Engineering Manager

PAE Government Services Inc.; Chipping Barnet; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Simulant Testing and Evaluation Facility (STEF) design and UoB collaboration. You will coordinate engineering activities, manage suppliers, and ensure designs meet client and trial requirements.

You will work with Project Manager and PP&E PEMs to keep schedules, maintain documentation, and support cost estimation and subcontract descriptions. Flexible work options are available.

Qualifications

• Proactive mentality to drive projects at pace.
• Engineering management experience leading supplier teams.
• Experience in setting up, running and reporting on Engineering trials.
• Experience in a highly regulated construction sector (including commissioning).
• Sound understanding of CDM regulations.
• Understanding of Building Services / Mechanical & Electrical disciplines.
• Awareness of NEC Contracts and RIBA processes preferred.
• Currently hold SC clearance or willing to obtain it.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Engineering Point of Contact for UoB and STEF projects.
• Draft scope/specifications for UoB trial equipment in collaboration with Client and PP&E PEMs.
• Coordinate with HUB designers to meet client and trial requirements.
• Assist with commissioning and setting to work of UoB trial equipment.
• Liaise with Client stakeholders to ensure trials meet project demands.
• Monitor progress from design to trials and provide regular updates to the HUB PM.
• Provide management and guidance to STEF suppliers.
• Coordinate design information transfer from Design Hubs to STEF design.

Skills

Proactive mindset

Engineering management

Trials coordination

Regulatory compliance

Building services / M&E

NEC contracts awareness

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

At Amentum, we're not just solving problems; we're engineering the future. Our team is driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling some of the most significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive. Here, we believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises. We embrace challenges with confidence and are dedicated to creating a secure and vibrant future for all. 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 team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities. Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area 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

Hub 5 covers the Simulant Testing and Evaluation Facility (STEF) for the wider EU Project and the trial laboratory at the University of Bristol (UoB). These facilities will provide an environment to test the major plant items and Containment suites for the main PP&E Designs. The Engineering Manager is responsible for the coordination, implementation and performance of engineering activities for the UoB & STEF designs. They will work with the Project Manager and maintain a close working relationship with the PP&E Design HUB PEMs and Suppliers to ensure the ongoing PP&E designs are shared and included into the STEF. They will manage the initial and detailed designs of both areas including supporting services, via a selected supplier and designer, to ensure the facilities are able to meet client demands and first of a kind output.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the Engineering Point of Contact for all parties relating to UoB and STEF
• Draft the UoB Trial Scope / Specification and once approved produce the technical specifications for the main plant items in collaboration with the Client and PP&E PEMs
• Work with the HUB Designers to ensure that UoB trial equipment designs and manufacture meet the clients and trials requirements
• Assist the UoB personnel in commissioning and setting to work the UoB trial equipment
• Liaise with and manage the Client stakeholder(s) to ensure the trials output meets the both the client and Project demands
• Monitor and provide regular updates on the progress of all activities from design to trials to the HUB PM
• Providing management and guidance to the Simulant Testing and Evaluation Facility (STEF) suppliers
• Support the timely communication of design information from the Design Hubs into the STEF design
• Assist with the establishment and implementation of project manpower needs and coordinate technical activities among disciplines
• Identify and ensures compliance with all statutory and licensing requirements
• Compile lists from each discipline to develop master document list for the Hub
• Work with project stakeholders to develop subcontract and work package descriptions that are consistent with the contracting plan for the STEF project
• Coordinate development of work-hour estimates and transfer information to Project Controls for preparation of engineering cost estimate in collaboration with the HUB PM
• Cooperate with other departments in the company participating on the project
• Schedule and coordinates meetings between Project Engineering, the client and other outside groups
• Keep project stakeholders advised of project progress, performance with attention to delays, adverse trends, errors and omissions
• Produce & maintain proper documentation of meetings, agreements, conversations, etc. that affect the conduct of the project
• Coordinate the customers engineering comments, approvals and requests with the functional activities of all disciplines
• Coordinate Independent Engineering Design Reviews by discipline engineering management alongside the PP&E Senior PEM
• Manage Design change using the Project process and inform design suppliers of any required changes / LFE ensure full audit trail
• Attend the trials sites and client sites as required to meet schedule and testing dates

Here’s What You’ll Need

• Proactive mentality to ensure projects are driven at pace and capability to problem solve
• Hold a formal qualification in a relevant Engineering discipline
• Engineering Management experience leading suppliers’ teams
• Experience in setting up, running and reporting or Engineering trials
• Proven experience within a highly regulated construction sector (including commissioning)
• Sound understanding of CDM regulations
• Understanding of Building Services / Mechanical & Electrical disciplines and outputs
• Awareness of NEC Contracts and RIBA processes is Preferred
• Currently hold SC or prepared to go through the SC process

Our Culture

Our values are built on a strong foundation of safety, integrity, and respect for every individual. People are at the heart of our mission, and we believe in supporting one another through a culture of care and collaboration. We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. Supporting mental wellbeing and fostering a sense of connection are essential to how we work. When we embrace different perspectives and work together, we become more innovative, more agile, and more successful.

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For more than 100 years, Amentum has tackled the world’s toughest challenges to deliver agile and steadfast solutions to the U.S. government and its allies. With more than 50,000 employees on all seven continents and in more than 60 countries, Amentum delivers a broad range of operational support services to meet the critical needs of our clients. Our headquarters is in Chantilly, VA. Find us online at https://www.amentum.com/.

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