O&M Project Engineer in Greenwich

Astute's Power Team is partnering with a low carbon district energy / heat network provider with a commitment to innovation, sustainability, and career development, to recruit an O&M Project Engineer for its Greenwich office. The O&M Project Engineer role comes with a salary of £35,000-£45,000 (DOE), pension, 25 days holiday + bank holidays, discretionary bonus, and a strong benefits package. If you're a Project Engineer or graduate with some project experience and are looking to work for an organisation that takes an honest and collaborative approach, values integrity, and invests in its people, then submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties of the O&M Project Engineer role:

• Lead and coordinate major projects within the operations function (e.g., plant overhauls, funded upgrade schemes, network upgrades).
• Act as the main point of contact / project lead, coordinating internal engineering teams and external contractors.
• Use remote monitoring tools, site visits and data analysis to diagnose issues and implement solutions.
• Complete site visits (condition surveys, operational assessments, planning and improvement works).
• Manage estimating, material take-offs and procurement activities.
• Support tender documentation and technical proposals for works/projects.
• Build and maintain project plans/programmes, managing budgets and progress reporting.
• Ensure safe systems of work (risk assessments, permits) and manage shutdown/isolation planning where needed.
• Improve project delivery processes and manage multiple projects in parallel.
• Build and manage client/customer relationships, including attending reporting meetings where required.

Professional qualifications:

• Technical qualification and/or proven experience in an engineering or project management related discipline.
• Proven experience delivering engineering projects; district heating experience is beneficial but not essential (experience in building services, energy/power, utilities, chemical/industrial plant operations, construction is highlighted as valuable).
• Understanding of BMS/SCADA systems and/or energy software/programming is beneficial.
• Willingness to travel regularly.
• NEBOSH / IOSH (or similar) is recommended.

Personal skills:

• Organised, proactive, and able to own projects end-to-end (pricing/procurement through delivery/commissioning).
• Strong communicator with confident stakeholder management (clients, internal teams, subcontractors).
• Interested in how systems/equipment work, with practical engineering/project delivery mindset.
• Comfortable working in a fast-growing, evolving business and adapting to changing needs.
• IT-proficient (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, email).

Salary and benefits of the O&M Project Engineer role:

• Salary shown on the vacancy: £45,000 (and the vacancy also shows £35,000 - I've presented this as £35,000-£45,000 DOE).
• Discretionary bonus (individual + business performance).
• 25 days holiday + statutory holidays, with option to buy/sell up to 5 days.
• Pension.
• Private healthcare (available).
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Electric car lease scheme.
• Health & wellbeing support.
• Continuing learning and development opportunities.
• Company equipment (PC/laptop, etc.).

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.