The Role
Support technical delivery of M&E projects across design, construction, commissioning and documentation. Provide site technical support, review drawings and submissions, coordinate design changes, ensure HSE and quality compliance, liaise with clients, subcontractors and internal teams, and assist procurement and commissioning activities.
Summary Generated by Built In
Join Trant Engineering and help shape the delivery of complex, high-impact projects.
Trant Engineering is a leading EPC contractor with a strong reputation for delivering innovative engineering solutions across the UK and internationally. With over 1,000 employees and a £150m turnover, we’re growing—and now looking for an M&E Project Engineer to play a key role in our project delivery teams.
The M&E Project Engineer is responsible for supporting the technical delivery of projects assisting in design, construction, commissioning, and documentation, ensuring technical compliance, safety, and quality standards are maintained. The Project Engineer works closely with site teams, clients, and internal stakeholders to support successful project execution.
Trant Engineering is a leading EPC contractor with a strong reputation for delivering innovative engineering solutions across the UK and internationally. With over 1,000 employees and a £150m turnover, we’re growing—and now looking for an M&E Project Engineer to play a key role in our project delivery teams.
The M&E Project Engineer is responsible for supporting the technical delivery of projects assisting in design, construction, commissioning, and documentation, ensuring technical compliance, safety, and quality standards are maintained. The Project Engineer works closely with site teams, clients, and internal stakeholders to support successful project execution.
What You’ll Be Doing
Technical Responsibilities
- Assist in the preparation, review, and interpretation of drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
- Provide technical support to site teams during construction and installation activities.
- Identify and escalate technical issues or potential risks to the Project Manager or wider Project delivery team.
- Coordinate with design engineers, consultants, and subcontractors to ensure constructability.
- Review design submissions and provide comments or recommendations.
- Support implementation of design changes and revisions as required.
- Ensure completion of procurement in line with the project programme.
Health, Safety & Compliance
- Ensure all engineering activities comply with UK HSE regulations and company standards.
- Contribute to risk assessments, method statements, and toolbox talks as required.
What We’re Looking For
Essential
- Understanding of UK engineering standards, codes, and regulations relevant to energy sector projects.
- Health & Safety awareness relevant to construction and engineering projects (e.g., SSSTS or equivalent preferred).
- Proficiency in technical documentation, drawings, and basic project software (e.g., AutoCAD, MS Project).
- Proven experience as a Project Engineer or in a similar technical role on municipal, or industrial projects.
- Experience providing technical support to site teams and assisting with design coordination.
- Experience preparing or reviewing project documentation, drawings, and technical reports.
- Experience ensuring compliance with UK HSE regulations and project quality standards.
Desirable
- Experience working in multi-disciplinary project teams across municipal, industrial projects.
- Maintain accurate records of technical activities, site progress, and inspections.
- Assist in preparation of reports, technical submittals, and project documentation.
- Support commissioning and handover documentation preparation.
- Support site teams in maintaining a safe and compliant work environment.
Stakeholder Management
- Act as a technical point of contact for site teams and subcontractors.
- Liaise with internal teams, clients, and consultants regarding project requirements and progress.
- Assist in planning and scheduling of project tasks in coordination with the project team.
- Monitor progress on-site and report deviations to a Project Manager.
- Support quality control and assurance activities, ensuring compliance with project specifications.
Key Interfaces: Internal Interfaces
- Project Manager
- Design / Engineering Team
- Site Teams / Foremen / Supervisors
- Procurement
- SHEQ Teams External Interfaces
- Clients / Consultants
- Subcontractors / Suppliers
- Regulatory Authorities / Local Authorities
Core Values
Uphold and promote the Company’s Core Values – Care, Trust, Respect and Sustainability.
Uphold and promote the Company’s Core Values – Care, Trust, Respect and Sustainability.
Why Join Trant?
At Trant Engineering, we deliver complex, high-value engineering and construction projects across the UK. From process and water treatment to energy infrastructure upgrades, we play a key role in delivering and protecting critical national infrastructure – shaping the systems that communities and industries rely on every day.
Our teams design and deliver full EPC solutions, combining technical excellence with practical, hands-on delivery. We offer end-to-end capabilities – from concept and design through to manufacturing, construction and commissioning utilising a continually evolving in-house expertise. This means you’ll work on projects that are varied, challenging and genuinely impactful.
Our multi-disciplinary teams bring together specialists in civil, mechanical, electrical, process, instrumentation, and control & automation engineering, alongside our in-house manufacturing of control panels, MCCs, PLCs and SCADA systems. With over 1,000 people and a strong, growing pipeline of work, it’s an exciting time to join Trant. We are committed to helping our people succeed through our Career Development Association, providing structured support, mentoring and clear pathways to help you reach your full potential.
Whether you’re starting out or looking to take your next career step, Trant offers the chance to develop, progress and make a real difference.
Our teams design and deliver full EPC solutions, combining technical excellence with practical, hands-on delivery. We offer end-to-end capabilities – from concept and design through to manufacturing, construction and commissioning utilising a continually evolving in-house expertise. This means you’ll work on projects that are varied, challenging and genuinely impactful.
Our multi-disciplinary teams bring together specialists in civil, mechanical, electrical, process, instrumentation, and control & automation engineering, alongside our in-house manufacturing of control panels, MCCs, PLCs and SCADA systems. With over 1,000 people and a strong, growing pipeline of work, it’s an exciting time to join Trant. We are committed to helping our people succeed through our Career Development Association, providing structured support, mentoring and clear pathways to help you reach your full potential.
Whether you’re starting out or looking to take your next career step, Trant offers the chance to develop, progress and make a real difference.
Our company benefits package includes.
- Competitive salary.
- Company car or car allowance (some levels).
- Mentored support within our ‘Career Development Association’, to work towards chartership.
- 24 days holiday (increasing with service) + 8 bank holidays.
- Options to buy additional holiday via salary sacrifice.
- Company Pension Scheme.
- Flexible working based on a ‘core hours’ system.
- 1 x Professional Membership paid annually.
- Hybrid working.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Free onsite parking.
- Bike to Work Scheme.
- Discretionary annual bonus.
Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now and be part of something bigger.
About
Trant Engineering has a long history of engineering and construction excellence, delivering high quality EPC engineering and construction services throughout the UK and overseas. We successfully design & deliver complex engineering projects in sectors such as Process & Water, Energy, Defence, Oil & Gas and Nuclear. We offer clients a range of services including design, manufacturing, installation, construction and commissioning. Through collaboration with our strategic technology partners and enhancing our in-house design and manufacturing capability, we have aligned the company to be at the forefront of engineering excellence.Our in-house multi-disciplinary services include civil, process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and automation, supplemented by the design and manufacture of Control Panels, MCC’s, PLC’s, SCADA and automation systems. We have over 1000 employees and with a healthy forward order book with a targeted turnover of £150m this year, it is an exciting time to join a business where you can reach your full potential and develop your career.
Skills Required
- Understanding of UK engineering standards, codes, and regulations relevant to energy sector projects
- Health and safety awareness relevant to construction and engineering projects
- SSSTS or equivalent
- Proficiency with technical documentation and drawings and basic project software (e.g., AutoCAD, MS Project)
- Proven experience as a Project Engineer or similar technical role on municipal or industrial projects
- Experience providing technical support to site teams and assisting with design coordination
- Experience preparing or reviewing project documentation, drawings, and technical reports
- Experience ensuring compliance with UK HSE regulations and project quality standards
- Experience working in multi-disciplinary project teams (municipal, industrial)
- Support commissioning and handover documentation preparation
- Maintain accurate records of technical activities, site progress, and inspections
- Assist in preparation of reports, technical submittals, and project documentation
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The Company
What We Do
Trant Engineering Ltd is a UK-based engineering, procurement and construction company delivering technology-led solutions for complex projects. It serves energy, process and water, and nuclear sectors, offering in-house civil, process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and automation design, manufacturing, installation, construction and commissioning. With more than 1,000 employees, it supports EPC projects through integrated multidisciplinary capabilities and strategic technology partnerships across the UK and overseas.
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