Engineering Manager/CEM (Must be from a rail design consultancy background)

We are looking to recruit Engineering Manager to join our Manchester team delivering £ Multi-Million rail enhancement projects and programmes based either in the North West & Central Regions.

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 North West Central 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.

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.

Key Accountabilities:

• Establishing, communicate and ensure compliance with the engineering strategy, organization, roles, responsibilities, processes and governance as described within the Engineering Management Plan.
• Overall engineering leadership and management of engineering resource across the region
• Effective liaison, interaction and engagement with the Head of Engineering and other engineering managers on the project.
• Ensuring design is defined and delivered in accordance with appropriate guidance, standards and client requirements.
• Provide strategic direction to the region’s Engineering Team on areas of design and delivery.
• Identifying, managing and maintaining in conjunction with the Head of Engineering and the other Engineering managers, appropriate engineering and technical resources in terms of number of people, capability and experience to undertake all of the technical roles across region. Effective reporting to the Head of Engineering and Project Director on all engineering issues.
• All external technical approvals and technical governance processes across Region.
• Development and implementation of the Entry into Service strategy for Region, including all external consultation and stakeholder management and co-ordination with adjacent sections of work.
• Proposing and agreeing Design CRE appointments in conjunction with the Head of Engineering.
• Coordination of quality information provided by the delivery teams to facilitate handover to Network Rail.
• Being the single point of contact for all strategic technical matters for Region
• Leading and integrating the Alliance one-team technical solution across the internal and external supply chain for enhancements portfolio within the Region.
• Resolving technical issues and optimising solutions to deliver Value for Money for the benefit of Region and the overall programme.

• Play a leading role in the effective management of change within Region, including liaison with the Head of Engineering and where delegated approving change on behalf of the Technical function.
• Identifying, managing and reporting on key technical risks.
• Leading the implementation and application of Digital Engineering and Information management across Region.
• Ensuring all stakeholder technical requirements within Region are identified, captured and understood with a clear understanding of the contractual requirements.
• Challenging ideas and the robustness of solutions proposed.
• Leading the technical design, planning, control and assurance of the design, manufacturing, delivery and handover on Region.
• Driving quality and compliance documentation through progressive completions and commissioning. ?
• Can innovate and lead others to innovative solutions to deliver improvements
• Recognised for their extensive knowledge of methods / practices and ability to solve complex challenges.
• Enabling the development of the CRSA engineering, design, digital engineering and quality people in line with their personal, project and business objectives, including identifying and implementing training to ensure quality is achieved.

The Individual

• 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 organizational 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 reduce overall project delivery risk
• Overall, of the above an ability to ensure safe-by-design is at the core of the design and delivery process