HV Transmission Engineering Manager

COSTAIN GROUP; Greater Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading smart infrastructure solutions company is seeking a Project Engineering Manager to oversee design delivery for major Transmission projects in the UK. The candidate must have recent experience with National Grid Substation projects, focusing on managing design proposals, ensuring safety and quality, and leading project coordination. This hybrid role combines office attendance in Manchester with remote work and site visits, providing an exciting opportunity for those looking to make an impact in the energy sector.

Qualifications

• MUST HAVE RECENT EXPERIENCE ON NATIONAL GRID SUBSTATION PROJECTS.
• Proficient in managing design proposals and construction processes.
• Strong focus on safety, quality, and innovation in design.

Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of design on major Transmission projects.
• Oversee effective briefing of the Design Team and manage Subcontractor design packages.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Engineering and other departments.

Skills

Design Management

Project Coordination

Stakeholder Management

Safety Compliance

BIM Implementation

Job description

Job Description

As a client facing, Project Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for managing the delivery of design on a major Transmission projects working closely with commercial and production teams in Tendering, preconstruction and construction stages.

This is a hybrid role with a combination of Manchester office attendance, remote working and client/site visits.

Responsibilities

We're recruiting an Engineering Manager for Transmission projects across UK

MUST HAVE RECENT EXPERIENCE ON NATIONAL GRID SUBSTATION PROJECTS IN THE BELOW AREAS

• Manage the development and implementation of design proposals ensuring they meet customer requirements including budget constraints, presenting proposals for approval to the customer.

The design should deliver: - Safety in construction and use - Quality within affordable parameters - Ease of maintenance, energy efficiency with minimum environmental impact - Innovation to meet customer goals and positive impact on the local community.

• Manage and ensure effective briefing of the Design Team including M&E elements. This includes, where necessary, the management of any 3rd parties or novated design teams to ensure that they meet all customer specifications, and where necessary, checking the competence and resources of any incumbent design teams or 3rd parties.

• Manage Subcontractor design packages and technical approvals

• Provide advice and guidance on the “buildability” of the design proposals to the design and construction teams on all packages.

• Liaise with all statutory bodies/authorities as required – such as town planning, building control and services e.g. gas and water.

• Support Change Control Process

• Lead Value Engineering Process

• Support the Safety by Design & Engineering forum or other similar forums, representing the business stream, as required

• Lead the development and management of the design deliverables programme: - Ensure there is a clear schedule of design deliverables - Lead gate reviews activities to ensure that they are timely and appropriate sign off is achieved at each project gate to include appropriate communication to project manager and principal design manager - Lead the co-ordination and production of design data, design deliverables, reports and documentation essential to the project and contractual requirements and report progress against the design deliverables programme

• Support implementation of the BIM protocols, including teamwork and collaboration and the management and sharing of data relating to BIM models

• Support BIM management during the bid stage ensuring the supply chain is fully aware of BIM requirements

• Consider the application of Lean construction techniques in order to save money, reduce waste and optimise construction.

• Ensure that learning and best practice is captured from the bid/project with the aim of sharing it across the business stream and the business.

• Proactively contribute to the Risk and Value Management process

• Ensure a relentless focus on safety by design

Accountabilities.

• Serve as the primary liaison between the Engineering team and other departments and also external partners.
• Communicates with key project stakeholders; progress, design challenges and outcomes effectively to ensure alignment and manage expectations
• Manage the allocation of design resources, financial and material resources to optimise project design outcomes; design budgets, design forecast and ensuring design resources are utilised efficiently.
• Ensure that engineering outputs are in accordance with client requirements and standards. This will include, validation processes, testing and best practice to maintain design or product integrity.
• Managing the design team responsible for the project design deliverables ensuring they are completed on time, within budget while also facilitating smooth transition between project phases.

Qualifications

MUST HAVE RECENT EXPERIENCE ON NATIONAL GRID SUBSTATION PROJECTS.

About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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