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Verne has been recently acquired by Ardian and is currently investing massively into new data centre capacity and needs additional people to support this growth. We need self-driven, experienced, motivated and focused new team members, and offer a dynamic, growth-oriented environment for people to shine and learn.
Project Engineering Lead
As the Project Engineering Lead, you will be the dedicated technical individual responsible for the successful engineering execution of a substation and/ or data center project in a specific location.
You will be based local to the project and serve as the primary point of contact between the Engineering team’s design deliverables and the project's procurement, delivery, and construction teams.
You'll ensure the consistent application of Verne's Design & Engineering standards, manage critical technical interfaces, and ensure all engineering documentation supports the project's delivery goals - always within budget and on time. You will report to the Senior Project Manager, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Engineering Manager.
What you’ll do:
Your primary responsibility is to ensure that the engineering intent is successfully translated into a constructed, operational facility, working daily to fulfil the Project Execution Plan.
Apply the Project Engineering Strategy at all phases of the project lifecycle.
Participate in permitting, procurement and construction to ensure alignment with Verne Engineering standards while ensuring all third parties provide technically compliant proposals that will achieve the project goals.
Engineering Alignment: Ensure the standard of engineering documentation aligns precisely with the procurement requirements, delivery schedules, and construction methodology of the project.
Engineering Execution: Manage the project engineering design meetings to ensure engineering excellence, supply chain alignment and buildability.
Design-to-Procurement Liaison: Communicate all engineering deliverables and technical specifications effectively to the procurement and supply chain teams. Act as the primary technical point of contact for supply chain conversations for the project.
Effective change management, drive supply chain and contractor design deliverables towards compliant and value engineered solutions, contributing to the design decisions tracker and ensuring sign-off of exceptions and non-conformances.
Specialist Subcontractor Management:
Discipline Management: Manage a team of discipline managers as a part of the project delivery team, ensuring technical compliance of suppliers against their employers’ requirements.
Technical Compliance & Non-Conformity:
Construction Assurance:
Pre-Design Technical Input: Direct and coordinate local resources (e.g., surveyors) to ensure accurate site information is presented to the Engineering team for foundational decision-making.
Project Lifecycle Focus:
How you’ll do it:
You will act as the technical anchor on the project, facilitating technical alignment between design, supply chain, and construction.
What you’ll need:
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