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Engineering project coordinator job simulation: keep an engineering project on track
A project coordinator job simulation is a practice case in which you keep an engineering project organised. For a simulated electrical contractor you classify items into a RAID log, find the critical path when a vendor is late, work out earned value, turn a verbal request into a change request and write an honest status report. It is practice, not employment.
You join Corvane Engineering Projects Ltd (simulated company), a electrical and automation contractor in Birmingham. Days 1 to 5 are free, with about 10 h 40 min of tickets. Premium continues to day 20. It is practice, not employment.
Days 1 to 5 are free. You need a free account and no card. Create an account.
- Free days
- 1 to 5
- Free tickets
- about 10 h 40 min
- Project documents
- 11
- Certificate, optional
- £14.99
The project
You join Corvane Engineering Projects Ltd (simulated company)
Corvane Engineering Projects Ltd (simulated company) is a electrical and automation contractor in Birmingham. You help its team deliver a project for Eastvale Power Distribution, at Hartley 33/11 kV primary substation (protection and SCADA upgrade).
You join the project office of Corvane Engineering Projects in week 7 of a 17 week upgrade of the protection and SCADA at the Hartley primary substation. In the first week the panel vendor tells you it is ten working days late, the sponsor asks for an extra feeder in an email, two meetings decide different things about the site acceptance test, and every status report so far has been green while the figures say otherwise. Over four weeks you classify the risks, work out the critical path and earned value, write change request CR-007, re-baseline the plan, handle a drawing revision mix-up on site, a near miss and a sponsor who wants a green gate, and hand over a pack that another coordinator can pick up. The pressure is on the dates; your job is to be accurate, early and honest.
What you will do
- Classify and score risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies in a RAID log
- Find the critical path and say what a late vendor does to the end date
- Work out earned value, forecasts and status colours that follow the figures
- Turn a sponsor's verbal request into a change request with cost, time and risk
- Keep documents, actions and a handover register straight, and report honestly under pressure
The people you deal with
- Project Managercompany
- Lead Protection Engineercompany
- Site Engineercompany
- Controls Engineercompany
- Document Controllercompany
- Project Accountantcompany
- HSE Advisercompany
- Client Project Sponsorclient
- Client Project Managerclient
- Client Network Operationsclient
- Panel Vendor Account Managervendor
The company, client and site are fictional. The people are fictional too.
Look inside
What the simulator looks like
The workplace, your tickets, the documents and the team chat, as a learner sees them.
Start in the workplace, with the team around you. 
Today: the morning email and your tickets for the day. 
Work: every ticket, by day, with its status. 
A ticket, written the way a colleague would write it. 
A project document with its number, revision and status. 
Ask a colleague. They are AI colleagues: they help you think, they do not hand out answers.
Screenshots from the simulator. Company, people and data are fictional. Portraits are AI-generated.
Meet the team
The colleagues you work with
You can read their messages and ask them questions. They are AI colleagues, clearly labelled. They help you think a ticket through; they do not hand out its answer.
- RLRebecca LindqvistProject ManagerSimulated colleague, company side
- MLMaureen LowtherDocument ControllerSimulated colleague, company side
- VDVikram DhillonLead Protection EngineerSimulated colleague, company side
- JAJoel AgyemanSite EngineerSimulated colleague, company side
- YHYasmin HakimControls EngineerSimulated colleague, company side
- IGIan GarsideProject AccountantSimulated colleague, company side
- CEChidi EzeHSE AdviserSimulated colleague, company side
- AKAlistair KendrickClient Project SponsorSimulated colleague, client side
Fictional people. Portraits are AI-generated.
What you get
What you walk away with
Run the project office on a substation upgrade: logs, schedule, cost, status reporting and handover.
What you produce
RAID log classified from kick-off notes
RAID log
Action log from two meetings
Action log
Minutes and confirmation email
Minutes
Weekly status report
Status report
Budget tracker by cost code
Cost trackerPremium
Change request impact on one page
Change controlPremium
Steering paper on recovering a vendor delay
Steering paperPremium
Project control pack
CapstonePremium
Skills you practise
- Project control (RAID, status, schedule)
- Written communication
- Document and revision control
- Working with clients and stakeholders
- Analysis and statistics
- Planning and prioritising
- Change control
- Handover and documentation
Roles to look for
- Project Coordinator
- Project Support Officer
- Assistant Project Manager (Engineering)
- Project Controls Assistant
213 live openings on the UK jobs board, checked 24 Oct 2026. See the jobs
Your proof
- A certificate anyone can verify. Optional, and included in Premium.
