Engineering Manager

United Living Group; Wormington; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

United Living Group seeks an experienced Engineering Manager to lead engineering activities on an EPC project from detailed design through handover. You will ensure safety, compliance, buildability and alignment with contract objectives while coordinating with design teams and SMEs.

Reporting to the Project Technical Director, you will manage the engineering delivery, support commissioning, and maintain effective collaboration across the project delivery supply chain.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or Project Engineer on major capital projects.
• Experience in UK high‑pressure gas infrastructure preferred.
• Degree educated or equivalent in relevant engineering/technical discipline.
• Chartered Engineer or equivalent industry experience.
• Ongoing commitment to professional and technical knowledge development.
• Understanding of high‑pressure process piping systems, civil and structural elements and process control and safety systems.
• Ability to lead and communicate at all levels, driving design governance and technical decisions.
• Willingness to travel between Warrington, Woking, and Warwick offices; site‑based at Wormington later in 2026.
• Valid driving licence.
• Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

• Provide Engineering Management within the Project Leadership Team.
• Coordinate with subcontract design organisation and SMEs for informed decision‑making.
• Ensure design and construction meet Client specifications and industry standards.
• Lead multi‑discipline teams across civil, mechanical, electrical, C&I, process and gas systems.
• Manage engineering delivery in line with UK gas regulations and project requirements.
• Oversee interfaces with live gas assets and mitigate project risks.
• Support safety and design assurance activities (HAZID/HAZOP/LOPA/HAZCON).
• Provide technical oversight of subcontract design and OEM/vendor packages.
• Collaborate with Project Director and other leads to ensure safe delivery.
• Support construction with timely site problem solving and maintain design intent.
• Manage technical change with NEC processes as required.
• Support commissioning and handover documentation.
• Maintain stakeholder communication across regulators and clients.
• Promote technical excellence, safety, and collaboration.

Skills

Engineering Management

Project Engineering

UK Gas Experience

Communication Skills

Travel Ready

Driving Licence

Site & Office

Piping & Process

Safety Standards

HSE Knowledge

Education

Degree in engineering

Chartered Engineer

Job description

Job Description

This is an EPC contractor, project-based role, reporting to the Project Technical Director. The Engineering Manager will provide single‑point leadership, assurance, and accountability for all engineering activities, ensuring that the design is safe, compliant, buildable, and fully aligned with the project’s contractual and delivery objectives. The role spans the project lifecycle, from detailed design and pre‑construction engineering, through construction support, and onward to commissioning and final handover.

Job Description

This is an EPC contractor, project-based role, reporting to the Project Technical Director. The Engineering Manager will provide single‑point leadership, assurance, and accountability for all engineering activities, ensuring that the design is safe, compliant, buildable, and fully aligned with the project’s contractual and delivery objectives. The role spans the project lifecycle, from detailed design and pre‑construction engineering, through construction support, and onward to commissioning and final handover.

Managing the contractor’s technical team and working in close partnership with the subcontract design organisation, the Client Design Coordinator, and subject‑matter experts (SMEs), the Engineering Manager will act as a central conduit for informed, timely, and aligned engineering decision‑making across the project.

Ensuring the design, engineering decisions and construction operations meet the Client engineering specifications, project documentation and applicable industry standards is a core requirement of this role.

Central to the success of this role is the provision of strong, high‑quality technical leadership and the development of effective, collaborative relationships across the entire project delivery supply chain.

Responsibilities Of The Position

Building on the Role Description, the responsibilities of the role will include:

• Provide Engineering Management capabilities within the Project Leadership Team, working collaboratively with the Project Director, Technical Director, Senior Project Manager, Commercial Manager SHEQ Team and Planning Manager to ensure integrated project delivery.
• Ensure construction engineering operations undertaken through a combination of directly employed and subcontracted workforce are safety and effectively coordinated to deliver the project scope in accordance with contract requirements and project specific documentation.
• Act as the contractor’s technical authority, ensuring the engineering solution is safe, compliant, buildable, and aligned with contractual, commercial, and programme objectives.
• In the context of an EPC main contractor with a subcontracted principal designer lead and coordinate multi‑discipline engineering teams, ensuring effective integration of civil, mechanical, electrical, C&I, process, and gas systems design.
• Manage engineering delivery in accordance with UK gas regulations, applicable legislation, industry standards, codes of practice, and client asset specifications.
• Oversee and manage engineering interfaces with live and operational high‑pressure gas assets, ensuring risks associated with works within the existing compressor station are identified, controlled, and mitigated in accordance with applicable project standards.
• Support formal safety and design assurance activities, including HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, HAZCON, design risk assessments, and constructability reviews.
• Provide technical oversight of subcontract design organisations and OEM / vendor packages, ensuring full integration with the overall design.
• Work collaboratively with the Project Director, Technical Director, Construction Manager, Commercial team, and Client Design Coordinator to ensure engineering supports safe and efficient construction delivery.
• Provide ongoing engineering support during construction, resolving site‑based technical issues promptly and pragmatically while maintaining compliance and design intent.
• Supported by a Project Engineer, manage technical change control, assessing impacts on safety, cost, programme, and quality, and supporting NEC contract change processes where required (EWN, PMI & CE).
• Support commissioning, testing, and entry‑into‑service activities, ensuring engineering deliverables, certifications, and handover documentation are complete and robust.
• Maintain effective communication with the client, regulators, independent reviewers, and other stakeholders on technical matters.
• Promote a strong culture of technical excellence, safety, and collaboration across the project delivery and design supply chain.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager or Project Engineer on relevant major capital engineering projects, with a strong track record of delivery in the large‑scale EPC project environment.
• Experience within UK high‑pressure gas infrastructure is preferred; however, candidates with demonstrable experience in heavy engineering, piping, or process‑based projects in regulated, safety‑critical environments are encouraged to apply where they can evidence relevance to this role.
• Degree educated or equivalent in relevant engineering / technical discipline
• Chartered Engineer or equivalent industry experience
• Evidence of an ongoing commitment to professional and technical knowledge development.
• Possess an in depth understanding of the design, engineering, vendor interface and construction engineering of high‑pressure process piping systems, civil and structural elements and process control and safety systems.
• Able to communicate effectively at all levels of the project organisation, providing leadership in the application, compliance, and assurance of technical standards, procedures, and specifications.
• Equally comfortable working in a site‑based environment, resolving design and engineering challenges in real time, as operating within the design office to develop and review technical solutions.
• Must be highly computer literate including Microsoft Office and applicable Design software associated with the role and confident in managing and working with large data sets and documents.
• Willing to travel between the Warrington, Woking, and Warwick offices, and from late 2026, to be site‑based at Wormington Compressor Station in Gloucestershire during the working week.
• Valid driving licence
• Fluent in the English Language