Senior Engineering Manager

Jacobs; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programs, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key focus areas for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity:

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Engineering Manager to manage the Site Technical Office. The successful candidate will play a key role within the site-based team, collaborating closely with the Client, suppliers and other stakeholders to manage and deliver the approved engineering design.
They will coordinate and resolve on-site issues within a multi-discipline project team using their technical capabilities and engineering judgement, applying their skills, or generating innovative solutions as appropriate whilst simultaneously interacting and collaborating with engineers from other disciplines and offices to deliver the project safely to the required level of quality in compliance with the certified design on time and to budget.

This position requires regular attendance at the Client site located in Burghfield, Berkshire. (Minimum 4 days on site.)

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Providing the site based focal point for all engineering related issues that arise during manufacture, construction and commissioning whilst liaising with the Responsible Designers where design intent may be affected.
2. Attendance of constructability reviews.
3. Management of site technical office team including discipline engineers, designers, revit technicians and CAD technicians.
4. Managing the review and response process for site generated and supplier technical queries, concession requests, commissioning reservations, etc.
5. Managing instructed change either on site within agreed delegation of authority or via the Responsible Designer.
6. Lead minor design packages on site.
7. Managing drawing configuration for deliverables through the red-line process or through the Responsible Designer.
8. Interfacing with appropriate Design Lead Engineers, Package Managers, Section Engineers, Quality, Commissioning and Handover teams.
9. Maintaining the configured design.
10. Advising Construction on installation methods and constructability.

Here’s What You’ll Need

1. A Degree qualified Engineer or demonstrable equivalent underpinning knowledge and understanding and discipline relevant professional experience.
2. Proven experience in working with multi-discipline engineering teams in multi-office locations.
3. Good all-round technical design experience using British and international standards and Eurocodes.
4. Detailed working knowledge of UKCA marking requirements.
5. Ability to work autonomously and manage the STO team’s time and workload to deliver against agreed milestones.
6. Ability to work effectively as a team leader within a multidisciplinary team liaising directly with team members and the Client.
7. A proactive problem-solving background with proven track record of project delivery.
8. Proven people skills and the ability to foster excellent working relationships with team members and the Client.
9. DV or ability to achieve DV clearance.
10. Knowledge & experience of CDM Regulations 2015.

Any offer of employment will be strictly subject to the relevant security requirements for the role being met. This means that you will need to have, or be able to obtain, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance and either Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) clearance. The security clearance process may require non-British nationals or dual nationals (i.e. those with British and another nationality) to be subject to additional evaluation, depending on nationalities held and the nature of the work to be carried out.

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business, and we genuinely believe that we all succeed by supporting one another through our culture of caring. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity.

We are committed to offering a career within one company and recognise the exceptional talent we have in our people. As our business evolves, we want to inspire and empower you to develop your career so you too can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key focus areas. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

We’re invested in you and your success, and we value the transferable skills you can bring to a new role. We want to support you in expanding and diversifying your experience so you can develop your career and help deliver the boldest solutions in a changing world.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact ‘Recruiter’.