Hybrid Engineering Manager

at AtkinsRéalis

• Job title: Engineering Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Glasgow, United Kingdom

About the role

• Engineering Manager at AtkinsRéalis leading multi-disciplinary design teams on infrastructure projects across Defence and Water sectors. Overseeing project delivery from inception to completion with budget management.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for authoring and maintenance of a robust Design Management Plan, drawing contribution from the discipline leads and governance processes.
• Contribute to the production and development of the Project Execution Plan.
• Ensure all discipline leads have contributed to the production and development of the project BIM Execution Plan appropriately.
• Ensure the implementation of an agreed platform for project collaboration is in place.
• Deliver the Basis of Design.
• Ensure Technical Quality Assurance/Control processes are in place.
• Develop, manage, and track the list of deliverables.
• Develop simple, effective technical delivery processes to improve the production of design deliverables to time/cost/quality.
• Ensure that all key design decisions and requirements are clearly captured and documented through agreed tools or forms.
• Work collaboratively with the Project Manager and discipline leads in communicating with client stakeholders where additional scope is occurring.
• First point of contact to co-ordinate the resolution of technical issues.
• Host stakeholder meetings to ensure full involvement in the developed design process and that operational requirements are integrated into the design.
• Lead and facilitate meeting actions and close out.
• Lead, motivate and mentor the multi-disciplinary design team.
• Provide multi-disciplinary linkage between the delivery teams.
• Ensure effective communications take place within the team, with proportionate use of Teams, in person workshops etc.
• Liaise regularly with the discipline leads to effectively manage resources and coordinate with the Project Manager.
• Provide input to annual performance reviews for multi-discipline staff within the team.
• Contribute to identification of commercial and technical risks.
• Ensure the scope and level of design information is executed.
• Agree programme and identification of key milestones and model release.
• Ensure commercial arrangements are coordinated with the teams, documented and instructed.
• Monitor resource requirements and ensure discipline leads have access to adequate and appropriate resource to deliver the project.
• Ensure delivery to programme and monitor/control budget for their designated part of the works.
• Actively seek additional workflows to increase revenue while working with the Project Manager to ensure that contract commercial coverage and programme adjustments have been agreed before the start of the project.
• Work collaboratively with the Project Manager to ensure change control process is in place.
• Requirements capture.
• Ensure assessment of technical competencies have practice sign off.
• Ensure multi-disciplinary compliance with the design brief and their contribution towards designated part of the works.
• Apply and reinforce standard designs and products across contracted work scope.
• Rigorously challenge the teams to drive efficiency in the design programmes.
• Convene regular cross-team technical meetings to ensure multi-disciplinary co-ordination and consistency of output across the project.
• Lead multi-disciplinary technical and CDM reviews for their designated part of the works.
• Ensure multi-disciplinary co-ordination of design and consistency of output for their designated part of the works.
• Ensure technical assurance is undertaken with necessary discipline sign off.
• Deliver design reviews internally and to clients and project stakeholders.
• Maintain Configuration Control over the project.
• Review multi-disciplinary output from delivery teams for quality and consistency, providing sign-off within agreed Delegation of Authority (DoA).
• Awareness of sustainable design and Net Zero principles.

Requirements

• Chartered Engineer or Architect or equivalent with demonstrable experience managing design, build and/or operate commissions on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Strong knowledge of the fundamental concepts, principles and theories of system integration as applied to multi-discipline designs.
• Strong understanding of management processes related to technical integration and associated analytical/investigative approaches.
• Infrastructure sector experience in delivering major projects.
• Experience with various forms of construction contract, i.e. NEC3 or 4.
• Self-motivated and able to work both independently and within a multi-discipline team.
• Familiar with BIM and understands 3D modelling tools for design and coordination purposes and the associated information attributes that are managed within the Model.
• Ability to recognise and adapt digital technologies to aid the design process.
• Customer focused with excellent client relationship management skills.
• A hard working and flexible individual, who is a team player, possesses great attention to detail, is reliable, proactive and shows initiative whilst able to keep cool under pressure and when working to often demanding deadlines.
• Ability to manage and motivate a team and demonstrate good leadership qualities.
• A supportive and encouraging approach to mentoring developing members of the team.
• Able to adapt to different cultures and working environments, building client relationships.
• Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills both verbal and written.
• Be available to travel across the UK and work away from home on client sites if required.

Benefits

• Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices.
• Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.
• Combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.