Engineering Manager

Morgan Sindall Infrastructure; Motherwell; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Sindall Infrastructure in Motherwell is seeking an Engineering Manager (Civils) to lead civil engineering activities across pre-contract and delivery stages for the Energy business, including CMN3 and Harburn projects.

You will oversee internal and external resources, ensure safety and schedule adherence, manage client and consultant relationships, and drive design governance, CDM compliance, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status (CEng or ICE) required.
• Extensive senior-level civil design and construction experience in regulated sectors.
• Proven tender team leadership for price and quality bids.
• Experience with joint ventures, alliances or collaborative delivery models.
• Strong understanding of procurement routes and contracts.
• Experience with ViewPoint and ACC is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead civil engineering activities across pre-contract and delivery stages.
• Manage internal and external resources to meet safety, time, and budget targets.
• Identify temporary works and allocate resources with operations directors.
• Serve as senior point of contact for customers and consulting engineers.
• Ensure staff competency, training records, and compliance.
• Enforce health, safety, environmental, and quality requirements.
• Support pre-contract activities including bid reviews and tender input.
• Drive innovation and knowledge sharing across the Energy portfolio.

Skills

People leadership

Organisational planning

Civil engineering knowledge

Operational target delivery

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Chartered Engineer (CEng) or ICE

Tools

ViewPoint

Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)

Job description

Engineering Manager – Civils

Location: Trilogy Office, Motherwell
Business Unit: Energy

Morgan Sindall is recruiting an experienced Engineering Manager (Civils) to join our Energy business, based at our Trilogy office in Motherwell, supporting our Energy business unit, with a particular focus on the CMN3 and Harburn projects. This role will provide leadership across civil engineering activities at both pre‑contract and delivery stages, ensuring engineering excellence, compliance and innovation across our infrastructure portfolio.

Role Overview

You will be responsible for the day‑to‑day management of internal and external engineering resources, ensuring civil engineering deliverables are completed safely, on time, to budget and in line with project and client requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all civil engineering activities at pre‑contract and project delivery stages
• Manage internal and external engineering resources, ensuring effective deployment and performance
• Identify temporary works and other engineering requirements and allocate appropriate resources in collaboration with operations directors
• Provide a senior point of contact for customers and consulting engineers
• Ensure staff competency, training, records and compliance are fully maintained
• Implement and monitor health, safety, environmental and quality requirements across contracts
• Manage high‑level relationships with consulting engineers, including design agreements and design management activities
• Support pre‑contract activities, including bid reviews, tender input, interviews and presentations
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement, lessons learned and knowledge sharing across the Energy business
• Ensure full compliance with CDM Regulations and full understanding of Client, Principal Contractor and Principal Designer roles and responsibilities.
• Support mobilisation of new contracts, including HSEQ and engineering governance arrangements
• Provide engineering assurance support to joint ventures and alliances
• Carry out audits and produce reports for quality and environmental compliance
• Act as functional manager for planning resources within the Infrastructure business
• Represent Morgan Sindall on industry forums as agreed

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or related discipline
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent professional status (e.g. ICE)
• Significant senior‑level experience delivering civil engineering design and construction in regulated sectors
• Strong experience within major project tender teams, including price and quality adjudicated bids
• Proven experience managing design processes in tender and live project environments
• Experience working in joint ventures, alliances or collaborative delivery models
• Strong understanding of commercial arrangements, procurement routes and contracts
• Experience working with ViewPoint and Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)

Skills & Attributes

• Strong people leadership with the ability to motivate teams to high standards
• Excellent organisational, planning and time‑management skills
• Sound knowledge of civil engineering and construction standards
• Ability to work closely with senior management to set and deliver operational targets
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills