Highways Lighting Project Engineer

  • Permanent contract
  • On-Site
  • Job number: 245659
  • £46,636-£58,937
  • E.ON Energy Solutions Ltd

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Highways Lighting Project Engineer

Job description

Here's what you'll be doing

If you're passionate about street lighting and want to play a key role in shaping the future of safe, sustainable, and brilliantly lit communities, this is an exciting opportunity to make your mark.
As a Highways Lighting Project Engineer, you'll help drive the successful delivery of street lighting and electrical installation projects-from creating competitive quotations to ensuring every stage of delivery runs smoothly. You'll champion efficiency and quality, support our growth ambitions, and contribute to winning new opportunities.
Working alongside a talented and supportive team, you'll help bring our projects to life and deliver exceptional experiences for our customers.

Key responsibilities

  • Pricing customer works, issuing quotes and ensuring all issued quotes are followed up with information collated to allow effective review of competitive positioning.
  • Managing major customer relationships – negotiating win- win deals.
  • Ensuring works are effectively and efficiently project managed, including financial tracking of projects. Ensure purchasing is in line with Procurement processes and at the best prices for our customers.
  • Act as an escalation point for any complaints from key customers ensuring that they are dealt with correctly and in line with our company policies.
  • Lead by example, support an environment that promotes rapid and continuous improvement whilst supporting the development of high performing teams.
  • Taking a proactive approach and taking ownership of all aspects of Safety, Health, Welfare and Environmental issues relating to work.
  • Timely completion of invoicing to meet personal and depot account financial targets including regular management and chasing of debt.

Main responsibilities of the role

  • Pricing customer works, issuing quotes and ensuring all issued quotes are followed up with information collated to allow effective review of competitive positioning.
  • Managing major customer relationships – negotiating win- win deals.
  • Ensuring works are effectively and efficiently project managed, including financial tracking of projects. Ensure purchasing is in line with Procurement processes and at the best prices for our customers.
  • Act as an escalation point for any complaints from key customers ensuring that they are dealt with correctly and in line with our company policies.
  • Lead by example, support an environment that promotes rapid and continuous improvement whilst supporting the development of high performing teams.
  • Taking a proactive approach and taking ownership of all aspects of Safety, Health, Welfare and Environmental issues relating to work.
  • Timely completion of invoicing to meet personal and depot account financial targets including regular management and chasing of debt.

What we need from you

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a strong customer-facing approach.
  • C&G236 or equivalent, BS7671 18th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations qualified with proven experience of having installed a range of electrical installation works including, but not solely, highways electrical works
  • Able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of all types of highway electrical supplies including DNO, IDNO, PCN and passively safe systems
  • Proficient in the use of basic Microsoft packages used for producing quotations, pricing documents, schedules of rates.
  • Conversant with basic accounting, profit and loss accounts and the tracking of financial performance at project level. Numerical and analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and information and present it in a clear and logical format.
  • A Full UK drivers’ licence.
  • Experience of having operated in a commercial environment, with a track record of developing and managing key customer relationships.
  • A collaborative team player with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • A proven track record of delivering sales targets in a competitive environment.
  • An understanding of the key issues & challenges relating to New Connections.
  • Oral communication skills, interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to take a confident and diplomatic approach with staff, colleagues and customers.

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