Engineering Manager

Recruit4staff; Cumberland; On-site; AUD 136,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Contributory Pension

Private Medical Cover

Life Assurance

Training & Development

Career Progression

Job summary

Recruit4staff is representing a leading civil engineering and infrastructure contractor seeking an Engineering Manager to work at Seascale. The role provides senior technical leadership and delivers on a major regulated infrastructure contract, overseeing design assurance, governance and risk across design to handover.

Key responsibilities include CDM Principal Designer duties, managing interfaces for permanent and temporary works, and guiding multidisciplinary engineers to safe, compliant

Qualifications

• Senior engineering or design leadership experience in civil infrastructure or major projects.
• Strong construction-phase design management experience.
• Knowledge of CDM Principal Designer duties.
• Familiarity with NEC contracts.
• Civil engineering degree or equivalent qualification.
• Ability to work from the contract office four days per week.
• Chartered status (CEng, MICE, MIStructE, MCIBSE).

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical leadership and project delivery on a major infrastructure contract.
• Oversee design assurance, engineering governance, risk management and constructability.
• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams through design, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Fulfil CDM Principal Designer duties and manage permanent/temporary works interfaces.
• Collaborate with project, construction, commercial and client teams to ensure safe, compliant solutions.

Skills

Senior engineering leadership

Civil/Infrastructure engineering

CDM Principal Designer duties

NEC contracts familiarity

Chartered status (CEng/MICE/MIStructE/

Education

Civil engineering degree

Job description

Recruit4staff are representing a leading civil engineering and infrastructure contractor in their search for an Engineering Manager to work in Seascale

• Pay: Up to £80,000 per annum (plus £6,350 car allowance)
• Hours of Work: Monday to Friday - 45 hours per week
• Duration: Permanent
• Benefits: Enhanced Contributory Pension, Private Medical Cover, Life Assurance, Training & Development, Career Progression

Engineering Manager Job Role: The Engineering Manager will provide senior technical leadership and project delivery activities on a major regulated infrastructure contract. The role will oversee design assurance, engineering governance, technical risk, constructability and design approvals throughout design, construction, commissioning and handover.

Responsibilities will include fulfilling CDM Principal Designer duties, managing permanent and temporary works interfaces, supporting gated assurance reviews and leading multidisciplinary engineering personnel. The role will work closely with project, construction, commercial and client teams to ensure that engineering solutions are safe, compliant, practical and aligned with contractual requirements.

Essential Skills, Experience, or Qualifications:

• The successful Engineering Manager must have senior engineering or design leadership experience gained within a civil engineering, infrastructure, nuclear, defence, rail, utilities, highways, tunnelling or major-project contractor
• Strong construction-phase design management experience
• Knowledge of CDM Principal Designer duties
• Familiarity with NEC contracts
• A civil engineering degree or a comparable infrastructure engineering qualification
• Ability to work from the nominated contract office for at least four days per week
• Chartered status, such as CEng, MICE, MIStructE, MCIBSE or an equivalent professional accreditation

Advantageous Skills, Experience, or Qualifications

• Previous experience working within a nuclear environment

Additional Information

• This position requires a minimum of four days per week working on site
• The employer is a leading international construction and infrastructure organisation delivering complex projects across transport, buildings, infrastructure and civil engineering
• The business works with public and private-sector clients and offers a technically focused, innovative environment within a global organisation

Commutable From: Seascale, Gosforth, Calder Bridge, Beckermet, Egremont, Cleator Moor, Frizington, St Bees, Workington and Whitehaven

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