Engineering Manager (CEM) - Senior Chartered Civil Engineer

Navartis Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car

Ad hoc Hybrid working

25 days holiday + Statutory Bank Holid

Healthcare options

Company Pension and Death in Service

Job summary

Navartis is recruiting an Engineering Manager (CEM) with a Chartered Civil Engineer background to lead a team of engineers on rail and infrastructure projects. You will shape design delivery, ensure technical excellence, and drive continuous improvement across the business.

The role focuses on mentoring a 6-person team, coordinating complex temporary and permanent works, and acting as the CEM on rail frameworks where needed, with a quality-driven, client-facing approach.

Qualifications

• Chartered Civil Engineer with senior-level experience (ICE or equivalent).
• Experienced and already acting in the capacity of CEM on rail projects.
• Proven ability to coordinate temporary and permanent works designs across multiple projects.
• Strong people leadership and mentoring skills with client-facing experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop an established team of engineers.
• Coordinate design across temporary and permanent works for diverse projects.
• Provide technical management and QA for all engineering outputs.
• Manage Client & Framework engagements and CRE/CEM nominations on Rail contracts.
• Act as CEM on rail contracts when required to build client confidence.
• Drive engineering compliance and continuous improvement across the business.

Skills

Chartered Civil Engineer

CEM experience

Rail frameworks

Team leadership

Client engagement

Education

Chartered Engineer (ICE)

Job description

Engineering Manager (CEM) - Senior Chartered Civil Engineer

Summary

A successful principal contractor, operating throughout England and Wales, delivering multi-disciplinary buildings and civil engineering projects for Network Rail and other infrastructure clients is looking to hire an Engineering Manager (CEM).

After more than 15 years of outstanding leadership, the current Engineering Manager is retiring, and the client is looking for someone special to take the helm.

This is a rare chance to step into a business-critical leadership role, taking charge of an established team of 6 engineers. You'll shape how the business, designs, delivers, and innovates, while continuing to build a culture our people genuinely enjoy working in.

If you're a chartered civil engineer who combines strong technical judgement with real people leadership, someone who gets as much energy from developing others as from solving engineering problems get in touch.

Your Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, coach, and develop an established team of engineers, creating a supportive environment where junior members can grow and thrive
• Act as a mentor and technical role model, championing continuous professional development across the team.

Design Coordination

• You will monitor and provide guidance to the team coordinating the design of temporary and permanent works across a diverse project portfolio
• Provide technical management and quality assurance across all engineering outputs
• Engineering management, Client & Framework Engagement
• Assess competencies and nominate Contractors Responsible Engineers (CRE) and Contractors Responsible Managers (CEM) on Rail frameworks and contracts
• Act in capacity of CEM on rail contracts where required, drawing on broad project experience to build client confidence and trust
• Represent the business' engineering capability in client and stakeholder relationships
• Appoint temporary works roles and act in capacity of Temporary Works Designated Individual (DI) for temporary works where required
• Engineering Compliance & Process Improvement
• Take ownership of engineering compliance across the business
• Lead the ongoing development of engineering processes and systems
• Identify inefficiencies and implement practical, effective improvements, with genuine autonomy to shape how the team works

Person Specification

• Broad experience across a range of project types, including experience relevant to Rail framework contracts
• Chartered Civil Engineer (ICE, or equivalent), with senior-level experience
• Experienced and already acting in the capacity of CEM
• Proven experience coordinating temporary and permanent works design
• A proactive, improvement-minded approach, comfortable identifying inefficiencies and confident implementing change
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with clients, designers, and colleagues
• A track record of managing, coaching, and developing engineering teams. You enjoy bringing people on, not just reviewing engineering deliverables
• Strong working knowledge of engineering compliance and quality processes

Salary

Negotiable dependant on experience

• Company Car
• Ad hoc Hybrid working
• 25 days holiday + Statutory Bank Holidays
• Excellent training & development opportunities,
• Healthcare options
• Company Pension and Death in Service scheme of 2x annual salary

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