Senior Project Engineer

Overview

In this role you deliver capital projects from concept to completion within a multi-disciplinary Wood/client team. You will coordinate with design partners, vendors, and contractors to drive safe, compliant, and timely project outcomes in a pharmaceutical facility. You’ll work across infrastructure upgrades and production-line modifications, balancing safety, quality, and budget while aligning with client priorities. This is a hands-on, leadership-enabled role that shapes project delivery on critical assignments with global experts.

Pay / Benefits

• 33 days annual leave including public holidays
• contributory pension scheme
• private medical cover
• 4x base salary life insurance
• flexible benefits package
• professional development and tailored development plans

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-discipline work packages and ensure delivery per ISO quality and environmental standards
• Manage project scope and interfaces across engineering disciplines to secure successful outcomes
• Review vendor documents for issues and ensure timely responses
• Monitor and report progress with Project Services and Engineering teams
• Facilitate safety reviews, maintain safe working practices, and drive design-stage risk mitigation
• Coordinate with construction, HSE, procurement, subcontractors, and project control to keep schedule and budget
• Manage plant changes safely and in a regulated environment
• Prepare and check scope of work, procedures, and deliverables; support change control and commercial aspects
• Act as focal point for assigned projects, expediting issues and delivering progress reports
• Organise/lead safety meetings and ensure timely closure of actions
• Demonstrate design verification competence and integrate design with procurement/fabrication schedules
• Provide responses to site queries and monitor vendor document cycles

Key requirements

• HND / Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline
• Knowledge of health and safety standards and CDM requirements
• Experience in regulated environments and full project lifecycle delivery
• Ability to manage interfaces across engineering disciplines and with vendors
• Understanding of project contractual and commercial requirements, Change control
• Familiarity with GxP and ALCOA concepts
• Strong verbal and written communication and planning skills
• Experience working with ISO standards for QHSE management
• Background in electrical project scopes on brownfield sites (preferred)
• strong communication
• proactive problem-solving
• collaboration across functions
• Design verification
• Change control management
• Vendor document review

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