- An entry on your EDWartens profile under Work experience, marked as a job simulation.
- A work record with your skill scores, with Premium.
Free courses that go with it
- Free course Project Management for Engineers
- Free course Primavera P6 Planning and Scheduling for Engineers
- Free course Excel for Engineers: Formulas, Data and Dashboards
- Free course AI for Project Managers: Planning, Risk and Reporting
- Free course Health and Safety Foundations: HSWA 1974, RIDDOR and ISO 45001
What you can talk about at interview
- You can explain how you turn kick-off notes into a RAID log and meeting notes into an action log.
- You can describe how you write minutes and a confirmation email after a meeting with two decisions.
- In Premium, you can talk through a change request, a re-baseline, an earned value forecast and a steering paper on a vendor delay.
Day by day
Days 1 to 5, ticket by ticket
Self-paced. A day opens when you hand in the previous day's tickets. Every ticket is checked, and you see the model answer after it.
Day 1
about 1 h 45 min- Induction: project controls, document control and the siteQuiz · 45 min
- Classify the kick-off items into the RAID logTable · 1 h
Day 2
about 2 h 45 min- Critical path and the effect of a late vendorCalculation · 1 h 30 min
- Check the document register before it goes to the clientDocument review · 1 h 15 min
Day 3
about 1 h 50 min- The sponsor adds feeder 7 over an emailDecision · 30 min
- Earned value at the end of week 6Calculation · 1 h 20 min
Day 4
about 2 h 10 min- Turn the notes into an action logTable · 1 h
- Minutes and confirmation email: two meetings, two decisionsWriting · 1 h 10 min
Day 5
about 2 h 10 min- Check the weekly status colours against the ruleTable · 50 min
- This week's status report, honestlyWriting · 1 h 20 min
Premium: days 6 to 20about 22 h 20 min more
After day 5 the project goes on with a change request, site work, faults, a handover and a capstone reviewed by an engineer.
Day 6
about 2 h 10 min- Forecast at completion: four waysCalculation · 1 h
- Early-warning note to the Project ManagerWriting · 1 h 10 min
Day 7
about 1 h 30 min- Budget tracker by cost codeTable · 1 h 30 min
Day 8
about 1 h 40 min- Change request CR-007: the impact on one pageWriting · 1 h 40 min
Day 9
about 1 h 30 min- Re-baseline to BL2Calculation · 1 h 30 min
Day 10
about 40 min- A panel plate cut to a superseded drawingDecision · 40 min
Day 11
about 1 h 20 min- RACI for the work, including the leave coverTable · 1 h 20 min
Day 12
about 40 min- A near-miss report, and a visit tomorrowDecision · 40 min
Day 13
about 1 h 30 min- Review the draft week 8 status reportDocument review · 1 h 30 min
Day 14
about 1 h 30 min- Earned value at week 8 against BL2Calculation · 1 h 30 min
Day 15
about 40 min- The sponsor asks for green at the gate reviewDecision · 40 min
Day 16
about 1 h 40 min- Steering paper: recovering the vendor delayWriting · 1 h 40 min
Day 17
about 1 h 20 min- Handover register: final status of every entryTable · 1 h 20 min
Day 18
about 4 h- Capstone: the project control packHand-in · 4 h
Day 19
about 1 h 20 min- Lessons learned and the closure summaryWriting · 1 h 20 min
Day 20
about 50 min- A conversation about your own workViva · 50 min
Real documents
The documents you will work with
Each one has a number, a revision and an approver, the way a project document does. You read them, check them and write your own.
