Engineering Manager (Rail)

VVB Engineering; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

VVB Engineering is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead multidisciplinary design and engineering activities within their sector. You will coordinate with sector heads, project managers, and the supply chain to deliver projects on time and within budget.

You will mentor graduates, uphold VVB’s CORE values, and ensure compliance with health, safety, and quality procedures across all phases of design and construction.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree from a UK-accredited institution.
• Chartered Engineer with Engineering Council registration.
• Professional membership of a recognised engineering institution.
• HSE training (SMSTS or IOSH Managing Safely).
• CSCS Card – AQP or PQP minimum.
• Full UK driving licence and use of own car.

Responsibilities

• Providing leadership in all facets of engineering and design activities within their sector, to deliver projects on cost, time and quality.
• Ensuring compliance with Design Management and Assurance Procedures and Quality Management System.
• Ensuring design reviews are conducted for buildability and constructability; identifying weaknesses or errors that could impact functionality.
• Developing and managing effective communication with internal and external stakeholders to integrate requirements into projects.
• Overseeing health and safety standards across all project stages.
• Promoting value engineering at the start of each design stage to reduce costs while increasing functionality.
• Preparing or overseeing engineering hour estimates and programmes aligned with project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Conducting proactive inspections/audits to ensure compliance and resolving non-conformances.
• Managing engineer allocations within the sector to meet schedule and demobilisations.
• Producing design registers, design management & assurance plans, meeting minutes, and drawing registers.
• Managing formal communications (RFIs, TQs, EWN, MARs).
• Ensuring risk registers are suitable and sufficient for designers.
• Carrying out CAT 1 or 2 design checks.
• Acting as Design Manager on smaller projects as required.
• Carrying out peer reviews of design projects from other sectors.
• Working with Commercial Teams to track design change and variances.
• Driving procurement of services and works to deliver projects.
• Coordinating with Planning to forecast and adjust resources, time and cost to maintain programme.
• Attending FAT and SAT where required to ensure compliance.
• Promoting a work environment with openness, trust, teamwork, empowerment and innovation.

Education

Engineering degree (UK accredited)

Engineering Council-Chartered status

Professional Membership – IET / IMechE / IFE / CIBSE

HSE training (SMSTS or IOSH Managing Safely)

CSCS Card – AQP or PQP

Full UK driving licence

Job description

The Engineering Manager will be accountable and responsible for all of the design and engineering activities (all disciplines) within their designated sector, with co-ordination from the sector lead (Head of Sector/Sector Director) and the Project Managers for each project. The role will include being the functional leader for Engineers and Designers, both for internal resource and the “supply chain”, through a matrix style organisation chart in direct collaboration with their line managers the heads of (discipline) engineering. As part of the role they shall support work winning, estimating, procurement, construction and commissioning activities for the projects within their sector. The role holder will act as the sector specific delegated technical expert and they shall work with the heads of (discipline) engineering to resolve any technical issues. The role will also be responsible for the leadership and mentoring of graduates within the sector as well as the application of VVB’s CORE values in their day to day duties.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing leadership in all facets of engineering and design activities within their sector, to deliver the projects to meet cost, time and quality requirements.
• Ensures that all projects are in compliance with VVB’s Design Management and Assurance Procedures and Quality Management System.
• Ensures design reviews are carried out in-line with current standards to ensure buildability and constructability. That any weaknesses or errors are identified in the design that could jeopardise the functionality and ensures HSE best practices are always followed.
• Developing and managing effective communication and liaison with all relevant internal and external stakeholders to ensure that requirements are identified, assessed, and appropriately integrated into the project.
• Overseeing that the highest standards of health and safety are considered as a priority through all stages of the project.
• Ensure that value engineering is considered at the beginning of each engineering and design stage to explore opportunities to reduce costs but increase functionality to increase the value of a design in coordination with Project Manager and the Client.
• Prepares or oversees the preparation of engineering hour estimates and programmes in accordance with project scope, schedule, and budget, and manages implementation and performance accordingly.
• Carries out pro-active inspections/audits of projects to ensure compliance with the VVB and project requirements. Hold project personnel to account to resolve non-conformances/issues found.
• Manages engineer allocations and requirements within the sector to meet programme/schedule dates and demobilisations.
• Ensures all design registers, design management & assurance plans, meeting minutes, drawing registers etc, in-line with VVB procedures and project requirements are produced by the project teams.
• Ensure all formal communication is undertaken and managed (RFI’s, TQ’s, EWN’s, MAR’s etc).
• Ensure designers risk registers are suitable and sufficient.
• Carries out CAT 1 or 2 design checks.
• Acts as the Design Manager on smaller projects as required.
• Carries out peer level review of design projects from other sectors.
• Working with the Commercial Teams to track design change and variances.
• Driving the procurement of services and works required to deliver the project.
• Working with the Planning department to plan the project stages; design, installation, and T&C works. Provision of accurate assessment on forecast works (resource, time and cost) to complete and provide suitable readjustments to ensure project programme is maintained. Ensure the implementation and performance accordingly.
• Attendance at FAT and SAT (where required) to ensure compliance with requirements.
• Promotes the creation of a work environment, supported by leadership, which fosters openness, trust, communication, teamwork, empowerment, innovation, and satisfaction.

Essential Qualifications

• A recognised degree in Engineering discipline from a university accredited by a UK Engineering Institution e.g. IET, IMechE etc.
• Professional Registration, i.e., Engineering Council Registration with Chartership status.
• Professional Membership of a relevant professional engineering institution e.g. IET, IMechE, IFE, CIBSE etc.
• HSE training (SMSTS or IOSH Managing Safely).
• CSCS Card – AQP or PQP min.
• Full UK driver license and use of own car.