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    Project Engineering Manager - Reading, United Kingdom - Wood PLC

    Wood PLC
    Wood PLC Reading, United Kingdom

    5 days ago

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    JOB DESCRIPTION

    Wood is looking to recruit a Project Engineering Manager within the Reading centre of excellence to work on a potential range of projects.

    Responsible for the execution of the engineering portion of a multi-discipline engineering scope of work on one or more projects/work scopes. Has responsibility for coordinating and completing the various engineering, and start-up aspects of a project(s) while meeting HSSE, quality, schedule, and budget performance goals. Has responsibility for the technical excellence of the engineering portion of a project(s) across all disciplines.

    *Contributes to delivery of engineering excellence through:
    • Driving technical assurance on the assigned scope(s) of work
    • Managing and leading, supporting, and supervising the discipline engineering teams on the assigned scope(s) of work
    • Management of key stakeholders in the execution and delivery of contracted activities
    • Developing and retaining motivated and competent people
    • Undertaking the role of process owner
    • Driving safety by design
    • Driving and leading on opportunities for innovation
    The Engineering Manager leads by example, consistently displaying and enforcing the Company's values and behaviours, and commitment to the highest standards of safe and ethical behaviour, to ensure safe and reliable operations and client satisfaction.

    Key Accountability and Responsibilities

    Driving technical assurance:
    • Continuous promotion of corporate / client-specific procedures
    • Assist in incident investigations as required
    • Monitors compliance with standards and processes to assure delivery
    • Roll out and Implementation of learning opportunities from across the business.
    • Driving continual focus on process safety through the engineering team
    • Driving elimination of technical incidents through robust controls, incident reviews and embedding lessons learned
    • Identifies and mitigates areas of risk and improvement opportunities
    • Identifies and pursues improvement opportunities
    • Managing and leading, supporting and supervising the multidisciplinary engineering team
    Managing and leading, supporting and supervising the multidisciplinary engineering team
    • Plan, organise, direct, control, and evaluate the activities and operations of a multi-discipline engineering team
    • Assist in the management of recruitment, selection, transfers, performance management, succession planning and promotion of resources to meet engineering team requirements
    • Ensuring appropriately resourced and competent personnel on Project/Contract
    • Oversight and control of Engineering Histogram to support workforce planning
    • Assist in setting & maintaining standards for the development and retention of motivated and competent people
    • Management of key stakeholders in the execution and delivery of contracted activities
    • Responsible for the engineering content of project execution plans for assigned contracts/projects
    • Responsible for the direction and management of the engineering and associated project activities of the business grouping/Project Manage and direct resources efficiently and effectively
    • Consult and negotiate with clients to prepare specifications, explain proposals, and present engineering reports and findings
    • Assign, co-ordinate and review the technical work of the department or project teams
    • Focuses on managerial concerns of the project such as cost, completion date, and resource allocation. Provides expert resolution of issues and monitors the integration of work
    • Reviews technical concepts of major projects
    • Personally participates in solving difficult technical problems
    Functional Competencies:
    • Engineering management and leadership:
    • Competent at leading large multi discipline teams
    • Understands principals and procedures for project execution
    • Able to act as delegate to Project Manager
    • Provide effective communication at all levels on a project and to Senior Management
    • Promote mentoring, training and learning within the organisation
    • Knowledge and Understanding of Contracts
    • Production and management of deliverables (those directing Engineering strategy and implementation)
    • Understanding and management of technical scope
    • Development and management of schedule
    • Design verification (under the Quality Management System, HSES issues, risk identification and management)
    • Performance management: amongst the project team day to day, but also corporately when required
    • Proposal development: lead the engineering execution and quantification effort for proposals
    • Management of work share and multi centre execution
    • Commercial management of Engineering scope: Awareness and management of commercial impact of engineering execution. Management of resources in context of labour grades and use of Global Execution Centre to contribute to the commercial success of the project.
    Personal attributes:
    • Role models company values, behaviours, and ethics, and promotes same in others
    • Significant persuasion and influencing skills
    • Awareness, respect, and the ability to reconcile cultural diversity
    • Pursues continuous development and progression of own skills and knowledge
    Project Diversity Overview

    EPC Projects Overview

    Woods Reading office has ongoing detailed engineering projects which offer opportunities for a full lifecycle of engineering experience. The Reading office is known for its ability to execute complex projects, and doing so provides challenges and opportunities for our engineers. As well as detailed experience within a discipline, these projects offer experience in sub contract management, interface management, multi centre execution management and governance, commercial awareness and use of industry leading tools and systems to ensure data integrity. Experience on these projects is valuable at all stages in peoples career and brings opportunity for career development.

    FEED Projects Overview

    Wood is currently executing and bidding a large number of FEED projects in numerous global locations. These projects offer design development experience within each discipline: this stage provides a good level of design development and structured evaluation of options, but with a good level of detail which is required to support high quality estimates and EPC bid packages. These projects are often fast track and executed across two or more execution centres. Combined with numerous sub contracts and complex interfaces, they present opportunities for technical problem solving as well as management and coordination. Woods Reading office is currently executing FEED projects for large scale Carbon Capture, NGL, Gas Compression, clean fuels refinery revamp and gas processing.

    Front End Consulting Projects Overview

    Woods Reading Projects group regularly supports our Consulting business with multi discipline engineering support. This group executes studies and Pre-FEED projects for a huge range of technologies, approximately half of which are renewable or sustainable technologies. Wood is extremely active in pre and post combustion carbon capture and an array of decarbonisation technologies, Hydrogen technology, GTL's, wind and solar power generation and storage technologies to name a few. These project move fast and offer people the opportunity to work in a hugely influential phase of a project, gaining access to technologies we will all rely upon for a more sustainable future.

    QUALIFICATIONS
    • Extensive relevant experience, at least 5 years in leadership positions with direct reports
    • Degree qualified (B.Eng Engineering)
    • Masters degree preferred
    • Chartered with recognised engineering institution (e.g. IMechE, IChemE, IET, ICE). Fellow preferred)
    ABOUT US

    Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.

    Diversity Statement

    We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
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