Engineering Manager

AtkinsRéalis PPS Limited; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Linxon in Glasgow seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a multidisciplinary engineering team for EPC HV substation projects in Scotland. You will oversee tendering, project engineering, resource coordination, and interfaces across the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities include providing technical leadership, ensuring designs meet customer specs and standards, and guiding engineers while managing budgets and timelines. Occasional travel is required.

Qualifications

• An engineering degree in electrical engineering or equivalent is required.
• Experience leading engineering resources in large EPC projects.
• Strong knowledge of AIS/GIS substation design and delivery processes.
• Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and stakeholder interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the local engineering team for HV AIS and GIS substations.
• Plan, coordinate, and ensure compliant engineering from tender to As-Built.
• Provide technical leadership and resolve design/interface issues with customers and suppliers.
• Manage engineering resources, budgets, and project milestones.
• Collaborate with PM, Procurement, Construction, and Planning for priorities.
• Mentor engineers and develop technical skills within the discipline groups.
• Travel up to 25% domestically/internationally as required.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional work

Stakeholder management

Team development

Communication

Education

Bachelor's/Master’s in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MS Office

MicroStation

AutoCAD

Job description

Job Description Job Title: Engineering Manager Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom Join Us!! The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading the multidisciplinary engineering team supporting EPC HV substation projects across Scotland. The role covers tendering, project engineering, resource coordination, and management of engineering interfaces throughout the project lifecycle. The Engineering Manager provides technical leadership for the delivery of primary, secondary, and civil/structural designs, ensuring compliance with customer specifications, statutory requirements, industry standards, and Linxon procedures.

Key Areas of Responsibility (KARs)

• Report and work in close coordination with the UK Engineering Manager for all the engineering activities allocated to his team of resources.
• Accountable for the timely and quality delivery of engineering designs for all EPC substation projects allocated to his engineering organization.
• Provide overall technical leadership, management, and development of a local engineering team covering Primary, Secondary, and Civil/Structural disciplines for large and complex EPC HV AIS and GIS substation projects.
• Plan and coordinate all engineering activities from tendering through to As-Built completion, ensuring full compliance with Project Specifications, Linxon standards, QA/QC requirements, HSSE expectations, and Integrity principles.
• Regularly monitor project performance in collaboration with Project Management, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, and Planning teams to ensure engineering priorities remain aligned with project schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams within Linxon (local and remote), as well as external partners, suppliers, subcontractors, and engineering consultants.
• Provide technical guidance to engineers allocated to projects in case of technical discussions with customers and suppliers.
• Define and manage engineering resource plans and budgets based on current project commitments and future business pipeline requirements.
• Set individual and team objectives, mentor engineers, and support technical skill development within the discipline groups.

Experience Required

• Bachelor or Master’s in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in HV substation engineering within EPC environment.
• Proven track record in leading and managing engineering resources for large-scale EPC projects.
• Strong knowledge of AIS and GIS substation design, engineering delivery processes.
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams and stakeholder interfaces in complex project environments.

Competencies/ Skills Required

• Result orientated team player with a proactive approach.
• Excellent in communication, to interact with external and internal parties at all levels in a multi-cultural environment.
• Expert knowledge in Substation design and engineering: primary and secondary design, interface with civil discipline.
• Knowledge of system studies like load flow, short circuit calculation; Single Line Diagrams, CT/VT calculations, Auxiliary Power Systems, power cables.
• Strong in MS Office, knowledge in MicroStation and AutoCAD is required.
• Fluency in English – both written and spoken.
• Availability to travel 25 % of the time (domestic/international travel).
• Working in an office, presence on a construction site when required.

About Linxon Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity. We combine Hitachi Energy’s deep technological knowledge and Atkins Realis’s project management expertise to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon. Linxon’s vision is to deliver the best market offering for turnkey substation projects through world-class power technologies and delivering the highest level of competence in managing infrastructure projects. As a leading engineering company, we help our customers with turnkey substation solutions in the field of power transmission, renewable energy and transportation. In this role, you will have the opportunity to be part of a new company as it evolves and help shape it for the future. If you like new challenges, have an entrepreneurial spirit and are interested in working with other motivated professionals with expertise in the Substations EPC business, then this is the new opportunity for you.

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At Linxon, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Linxon is a joint venture company set up by AtkinsRéalis and Hitachi Energy to deliver turnkey electrical AC substation projects. At Linxon, we are the experts for substations related to renewable and conventional power generation, power transmission and transportation solutions. Our responsibility includes project design, engineering, procurement, construction, management and finally commissioning. Our team combines project management expertise and industry leading technology to create a true partner for reliable, sustainable energy solutions.