HPS-CHR-001
Project charter: Hartley primary substation protection and SCADA upgrade
Rev 1.0Project charter
HPS-SCH-001
Baseline schedule BL1 and how to read it
Rev ASchedule
HPS-MIN-001
Kick-off workshop: items raised
Rev AWorkshop notes
HPS-PRC-002
Document control procedure (extract)
Rev BProcedure
HPS-DCR-001
Document register and transmittal log (extract)
Rev CDocument register
HPS-EVM-001
Earned value reference and status at working day 30
Rev ACost and schedule control
HPS-VND-003
Panel vendor: revised delivery notice
Rev AVendor correspondence
HPS-MIN-004
Notes of the two meetings on day 4 (raw, not yet minuted)
Rev AMeeting notes
HPS-RPT-001
Status history and the RAG rule
Rev AStatus record
HPS-RPT-006
Weekly status report: format and last week's report
Rev AStatus report format
HPS-RAID-001
RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies)
Rev ARAID log
Documents that arrive in Premiumchange requests, records, handover
HPS-FIN-001
Cost codes, budgets and the purchase order log
Rev ACost controlPremium
HPS-CHG-007
Change request CR-007: protection for existing feeder 7
Rev AChange requestPremium
HPS-SCH-001
Baseline schedule BL2 (after CR-007)
Rev BSchedulePremium
HPS-TRN-019
Site report: panel plate cut to a superseded drawing
Rev ASite reportPremium
HPS-HSE-011
Near-miss report: work started on a panel not isolated
Rev ANear-miss reportPremium
HPS-RACI-001
Responsibility assignment (RACI) rules and who does what
Rev ARACIPremium
HPS-RPT-012
Weekly status report, week 8: draft for review
Rev AStatus reportPremium
HPS-EVM-002
Earned value status at working day 40 (week 8) against BL2
Rev ACost and schedule controlPremium
HPS-STC-003
Steering committee: options to recover the vendor delay
Rev ASteering paper inputPremium
HPS-DCR-002
Handover document register: final status
Rev ADocument registerPremium
Tools
In the industry, and here
| In the industry | Here |
|---|---|
| Scheduling software (critical path, baselines) | A network you calculate yourself from a CSV file |
| Spreadsheet or cost system for earned value | Your own spreadsheet on the downloaded work package files |
| Document management system with transmittals | A register you review and a handover list you finish |
| RAID log, change log and action tracker | Numbered documents and tickets in the inbox |
Standards
The standards the work follows
- PMBOK 7 (principles and performance domains)
- APM project life cycle
- ISO 19650 (information management, as the model)
- Earned value (ANSI/EIA-748 style)
In the UK
The Engineering Project Coordinator role in a UK setting
Who employs this kind of engineer: Electrical and automation contractors, engineering consultancies, utilities and network operators, and construction project teams.
Where: Project coordinator roles are advertised in every UK region. This is context, not a statement about vacancies.
UK standards and regulations to know about
CDM 2015
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations: duties for clients, designers and contractors on construction work, including handover information.
APM and the APM Body of Knowledge
The Association for Project Management is the UK professional body for project work.
NEC4 contracts
A family of contracts widely used on UK engineering and construction projects, with early warning and compensation event processes.
ISO 19650 and the UK BIM Framework
Information management on built asset projects.
These are named so that you recognise them. A job simulation does not teach them as a qualification, the tasks use simplified data, and you should always read the current edition of anything you rely on.
Your proof, optional
A certificate you can verify
The free days are free. The graded, verifiable certificate is an optional extra, and it is included in Premium.
- A graded, verifiable certificate with your score and band
- A public verification page and QR code
- One-click add to LinkedIn as a licence or certification
- Issued by WARTENS LTD. It is a training certificate, not an accredited qualification, and the company is simulated
Optional: £14.99 including VAT, once you pass.
Job Simulation Certificate
Your name
completed the Engineering Project Coordinator job simulation at Corvane Engineering Projects Ltd (simulated company). Your score and band are shown on the real certificate.
- Number
- EDW-JS-0000
- Issued by
- WARTENS LTD
Not an accredited qualification. A verification page and QR code are printed on the real certificate.
Prepare
Free courses and labs that get you ready
Linked from the tickets that need them. You can read them before you start.
Free courses
- Project Management for Engineers
- Primavera P6 Planning and Scheduling for Engineers
- Excel for Engineers: Formulas, Data and Dashboards
- AI for Project Managers: Planning, Risk and Reporting
- BIM Coordination with ISO 19650: Clash Detection and IFC
- Electrical Estimating: Quantity Take-off, Costing and BOQ
- Health and Safety Foundations: HSWA 1974, RIDDOR and ISO 45001
- Electrical Safety at Work (UK): Safe Isolation, Lock-off and Arc Flash
About the Engineering Project Coordinator role
The RAID log, and how to mark it
A RAID log is a register of risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies. Each entry needs an owner, a date and a next action, and each must sit in the right category.
You classify kick-off workshop items into the log, turn raw meeting notes into an action log and a confirmation email, and later check the status of every entry at handover. The pack includes a charter, a baseline schedule and a document control procedure to work from.
The classification matters, because a risk is managed differently from an issue.
