Contracts Engineering Manager Civil Engineering London UK

Contracts Engineering Manager
Location: South East England
Salary: £66,000 – £72,000 per annum + Car Allowance + Package

About the role

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 Rail commitment to implement the design, build, testing and commissioning of the Overhead Line Equipment and associated traction substations.

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.
You should be innovative and an excellent developer of both self and others. You should possess demonstrable leadership skills and have a track record of proactively developing business, products or projects or processes.

You should be equipped with the skills to understand and deploy technical assurance processes and have the aptitude and commitment to see this through to demonstrate governance in a project delivery environment.

We value enthusiasm, motivation and Engineers that possess a drive to succeed. As a leader of Engineering, you will have the ability to communicate with individuals at all levels, be able to understand other people’s point of view and learn how to get the best out of people. Our Rail sector is committed to adopting a collaborative approach with our Clients and with other partners engaged to deliver a programme of works and as a leader you will be able demonstrate that you share our commitment. You must be eligible to live and work permanently in the UK.

As a contractor we have the capability, skills and proven experience to deliver total rail infrastructure services. With over 7000 committed rail specialists, we deliver innovative and custom-built solutions in more than 30 countries to help customers meet their objectives.

Fawkes & Reece provides a high quality recruitment service that is built around the ethos of working closely with our clients and job seekers in order to find the ideal match, please feel free to call and speak to one of our team members if you have any questions.