Senior Engineering Manager (263ne) vacancy in Berkshire ()

Our Client is seeking a Chartered Structural or Civil Engineer to be a key member of the Projects Engineering Team with responsibility for one large project or a portfolio of small projects, carrying out the duties of an Senior Engineering Manager as directed by the Head of Engineering Management (HoEM) including the management of multi-disciplinary directorate and consultancy resources to provide solutions that meet Company and other defined stakeholders requirements.

Key accountabilities
• Managing engineering solutions which fully comply with all Company and UK legal requirements together with Company business case needs
• Establishing, maintaining and communicating the engineering design programme, budget and work breakdown structure
• Agree with the Compliance Group the extent of processes required for the specification and verification of projects
• Identifying and agreeing with Heads of Department’s and others as appropriate a comprehensive resource requirement for the engineering design of the projects within their portfolio to budgetary targets
• Establish and maintain (and deliver designs in accordance with) the Design Control Plans for their portfolio of projects
• Ensuring project personnel undertaking engineering design duties meet the requirement to be Suitably Qualified and Experienced Persons (SQEP)
• Monitoring the co-ordination of engineering design activities of all design houses and other suppliers of engineering design contributing to the projects
• Monitoring Project Changes as they affect Engineering Design Delivery and the effect of these changes against the initial budget and programme
• Contribute to integrated safety when reviewing engineering designs and ensure that all technical and design risks are identified and appropriately managed to meet project requirements and the letter and intent of the Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations
• Establishing and maintaining the engineering configuration to ensure the intent and integrity is maintained throughout the project life
• Co-ordinating engineering input into the Project Management and Quality Plan
• Integrating and co-ordinating the engineering design activities of all disciplines, departments and other suppliers of engineering design contributing to the project
• Ensuring that all technical and design risks are identified and appropriately managed to meet project requirements
• Ensuring design decisions are recorded and auditable through the life of the project
• Ensuring design information requirements are co-ordinated and communicated to relevant parties
• Monitoring and reporting to relevant parties the quality of engineering across all disciplines
• Ensuring value engineering is undertaken in a timely manner
• Ensuring timely presentation of design documentation for all necessary approvals (including any required from external authorities) and that acquisition of such approvals is achieved to ensure successful project delivery
• Ensuring company requirements are incorporated into the design process including Security Quality Environment Safety & Health (SQESH)
• Ensuring that designs are compliant with statutory requirements
• Ensure effective integration of design solutions within the safety case
• Other duties as directed by the HoEM

Responsibilities
• Member of the Engineering Team
• Introduce best practice into engineering design and management delivery
• Assist in the overall delivery of the project by the team
• Assist Continuous Improvement of safety and performance
• Assist Graduate and Staff Development
• Contact with relevant professional institutions, academia and industry
• Maintain effective working relationships with other Authorities/Organisations
• Support development of engineering policy and strategy
• Arrange & attend design reviews.
• Contribute to integrated safety when reviewing engineering designs.
• Maintain effective working relationships with other Authorities/disciplines
• Development of Directorate as a whole.
• Support to Corporate activities.
• Development of external relationships, as required.
• To ensure understanding and application of responsibilities with regard to the Company’s Environment, Health, Safety, Security and Quality Standards
• Identify, rationalise, agree and deliver design initiatives to enhance project performance

Qualifications
• A Chartered Professional of an appropriate professional Engineering Institution (eg. Institution of Civil/Structural Engineers).

Knowledge
• Undertaking design and configuration for the life of a project. Particular experience in the design of a variety of facilities including accommodation, research and testing facilities in both conventional and hazardous environments.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of technical standards and regulatory requirements for construction as appropriate.
• Understanding of the influences of design and operation on the installation, commissioning and maintenance requirements of a regulated site.
• Knowledge and use of New Engineering Contract and National Building Specification

Experience
• Demonstrable delivery of large scale and complex projects to defined levels of time, quality and cost.
• To have extensive and relevant experience of co-ordinating design teams and a multi-discipline engineering resource within both conventional and hazardous environments.
• Writing work scope specifications for design content to be included with contracts for procuring design from design consultants and from supply chain suppliers with design work content within their supply and installation contract
• Managing the review and verification of design packages, ensuring integration between design packages and accepting the design for compliance with legislation and requirements / scope of the design, on behalf of the client.
• Managing design contracts under various forms of contract, including the NEC form of contract.
• Experience of working with nuclear or explosive design would be beneficial.

Skills
• Good technical and management skills including problem solving and decision making.
• Good oral, written and presentational skills with a particular aptitude for report, documentation and letter writing.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills to ensure effective communication to all levels to both internal and external personnel.
• Familiarity with standard office software including word processors, spreadsheets, e-mail, presentations and databases.

Behaviours
• Lead, manage and motivate staff whilst commanding respect from all stakeholders through technical and personal credibility.
• Good facilitator with excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills

Special Requirements
• A willingness to become a monitored radiation worker
• A willingness to work on a nuclear licensed site

Because of the nature of the work undertaken at my clients' site, this post is required to meet special nationality rules and therefore are only open to British Citizens. All selected candidates will be required to undergo security clearance. The MoD rules state that in order to have access to this level of information, candidates "must be British as defined in the British Nationality Act 1981"