Senior Engineering Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Derby; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Balfour Beatty is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead their Power T&D team in Derby. This role involves strategic design management for engineering projects, oversight of a team, and ensuring safe and quality delivery of projects on time and budget. With flexibility in work arrangements and a commitment to fostering innovation, this position offers the chance to make a significant impact on the UK's engineering landscape.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

Family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity leave

Pension and share incentive plan

Flexible working policy

Qualifications

• Good technical grounding and delivery experience in engineering.
• Experience working in the UK HV Networks sector.
• Strong communication skills with a solution-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of Power T&D projects ensuring efficient delivery.
• Lead and develop a team of Engineering Managers and staff.
• Ensure all engineering deliverables align with project schedules.

Skills

Project leadership

Communication

Technical knowledge

Education

BEng (Hons) Engineering Degree

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About the role

Balfour Beatty is currently recruiting a Senior Engineering Manager to join the Power T&D team in Derby.

Role purpose

To provide strategic engineering and design management for a portfolio of Power Transmission and Distribution Engineering projects. To include design delivery, management and engineering governance of , from initial opportunity, through bid development and contract negotiation, mobilisation and delivery, and finally project completion and archiving.

About the role

Balfour Beatty is currently recruiting a Senior Engineering Manager to join the Power T&D team in Derby.

Role purpose

To provide strategic engineering and design management for a portfolio of Power Transmission and Distribution Engineering projects. To include design delivery, management and engineering governance of , from initial opportunity, through bid development and contract negotiation, mobilisation and delivery, and finally project completion and archiving.

The Senior Engineering Manager will lead, manage, mentor and develop, a team of Engineering Managers, Assistant Engineering Managers, Graduates, Apprentices and Trainees seeking to develop an Engineering Manager career path.

Balfour Beatty welcomes applications from both full-time and part-time candidates, including those interested in job-sharing arrangements. Additionally, the company offers a flexible working policy to support a healthy work-life balance.

What you'll be doing

Financial

• Ownership, monitoring and management of Engineering team budget for the works. Contribution to change control and management of contract mechanisms for cost recovery.

Organisational

• Interfaces and supports other Team Leaders. Manages a team of Engineering Staff. Leads project steering groups and cross-discipline action groups.

Accountabilities

• Design management for safe, quality delivery of engineering scope of project(s) – on time and on budget, managing the project design and engineering risks.
• Manage and create a culture of innovation and collaboration among your team seeking opportunities to deliver safer, better, faster and more profitably
• Recruit, train and motivate a team of Engineering managers at all levels not limited to apprentices and graduate level
• Identifies longer term strategic training to support individual development as required creating a culture of innovation and collaboration among engineers
• Support the overall engineering strategy for the business and BB clients
• Develops design related KPI’s in line with Project objectives and monitors performance
• Contributes to weekly senior managers meetings to review strategic performance
• Supports the project teams to resolve engineering issues rapidly to avoid and minimise costs and programme impacts.
• Ensures all engineering deliverables align with the construction programme.
• Assistance and expert knowledge to reinforce the objectives of the work winning teams including technical support for the commercial team during contract negotiations
• Production and maintenance of key project strategy documents
• Ensuring compliance with BB Governance and customer requirements whilst developing and executed engineering strategies to support business objectives
• Manages the design change process to minimise cost impact and inform the commercial team of potential changes and the implications.
• Reports back as necessary to update Project Director and Head of Engineering.

Who we're looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Takes ownership of tasks and communicates outcomes with clarity, direction and purpose, including managing others in this regard
• Supporting teams to deliver programs safely, on time, on budget and to a high quality
• Good technical grounding, experience and engineering delivery
• Project leadership at a management level, delivering a range of projects from Standard to Complex projects
• Experience of working in the UK HV Networks sector and within highly regulated industries
• Excellent team player and team leader, able to work competently and independently without supervision.
• Able and willing to make decisions following consideration of options based on best available information.
• Strong communication skills with track record of solution orientated approach to issue resolution
• BEng (Hons) Engineering Degree or higher.

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• Proven track record in managing and leading teams
• Demonstrable experience of innovation, in all fields(Health and Safety, Design innovation, Operational Delivery etc)
• Experienced in the recruitment and development of talent within the business, including mentoring, stretch and challenge for junior team members and ensuring clearly defined development plans are in place
• Strong leadership and management skills, including completion of formal qualification (eg ILM).
• Wide ranging independent judgement evident, proven track record in this regard.
• Has achieved professional accreditation and undertakes extra-curricular activities to advance the profession (eg ICE, IHT, CMI)

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.

- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave

- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to wor
king with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Civil Engineering, Utility System Construction, and Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution

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