Senior Engineering Manager - Headhouses MEP

SCS Railways; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in London is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the HS2 project. The role entails leading engineering delivery, ensuring technical accuracy, and collaborating across disciplines. Ideal candidates will have a degree in a relevant field and extensive experience managing large, complex projects. This role offers flexible working options and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Inclusive working environment

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in project-based design and engineering management across all project stages.
• Expert understanding of Engineering Principles and extensive technical knowledge.
• Understanding of digital engineering in design and construction phases.

Responsibilities

• Lead Engineering teams and ensure consistency across asset teams.
• Deliver works in line with Engineering Management Plan.
• Prioritize technical change control and risk management.

Skills

Engineering management

Project-based design

Strong communication

Leadership skills

Multi-disciplinary team management

Education

Degree in relevant field

Professional qualification

Tools

Digital Plan of Works

CSCS Card

Job description

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Job Introduction

The Headhouses MEP Senior Engineering Manager (SEM) is responsible for the engineering delivery of the various headhouse MEP assets (see split on page 3); leading and coordinating all relevant engineering disciplines within the TSDU, Euston and west areas. The inclusion of all areas will be transitional, and SEM will assist in coordinating transition as the project heads towards building work and fit out stages of the project. The SEM ensures the works are technically correct, assured, and coordinated between disciplines including MEP to facilitate delivery. They must collaborate closely with all other SEMs who will be managing Headhouse fit out and Civils disciplines. There will also be requirement to coordinate with tunnel construction and completion teams and relevant operational leads in in all areas with the aim of a delivery of the project to the right first time quality, which is key imperative.

This is a technical management role reporting to the Headhouse and Fitout Engineering Lead.

Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role.

Role Responsibility

• Leading the Engineering teams across the assets, ensuring consistency across the asset teams.
• Discharging appropriate Lead Designer duties
• Fostering Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
• Championing Health, Safety and Welfare (HS&W)
• Challenge the team to Innovate and not accept the status quo
• Lead compliance with the CDM 2015 Regulations from a technical perspective and raise Principal Designer challenges that are impacting the Design and construction
• Ensure Fire strategy compliance is a key thread through all technical aspects of the Engineering and escalate to Fire Lead when support/issue is required
• Ensure collaborative working, the right behaviours and culture within the team
• Deliver TSDU works in line with the SCS Engineering Management Plan and all other relevant Processes and Procedures
• Site Support Budget Owner (CSS) for related technical workstreams
• Appropriately identify, manage, communicate and mitigate Risk
• Prioritise appropriate and integrated technical change control. Ensuring that it is managed, monitored and the implications (including derogations) are assessed and authorised, as appropriate.
• Liaise and interface with other appropriate disciplines and third parties: Commercial, Planning, Consents & Engagement etc (not exhaustive list) providing the necessary technical input as the principal project Subject Matter Expert (SME) in regard of Headhouses MEP
• Ensure that the works are appropriately considerate for maintenance and health, safety and welfare during construction and in-use.
• Ensure that the delivered permanent and temporary designs are subject to constructability reviews
• Management of appropriate technical subcontractors and requirements
• Identify and implement opportunities for optimization of project programme
• Management of Design integration and change control during construction
• Liaise with HS2 client technical representative

The Ideal Candidate

• Educated to degree or higher and hold relevant professional qualification
• Sustained Continuing Professional Development.
• Extensive experience in project-based design and engineering management across all project stages
• Extensive experience of large complex projects in the rail, highways, water or energy sectors.
• Expert understanding of Engineering Principles and extensive technical knowledge
• Experience of managing the challenges associated with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Understanding of digital engineering in design and construction phases and of using the Digital Plan of Works.
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Relevant CSCS Card

About the Company

The role will work on the HS2 project. HS2 is the UK's new high speed rail network. It will be a catalyst for economic growth across Britain, freeing up space on the existing railways and connecting 8 out of the UK's 10 biggest cities with fast, reliable and frequent high speed services

The Skanska | Costain | STRABAG (SCS JV) is delivering the HS2 London Tunnels Contract. Scope of works includes twin-bored tunnels (TBM), SCL tunnels, shaft sinking, bridge demolition and reconstruction, services diversions, earthworks and the construction of site compounds.

You'll be a welcomed member of the wider team, with opportunities to take on additional responsibility, join one of our networks for women, military or LGBT+ staff, and participate in cultural and social events with the local community (e.g. as a STEM ambassador).

Your personal and professional development is important to us. We welcome a discussion about how we can support you with further study, or professional membership or attainment for example.

HS2 - working with Skanska, Costain and STRABAG, closely monitors job applications, to ensure an inclusive recruitment process. To ensure we are able to maintain this, and to recruit a diverse workforce, we require candidates to complete the diversity form as part of their application so we are able to monitor and improve our approach to diversity. Please note, all responses are anonymous and we will not share any of your data with other parties. All data will be held securely, (as stated within the Data Protection Act 1998) and will be reported to HS2.

It is an SCSJV requirement that all employees, Design House, and Supply Chains must implement and comply with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System with guidance for use", OHSAS 18001:2017 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management System, Policies, Plans, Procedures and Processes, and statutory requirements as they affect the Joint Venture 's operations and ensure that the requirements, as applicable within their discipline, are effectively implemented on the project. Develop a culture of safety on the project through the absolute commitment to the Zero Accidents target and ethos, and develops a wider awareness of quality, environmental issues and demonstrates commitment to achieve continual improvement and Zero tolerance.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

SCS Railways is a Disability Confident Leader. We want to encourage disabled people to apply for our roles and have an opportunity to display your skills, talent, and abilities. We will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview.

Please see the disability confident commitments:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-guidance...

To be considered for an interview under this scheme you have:

• A physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term effect (over 12 months) adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities
• Demonstrated in your application and pre-interview stage that you meet the minimum job criteria and person specification for the role

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