Job Title: Contractor's Engineering Manager (CEM)

Location: York

Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 + Benefits

Duration: Permanent

You will be part of a team responsible for the successful delivery of our design commissions for major clients including Network Rail, contractors (in a design and build context) and other agencies such as Train Operators, Councils, Passenger Transport Executives and academic institutions.

Current multidisciplinary projects include Transpennine Route Upgrade - West of Leeds, major depot remodelling, Line Speed and Station Improvements, GRIP 4-8 detailed design commissions for major Railway infrastructure contractors, and numerous GRIP Stage 1-4 commissions for Network Rail, TfGM and TfN.

The position offers scope for personal skill development, especially in relation to increasing mutlidisclinary engineering management and leadership expertise. The focus will be on developing existing engineering management and design skills and experience of leading the integration of multidisciplinary designs, in a stimulating and challenging project environment, and so enhancing the company overall track and rail capability.

What the client is looking for in you:

We are looking for a passionate, commercially aware Senior Engineering Manager with strong leadership and management experience to be a vital part of the client's Rail team in York. The current team is highly motivated and have a desire to tackle interesting problems with the opportunity of finding innovative solutions.

Ensuring the successful delivery of technically sound, multidisciplinary rail programmes, projects and bids across their UK Rail portfolio, you will be responsible for, and typical activities will include:

Leading the successful design, integration and delivery of multidisciplinary projects with proven engineering management and leadership abilities.

Determining the engineering management requirements from a client brief and be able to make decisions and propose the correct project approach.

Creating and maintaining effective, strategic and collaborative relationships, successfully delivering a complex and varied project portfolio, inspiring confidence and trust with Clients.

Sharing knowledge, best practice and innovation across the business, providing guidance, training and feedback with other related disciplines and skills, locally and across the UK.

You will have the freedom to work autonomously, managing your own personal development utilising the clients' in house and external training opportunities.

As they foster a strong development culture across the business, you will also be involved in mentoring less experienced staff.

Relationships:

Reporting to our York Rail Team Leader and supported by our discipline Technical Head you will work with project teams of Railway and infrastructure engineers at bid and project stage. You will also develop relationships with the clients' wider engineering community and the client's engineering and project teams.

Essential Skills and Knowledge:

Highly competent in the Engineering Management of multiple, multidisciplinary rail Feasibility, Scheme and Detailed Design projects

Prior experience operating as a Design & Build Engineering Manager

Highly competent understanding health and safety within a highly regulated industry.

Experience as Contractors Engineering Manager (CEM) or equivalent.

Desirable Skills and Knowledge:

Track record and a passion to lead, mentor, motivate and develop the skills of team members

Experience in undertaking site surveys / site visits and reporting on asset condition.

Experience of digital, coding and data analytics techniques

Qualifications:

An appropriate HND, university degree or equivalent qualification.

Member of the ICE, IET or APM or similar and an Incorporated Engineer.

Chartered member of the ICE, IET or APM or similar would be an advantage.