanical drawings • Ability to perform wiring of electrical system would be beneficial • Demonstrate the ability to work as part of a team during SIT phases • Knowledgeable or worked with PLC’s • Worked with Communications Protocols - Serial (RS232, RS485), Ethernet, Modbus or Similar • Worked with RF (GNSS) Requirements • Ability to work under pressure, particularly at project delivery time or during offshore installation Practice aptitude: will need to be hands on • Ability to troubleshoot with a practical approach during system integration and installation • Team player. Need to get on with people at all levels (senior managers, engineers, technicians), persuasive, consultative approach preferred • Communications and Coordination with Client and internal functions (mechanical, systems, software & IT, production etc) of the company • Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical personnel With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients