About Amey

We’re committed to creating better places for everyone. We take pride in making a difference, but also in being the difference: for the communities, we serve, whatever the challenge, whatever the weather. By designing and consulting, building and maintaining, managing and investing in our country’s services and infrastructures we create better places to live, work and travel.

As one of us, you can really be you because your individuality is an asset. You’re surrounded by a team of people who want you to grow and embrace new challenges. People who care about your job satisfaction as well as your wellbeing. There’ll be experiences as original as you are, in a career that can feel like many rolled into one. You’ll be stretched but always supported. To bring out the better in you. To shine as a better team player or self-starter. To help you commit to better each day, delivering whatever steps it takes, great or small, to create better places for everyone.

We believe that we are what we do.

It’s more than just wanting to do better.

At Amey we’re proud to be the better

Would you like to to work on a high- profile project in the rail industry like Wales and Borders?

Here at Amey we support the multi-billion-pound contract to run the Wales and Borders train service and to develop the Cardiff Central Metro. We will work closely with TfW to deliver a new era for passengers and for Wales, with more services, newer trains, better stations and a more reliable network. We will continue to provide support to TfW Ltd in delivering key projects such as the introduction of new rolling stock and the construction of the £738m South Wales Metro (SWM) transport project, a planned multi-modal transport system, which incorporates trains, light rail and bus services.

What will this role involve?

In a typical week you will:

Technical

• Ensure that staff are competent and, where necessary, licenced to undertake the level of engineering required on the programme, including discipline specific Responsible Engineers (REs)
• Recruit, train and mentor staff within their area of professional excellence to meet the competency requirements identified by the Technical Directors
• Ensure that the work package has defined competency requirements
• Lead on the Engineering management of individual multi-disciplinary work packages within the programme
• Monitor and ensure continuous improvement of the performance of REs within the programme
• Lead on innovation and promotion of best practice

Resource Management

• Work with the Programme Engineering Manager to plan and grow the level of engineering resource necessary to support the programme, including identifying and assessing key suppliers
• Liaise with the Programme/Project Managers to ensure that resource requirements are understood and can be met by the team or external supply chain.
• Support Recruitment and Retention Strategies.

Client Relationship Management

• Continuously engage with the technical areas of our clients’ business to get feedback on our technical delivery and capability within the programme
• Act as the principal point of contact for engineering matters associated with a specific work package Technical Excellence & Continuous Improvement
• Work with the Regional Engineering Directors, Discipline Leads, and other Managers across Amey, to develop and implement continuous improvement on multidisciplinary projects
• Continuously engage with the technical areas of our clients’ business to get feedback on our technical delivery and capability.
• Support the Technical Directors in developing Amey’s understanding of the client’s existing and future needs, and solutions to meet those
• Promote Amey’s professional / technical excellence with existing clients Report on technical aspects of the programme in line with business objectives

What are we looking for?

We want to hear from you if:

• Sufficient Engineering Management experience with 25 KV High Voltage Power Distribution rail projects
• Diploma in management or proven successful track record in general management
• Full Driving Licence - some travel and work away from home may be required
• BSc/BEng, or MSc/MEng
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer