Interim Project Management, Project Engineering

Project engineering is an essential and integral part of our capital project management activity. It involves all of the engineering support activity connected with project definition, including plant layout and equipment, services and building work specification, procurement and installation.

Wherever possible, we would recommend that a qualified interim project engineer is appointed for these tasks, unless the client is able to appoint a suitably qualified engineer from within their organisation.

Project Engineering - Roles and Responsibilities

Clearly the roles and responsibilities for the project engineering activities will vary widely, but the essentials are usually associated with getting the very best definition of the scope and specification of the work, so that the necessary resources can be procured and managed.

On our capital project management programmes, the site work is invariably handled by outside contractors. The project engineering role is therefore focused on procurement of experienced, qualified contractors, and on seeing the work through to an effective completion. This ensures that the best standards of quality, safety and performance are achieved from the installation, consistent with meeting the deadlines and budgets set by the client.

Project Engineering - Workload

  • Project planning (scheduling)
  • Plant layout
  • Specification of equipment, services and building works
  • Specification of plant performance, duty and operation
  • Evaluation of qualified and experienced contractors
  • Preparation of the technical elements of enquiries
  • (Sometimes) preparation of commercial elements of enquiries
  • Issue of enquiries and evaluation of offers
  • Negotiation of technical (and commercial) elements of enquiries
  • Call forward of contractors to complete site works
  • Supervision of site works
  • Supervision of commissioning and performance testing
  • Support with handover, snagging and maintenance period issues
  • Technical documentation, operations and spare parts requirements