Rail Engineering Manager- Pre Construction in Wales, United Kingdom
Rail Engineering Manager- Pre Construction
Location: Wales
About us
Working with Amey is essential for anyone serious about a career in rail. You will be pioneering new techniques, using the latest technology and helping us set new standards for collaborative working.
Are you a CRM passionate about using your skills to make an impact? Are you a big thinker who loves to find better solutions to difficult problems? Do you want to work on high profile projects in the rail industry such as TRU, Wales and Borders, and CrossRail?
The railway sector has always been one of our core sectors and because of our success in building and maintaining the railway, Amey has become an industry leader. With a growing team throughout the UK we are continuing to add to our already extensive and impressive list of project awards.
What is the purpose of this role?
Provide technical leadership for larger projects and guidance to less experienced engineers on their projects and other Amey projects. Find engineering solutions ensure conformance to the specification and compliant delivery to programme by guiding engineering suppliers to the job and advising the Project Manager.
What will this role involve?
- Agree and implement a mentoring / development plan for less experienced engineers assigned for mentorship / development.
- Manage the engineering activity on the allocated projects including support for design reviews; communication and consultation with other functions (design, install and test) over changes; and interfaces with other disciplines (including facilitating inter-disciplinary check meetings).
- Act as Contractor’s Engineering Manager or Contractor’s Responsible Engineer as proposed by the Project Manager.
- Advise the Construction/Works Manager on engineering requirement and specification issues, including marking out of sites and ensuring each stage of construction is acceptable and signed off before works progress
- Carry out and record briefings of technical updates to the project team, including sub-contractors, promote best practice and pro-actively identify to resource owners additional training requirements and development opportunities.
- Assist the Project Manager in developing his plan for the engineering resource required to deliver the project plan, and provide engineering review of the method statements and risk assessments proposed for the work.
- Carry out and record briefings of technical updates to the engineering staff and advise project managers of likely changes required for current schemes. Set the standard for working practices and actively promote self development of engineers.
- Produce and implement an in process inspection and surveillance regime consistent with company standards and project requirements.
- Provide sufficient site support to the project team (project manager, site supervisors, resource providers and sub-contractors) throughout the works to ensure that critical engineering decisions can be made in a timely manner and that issues arising can be dealt with to ensure compliance with a minimum of re-work.
- Mentorship of other engineers may be across project boundaries.
- Direct responsibility for the engineering element of the allocated project(s) and hence the technical guidance of all staff working on the same.
- Providing input to bids and guidance for other projects likely to fall within the SPE’s remit if awarded.
What are we looking for?
- Must be able to drive.
- Satisfy requirements of PTS medical.
- Sufficient underpinning knowledge to attain the appropriate IRSE licence within 12 months of appointment or HNC/HND in Civil Engineering or similar approved qualification.
- Conversant with company safety, procurement, and quality procedures.
Please click the 'Apply' button to complete your application on the Amey website.
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