Engineering Manager

DPS (In House); Dresden; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis DPS in Dresden seeks an Engineering Manager to lead the Engineering and Design program for semiconductor clients. You will drive design scope, schedule, risk and quality across multi-disciplinary teams and coordinate with clients and contractors to deliver giga-projects in Germany.

You will oversee design options, manage RFI and change processes, ensure compliance with German codes, and develop KPI-based performance improvements.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of German Construction Industry.
• Experience managing design teams on large construction programs.
• Program management experience of Cap projects >$400M.
• Experience leading teams.
• Experience implementing continuous improvement projects.
• Must be a team player with interface across the project group.
• Good written and verbal communication.
• German language a priority.
• Ability to prioritise issues.

Responsibilities

• Establishing & coordinating the basis of design; present options and provide a detailed comparison.
• Driving the overall design schedule and required reviews.
• Interface across stakeholders and design/construction companies.
• Analyze, review & verify design options for constructability and improvements.
• Coordinate with BIM, modeling and layout.
• Share weekly project progress reports and prepare decision reports for approvals.
• Manage RFI process and change management; track implications on cost and schedule.
• Oversee compliance with health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Develop and manage technical standards for the German operation.

Skills

German Construction Industry

Design team leadership

Program management

Team player

Continuous improvement

Communication skills

Prioritisation

German language

Job description

Job Description Job Title: Engineering Manager Location/s: Dresden

About Arcadis Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role Description: The Engineering Manager will be responsible for developing the Engineering and Design Program for semiconductor clients for Arcadis DPS, in a Client Rep position. This is a key position and requires the successful candidate to understand the AE requirements for giga-projects within the German Construction industry. In this position the Engineer Manger will drive creation and execution of the program Design and Engineering, Plan of Record, including Scope Requirements Management, Risk Management, Setting Success Criteria, Schedule Management, Resources Management , Change Management & Quality of design output, for all engineering and design systems.

The Engineering Manager will be responsible for stakeholder management, including coordination of departmental or cross-functional/cross-organizational teams as well as communication within the organization, outward to other internal groups and external customers.

The Engineering Manager will oversee management of the client and general contractors project design, driving closure on issues and gaps as well as maintaining focus on continuous improvement by generating an improvement roadmap through the program development. The Engineering Manager will be supported by a program implementation team. This team may change throughout the duration of the project.

Role Accountabilities

• Establishing & coordination the basis of design, present design options and provide a detailed comparison on design options
• Driving the overall design schedule and needed reviews
• Interface across several stakeholders and design/construction companies.
• Analyzing, Review & verification of design Options regarding Constructability review and verification, propose alternative solutions for improvements
• Scanning, BIM, Modeling & Layout coordination
• Share a weekly report with GlobalFoundries on project progress and prepare decision reports to GlobalFoundries for approvals
• Manage the RFI process, capability of identifying options to management to ensure prompt turn around of responses .
• Manage the trend log and change management process and ensuring the risk log is updated and accurate for all design cost and schedule impacts to the schedule and budget
• Responsible for the consistent and coordinated execution of Engineering Systems and Project. Deliverables within the operation with the following responsibilities: Co-ordinates with Client engineering to achieve a consistent group execution approach with respect to procedures, work instructions, guidelines, and execution of deliverables.
• Participating in hiring of lead engineers across all engineering with in the project departments.
• Development and execution of Design and Department technical KPI's for all engineering disciplines.
• Implementation and co-ordination with quality on roll-out of group systems and procedures, work instructions and associated training.
• Co-ordinate with Project Management and Project controls to align engineering systems and procedures with project resourcing and project delivery including Lean Project Execution.
• Oversee relevant regulatory compliance on projects for Health, Safety and Environmental requirements.
• Development and management of relevant technical standards and codes within the German Operation to align with Group knowledge management system.
• Overseas the compliance of engineering deliverables to latest codes and standards. Maintains and budgets for relevant codes and standards to be available to engineers.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 15+ years project management experience (managing multidisciplinary design project teams) within the Semiconductor area.
• Previous Engineering Manager/Director position in GC or Semiconductor Client.
• Recognised Senior manager with a strong client network and experience with a large Project Management / Engineering organisation.
• An overall understanding of the design, engineering procurement, and construction management phases associated with delivering large projects.
• Excellent track record of running design and engineering operations and project delivery.
• Knowledge of local based design regulations
• Proven experience in project design management, overseeing the development of project schedules, and a proven track record of managing and delivering design scope within complex programs is required

Essential Skills

• Knowledge of German Construction Industry required.
• Previous experience in managing design teams on large construction Programs.
• Previous program management experience of Cap projects more than $400M
• Experienced in leading teams.
• Experience in implementing Continuous improvement project.
• Must be a "team player". There is a small team on the project and there will be much interface with other members of the team.
• Good communicator both written and verbal
• German language a priority
• Ability to prioritise issues.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together. You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you. Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, colour, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.