Contractors Engineering Manager / Cem

A major national contractor in Maidenhead are looking for a Contractors Engineering Manager (CEM) to join a multi million pond rail infrastructure project on a permanent basis.

The Contractors Engineering Manager (CEM) will operate as part of the Rail Projects business unit and will be accountable for the delivery of engineering on project within a programme of works.

The Contractors Engineering Manager will be responsible for the delivery of engineering, focused on the organisations commitment to implement the design, build, testing and commissioning of the Overhead Line Equipment and associated traction substations. The CEM will be accountable to the Programme Engineering Manager.

What you’ll be doing
In this role, the CEM, is accountable for project engineering covering the design, implementation, testing & commissioning and entry into service phases of the project. This is a key role within programme and requires the achievement of:

* Integrated Designs.

* Designs that are value engineered and enable optimum construction techniques.

* Full life cycle Technical Assurance from design through implementation to operation.

* First class operational engineering delivery, ensuring construction is verified and entry into to service is validated.

* Managed engineering schedules and deliverables.

* Managed budgets, costs and programmes.

* Managed project risks and maintaining HAZARD logs.

* Providing engineering governance.

The CEM will lead/develop a team to carry out the role in multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure delivery and will be familiar with:

* Design Management.

* Design Integration including interdisciplinary checks, BIM and other forms of system modelling.

* Technical Assurance including requirements capture, verification and validation techniques.

* Construction processes.

* Testing & Commissioning processes.

* Problem solving in rail environment and developing solutions for build.

* Industry and European standards.

* Governance Processes.

* Rail disciplines including Overhead Line, Power Engineering, SCADA and M&EE.

Who we’re looking for
The CEM will have a degree (or equivalent with significant experience) in electrical, mechanical or Civil engineering and will be used to operating in a Client facing technical environment. You will be a Chartered Engineer or working towards becoming such in the near future. You will be a member of a recognized professional institution. You will be used to leading teams and working with clients to satisfy their requirements. You will have system knowledge related to the railway environment and ideally have worked in railway applications and projects. A good understanding of standards is required together with current knowledge and experience of developing railway solutions that demonstrably meet Client requirements.

This is an urgent requirement, and suitable candidates will be interviewed at short notice. If you are interested or require and further information, please do not hesitate to contact me on or by appling directly to this advert.

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