The late vendor: critical path and what to say
When a panel vendor delivers late, the question is what it does to the end date. Only delays on the critical path move it, so you calculate the network from a file instead of guessing.
You find the effect, write an early-warning note to the project manager, and later write a steering paper on options to recover the delay. The response to a late vendor is to log it as an issue, confirm the new date in writing, assess dependent tasks and escalate with options.
The one page status report, before and after
A status report leads with the overall status, what changed, what is at risk and what decision is needed. The colour must follow the figures, not the mood.
You check weekly status colours against a rule, write the week's report honestly, and later review a draft that is too cheerful. A sponsor asking for green at a gate review is a decision case, and the correct response follows the earned value figures.
Writing it straight under pressure is the skill being tested.
Document register, transmittals and drawing revisions
Engineering projects live on drawings and revisions. A panel plate cut to a superseded drawing is a real-looking mistake in the pack, which you trace to the document control record.
You check a document register before it goes to the client, handle a change request with its cost, time and risk on one page, re-baseline the schedule, and finish a handover register. ISO 19650 is used as a model for information management, alongside the APM project life cycle and earned value practice.
Coordinator or certificate: what each shows
A recognised project management certificate takes months of study and proves you learned the method. A one week simulation proves you can apply a few parts of it to an engineering project, and gives you a pack to show.
The two complement each other. The related roles, quality engineer and AI business analyst, work with the same registers, and the linked free courses cover project management for engineers, planning and spreadsheet analysis.
Keep the RAID log, the status reports and the change request. They are compact examples of the weekly work of a project office, and they show you can report bad news calmly and in time.
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Content reviewed 19 Oct 2026; UK context added 21 Oct 2026. Practice, not employment.
Questions
Quick answers
What does a project coordinator do?
They keep a project organised: tracking actions, risks and documents, preparing status reports and chasing vendors. Postings list RAID log maintenance and status reporting.
What is a RAID log?
It is a register of risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies. Each entry needs an owner, a date and a next action.
What is the difference between a project coordinator and a project manager?
Coordinators support delivery and administration, and managers own scope, budget and decisions. Titles vary by company.
How do I write a status report?
Lead with the overall status, what changed, what is at risk and what decision you need, in one page. The simulation marks reports on those four points.
What do you do when a vendor is late?
Log it as an issue, confirm the new date in writing, assess the effect on dependent tasks and escalate with options. The simulation scores each step.
Is a project management certificate enough?
Certificates such as the Google one take several months of part-time study on a subscription, and one guide says they suit coordinators while advanced credentials carry more weight for experienced managers. A simulation shows applied work and does not replace a credential.
Source: Google Career Certificates, Project Management (opens in a new tab), checked 19 Oct 2026.
Which tools do coordinators use?
Spreadsheets and ticket or planning tools appear in postings. The simulation uses spreadsheets and documents, so no licence is needed.
What do project coordinators earn in the UK?
UK advertisements for project coordinators show a median salary of £30,000 over the six months to 19 October 2026. This is for IT vacancies only, and engineering roles in other sectors and countries differ.
Source: ITJobsWatch, Project Coordinator (UK IT vacancies) (opens in a new tab), checked 19 Oct 2026.
Do I need project management experience?
No. Each task gives you the documents, the formulas and the rule. The study links point to free lessons on project management, scheduling and spreadsheets.
Is this a real project and real data?
No. Corvane Engineering Projects and its client are made-up and the schedule and cost data are synthetic. The documents and situations follow what a junior project coordinator meets.
How long does it take?
The free week is about ten hours over five days. The full Premium edition runs over twenty working days and roughly thirty to thirty-five hours, at your own pace.
Which tools do I need?
A spreadsheet is enough. The answers are checked as numbers and choices, so any scheduling or analysis tool works too.
What do I get at the end?
A work record with your scores by task and skill, which shows on your EDWartens profile under Work experience, marked as a job simulation.
Is the Engineering Project Coordinator job simulation free?
Yes, to start. Days 1 to 5 are free. The certificate (£14.99) and the Premium edition (£53.99) are optional, and both prices include VAT.
Does it count as work experience?
No. It is a training project at a simulated company, not employment, an internship or a placement. A job simulation is a realistic training project at a simulated company. It is not employment, an internship or a work placement, and it is not a job offer. Hours are active hours the learner logged on EDWartens UK.
A job simulation is a realistic training project at a simulated company. It is not employment, an internship or a work placement, and it is not a job offer. Hours are active hours the learner logged on EDWartens UK.
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