Freelance Engineering Manager Role to work on a 12 month contract with a Tier 1 Client on the Railway.

Working a Rail, Civils project

The Role

The Engineering Manager is a senior member of the Project delivery team and the Engineering function and is accountable for the overall engineering leadership and management across the enhancement portfolio in either the NW&C or LNE region, including the management of technical risk. The role is to ensure technical excellence, assurance and performance across the given region and is critical in ensuring that the technical design and delivery of the region is achievable and will deliver a successful outcome for the client and the Alliance.

This includes the integration and co-ordination of the technical design and delivery by the internal and external supply chain. The Engineering Manager will also be appointed as the Contractors Engineering Manager (CEM) in accordance with Network Rail Standard NR/L2/INI/02009, Engineering Management for Projects and will be expected to deliver the accountabilities and responsibilities for this role as defined within this standard.

The Individual

• Drive collaborative working behaviours across the Alliance; Contribute to team events; respond to information on Alliance Behaviours as requested, drive safety behaviours on site, continual reinforcement of Alliance expectations to workforce.
• Significant relevant industry experience in major construction and/or infrastructure projects
• Working knowledge of relevant Network Rail Standards where applicable
• Degree qualified or holds equivalent experience / transferable skills
• Professionally qualified in their core field
• Excellent track record of performing a senior leadership role (within a contractor, EPC business or consultancy)
• Extensive industry network and knowledge of clients and supply chain (consultancies, specialist suppliers, client teams)
• Experience in the use of Project Management techniques
• Experience in the definition and implementation of Risk and Change Management
• Understanding of the programme operations with a strong network and ability to influence and leverage value
• Strong communicator (verbal and written) and negotiator with strengths in building and fostering networks
• Excellent team and personal organisational skills
• Collaborative and one team focused
• Commercial and procurement awareness
• Conflict resolution and management skills
• Resilient and resourceful under pressure
• Inquisitive/questioning, open-minded and proactive
• Energetic and confident

Preferred

• Chartered Engineer
• Experience of developing and deploying business strategies with tangible and measurable commercial outcomes
• Early identification and management of project technical risk to ensure a high performance
• Proactive, not reactive, approach to engineering excellence and integration
• Ability to enable critical path activities
• A high degree of ability to learn from own experience and that of others and other projects
• Commitment to continuous improvement in own and team performance
• Promoting and embracing appropriate innovations and technology to achieve a world class project
• Ability to balance technical quality and delivery to timescales. Understanding when exacting detail and review is required and where 'good enough' principals actually reduce overall project delivery risk
• Over all of the above an ability to ensure safe-by-design is at the core of the design and delivery process

If you are interested in this position then please apply with your CV to Sophie Walker at PSR Solutions.

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