Junior Project Engineer (Pressure Systems) - Technical Services
Role details
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Job description
Zurich Engineering has an exciting opportunity for a Junior Project Engineer (Pressure Systems) to join our Technical Services team. This role plays a key part in supporting our pressure systems discipline by delivering high-quality, fee-earning technical projects, contributing to engineering investigations, and ensuring compliance with relevant standards and legislation.
Reporting to the Pressure Systems Team Manager, you will work closely with senior engineering colleagues to support the safe, efficient and profitable delivery of technical services to our customers across the UK.
What you'll be doing
- Manage and deliver fee-earning pressure systems projects, ensuring work is completed to agreed technical quality and professional standards.
- Undertake technical engineering investigations and research to support performance optimisation and engineering decision-making.
- Ensure compliance with applicable technical standards, legislation and internal quality systems within the pressure systems discipline.
- Prepare accurate estimates of resources required for projects and manage work to ensure commercial and technical objectives are achieved.
- Shape the future of the department by driving the combined pricing and invoicing structure for Certification Services, Repairs and Modifications and NDT.
- Promote a positive customer perception of Zurich Engineering's technical capabilities through professional conduct and high-quality outputs.
- Ensure risk assessments and safe systems of work are followed at all times.
- Work collaboratively with the Technical Services team, including Principal Engineers, Senior Engineers and governance colleagues., * The opportunity to work within a highly respected Technical Services function, supporting complex and varied pressure systems work.
- Exposure to experienced Principal and Senior Engineers, supporting ongoing technical development.
- Supported training and mentoring.
- Funded education to level 4.
- Support and mentoring to I Eng level
- A role that combines technical depth, project responsibility and customer impact.
- The chance to contribute to the continued development and capability of Zurich Engineering's pressure systems discipline.
The role offers potential future progression within Technical Services, as well as opportunities to develop towards other roles across the business, including Engineer Surveyor positions, subject to suitability, performance and business need. Zurich Engineering actively supports ongoing professional and technical development.
Requirements
- A minimum of a level 3 qualification or Suitable A or T levels in STEM subjects.
- Professional registration at Eng Tech or working towards will be expected.
- A working knowledge of relevant pressure systems standards and legislation, particularly as they apply to small assemblies would be an advantage.
- Experience of working within a technical engineering environment, coordinating and supporting engineering activities would be an advantage.
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team, contributing to shared technical and commercial objectives.
- Familiar with Microsoft office 365 tools.
- A strong focus on quality, safety and professional standards.
- The ability to communicate well both written and verbally, to internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
Benefits & conditions
We'd love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please send an email to recruitment@uk.zurich.com
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The financials
- 12% defined non-contributory pension scheme.
- Annual company bonus.
- Income Protection.
- Life cover - four times your salary.
Time away
- 28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays.
- You can also request to swap UK bank holidays for days off that have cultural or religious significance to you.
- The option to buy up to an additional 20 days or sell some of your holiday.
- Three days paid volunteering.
- Up to 16 weeks' full pay for maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
Your health is important to us
- Access to Private medical insurance.
- Virtual GP appointments.
- Discounted gym membership.
- Free flu jab.
- Access to a wealth of support from our wellbeing partners.
We're making a difference
- Creating a brighter, more sustainable future underpins all that we do here in Zurich. We were the first insurer to sign the 'UN Business Ambition for 1.5 C' pledge.
- Our charitable arm, Zurich Community Trust, has awarded grants and volunteered time to deserving causes in the UK valued at over £90 million.