Engineering Director

Kier Group plc.; West Burton; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group plc in West Burton, Nottinghamshire, seeks an Engineering Director for the ILIOS team to provide senior engineering leadership across a major programme. You will own design integrity, engineering assurance and buildability, acting as the Programme Director's technical authority on governance and design assurance.

You'll develop strategies for engineering, systems integration and innovation, lead assurance work across multi-disciplinary teams and ensure outputs are safe, compliant and

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in engineering or related technical discipline with Chartered membership.
• Significant senior leadership experience across multi-disciplinary engineering, construction, infrastructure, nuclear, energy or complex programme environments.
• Proven capability in leading technical functions, design management and engineering assurance across multi-disciplinary and multi-organisation teams.
• Strong understanding of technical risk, compliance, temporary works governance, constructability and safety-led design principles.
• Collaborative and credible senior leader with excellent communication skills for executive and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Providing overall engineering leadership, owning design integrity, systems integration and technical innovation to ensure outputs are safe, compliant and aligned to programme requirements.
• Developing and implementing engineering, systems integration, assurance and innovation strategies, policies and procedures across ILIOS.
• Leading engineering assurance and technical integrity while supporting translation of approved engineering outputs into safe, buildable works packages.
• Acting as Temporary Works Designated Individual, ensuring competent appointments, effective procedures and assurance arrangements are in place.
• Building and developing engineering capability across ILIOS, promoting consistent ways of working and effective collaboration across partner organisations.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Design management

Risk & compliance

Stakeholder communication

Constructability

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered engineer

Job description

We're looking for an Engineering Director to join our ILIOS team based in West Burton, Nottinghamshire.

Location: West Burton, Nottinghamshire

Hours: Full time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exceptional opportunity to provide senior engineering leadership across a major programme, where you'll own design integrity, engineering assurance and buildability across the ILIOS solution. As Engineering Director, you'll ensure technical outputs are safe, compliant, cost effective and integrated, acting as the Programme Director's technical authority on engineering governance and design assurance.

What will you be responsible for?

• Providing overall engineering leadership, owning design integrity, systems integration and technical innovation to ensure outputs are safe, compliant and aligned to programme requirements
• Developing and implementing engineering, systems integration, assurance and innovation strategies, policies and procedures across ILIOS
• Leading engineering assurance and technical integrity while supporting translation of approved engineering outputs into safe, buildable works packages
• Acting as Temporary Works Designated Individual, ensuring competent appointments, effective procedures and assurance arrangements are in place
• Building and developing engineering capability across ILIOS, promoting consistent ways of working and effective collaboration across partner organisations

Qualifications

• You hold a degree-level qualification or equivalent in engineering or another relevant technical discipline, along with Chartered membership of a relevant professional institution
• You have significant senior leadership experience across major multi-disciplinary engineering, construction, infrastructure, nuclear, energy or complex programme environments
• You bring proven capability in leading technical functions, design management and engineering assurance across multi-disciplinary and multi-organisation teams
• You demonstrate strong understanding of technical risk, compliance, temporary works governance, constructability and safety-led design principles
• You're a collaborative and credible senior leader with excellent communication skills, able to present complex technical matters clearly to executive and non-technical audiences

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a BPSS Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-based basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.