Engineering Manager (CEM) - Senior Chartered Civil Engineer / Leadership Opportunity

CML; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + BH

WFH 2 days/week

Company Pension

Death in Service 2x annual salary

Training & development

Volunteer days

Annual Flu Jabs

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

CML is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead an established team of 6 engineers, shaping how we design, deliver, and innovate across civil projects. You will champion technical excellence, safety, and dependable delivery while fostering a collaborative culture.

If you are a Chartered Civil Engineer with strong leadership and a passion for developing others, you’ll fit into our close-knit, family-owned environment that values long-term relationships with clients and a commitment to quality.

Qualifications

• Chartered Civil Engineer (ICE or equivalent) with senior-level experience.
• Experience coordinating temporary and permanent works design.
• Proven track record managing and developing engineering teams.
• Experience acting as CRE/CEM on rail contracts.
• Strong communication and relationship-building with clients and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop an established team of engineers.
• Coordinate the design of temporary and permanent works across projects.
• Nominate CREs and CREMs on Rail frameworks and contracts; act as CEM when required.
• Represent engineering capability in client and stakeholder relationships.
• Own engineering compliance and drive process improvements.

Skills

Proactive improvement mindset

Leadership & mentoring

Strong communication

Education

Chartered Civil Engineer (ICE)

Job description

About CML

CML is a unique business in the civil engineering and infrastructure sector, built on technical excellence and strong relationships with our clients, our partners, and each other. Our engineering team is the backbone of everything we deliver, and we're proud of the reputation we've built over many years for quality, safety, and dependable delivery. In our 40th year, still owned and operated as a second-generation family business, we take great pride in the quality of service we provide to our clients, and the legacy we leave, improving vital infrastructure for future generations.

About CML

CML is a unique business in the civil engineering and infrastructure sector, built on technical excellence and strong relationships with our clients, our partners, and each other. Our engineering team is the backbone of everything we deliver, and we're proud of the reputation we've built over many years for quality, safety, and dependable delivery. In our 40th year, still owned and operated as a second-generation family business, we take great pride in the quality of service we provide to our clients, and the legacy we leave, improving vital infrastructure for future generations.

The Opportunity

After more than 15 years of outstanding leadership, our Engineering Manager is retiring, and we're looking for someone special to take the helm.

This is a rare chance to step into a business-critical leadership role at CML, taking charge of an established team of 6 engineers. You'll shape how we design, deliver, and innovate, 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, we want to hear from you!

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 (contribute as Supervising Civil Engineer as part of CML's Apprentice and Graduate Development Programmes)
• Foster a collaborative culture that reflects CML's values

Design Coordination

• Managing your team of engineers, 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 CML's 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

We're looking for someone who brings both technical depth and genuine leadership warmth:

Qualifications

• Chartered Civil Engineer (ICE, or equivalent), with senior-level experience

Skills

• A proactive, improvement-minded approach, comfortable identifying inefficiencies and confident implementing change
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with clients, designers, and colleagues

Experience

• Broad experience across a range of project types, including experience relevant to Rail framework contracts
• Proven experience coordinating temporary and permanent works design
• Experienced and already acting in the capacity of CEM
• 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

Most importantly: a genuine people person who will fit naturally into our close-knit, collaborative culture

Why Join CML?

• A well-established, respected team who take pride in their work and support each other
• Genuine autonomy to shape engineering processes and influence the future of the business
• Variety - from temporary and permanent works design to high-profile framework contract leadership
• A business that values long-term relationships, both with clients and with its people

The Package

• Competitive Pay
• A collaborative and friendly working culture, focussed on investing in people
• 25 days holiday + Statutory Bank Holidays
• Up to 2 working from home days per week, following a successful probation period
• Company Sick Pay
• Annual professional subscription costs
• Excellent training & development opportunities, provided by our award-winning in-house Training team
• Paid Volunteering days and Charity events
• Annual Flu Jabs
• Employee Assistance Programmes for advice and counselling
• Access to a committed Mental Health First Aider team
• Company Pension and Death in Service scheme of 2x annual salary
• A generous Employee Referral scheme of £1000 per successful hire

At CML we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences and all applicants will be considered purely on their merits and potential, regardless of where they are from, their age or gender, their lifestyle choices , their beliefs or what disability they may have.

We’re also striving to be a Disability Confident employer and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities apply and interview for roles.