Stations and Civils Dpe - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Amey plc

Amey plc

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Cardiff, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About us:

Do you enjoy solving real-life problems and creating a positive impact on society? Do you want to work flexibly in a way that empowers you?

With Amey Consulting, you'll work with high profile infrastructure organisations, giving you the unique opportunity to bring ground-breaking work to life.

Your solutions will have impact, making a genuine difference to people's lives. You'll work in a growing team that is inclusive, open-minded and where your professional development can thrive.

It's where you
feel valued and
alive.

Fresh Challenge, new opportunity

We're big thinkers who love finding solutions to difficult problems, and we're passionate about using our skills to make an impact, working on high profile projects in the rail industry such as TRU, Wales and Borders, and HS2.

The railway sector has always been one of our core sectors and because of our success in building and maintaining the railway, Amey Consulting has become an industry leader in Rail Design consultancy services.

With a growing team of over 550 employees, working across our 12 Rail design offices throughout the UK we are continuing to add to our already extensive and impressive list of project awards.

The role:

The role
Due to increased workload we are seeking to recruit a Principal Engineering Manager - Stations and Civils.

The main purpose of this role will be to provide engineering leadership for work packages within an overall programme of works.

To develop and maintain strong engineering relationships with the client.

Responsible for managing and integrating the engineering resources to support the successful delivery of multi-disciplinary design and implementation work packages, to programme and to the required quality.

Responsible for implementing the engineering strategy for the programme and providing technical support to the Infrastructure Services Director, supporting on inter-disciplinary engineering management issues, and ensuring compliance with Amey EM procedures.

Furthermore, to:

Provide advice and guidance for less experienced staff, together with Delegated Engineer guidance and the active encouragement of professional development.
Ensure excellent relationships are maintained with all external parties to enhance the reputation of the company and the delivery of projects to the Client.

Key accountabilities:

In a typical week you will:
Technical

Ensure that staff are competent and, where necessary, licenced to undertake the level of engineering required on the programme, including Contractor's Engineering Managers (CEMs) discipline specific Project Engineers (PEs) and Responsible Engineers (CREs)
Recruit, train and mentor staff within their area of professional excellence to meet the competency requirements identified by the Technical Directors
Ensure that the work package has defined competency requirements
Lead on the Engineering management of individual multidisciplinary work packages within the programme
Monitor and ensure continuous improvement of the performance of CEMs, PEs and CREs within the programme
Lead on innovation and promotion of best practice

Resource Management

Work with the Programme Engineering Managers to plan and grow the level of engineering resource necessary to support the programme, including identifying and assessing key suppliers
Liaise with the Programme/Project Managers ensure that resource requirements are understood and can be met by the team or external supply chain.
Support Recruitment and Retention Strategies.

Client Relationship Management

Continuously engage with the technical areas of our clients' business to get feedback on our technical delivery and capability within the programme
Act as the principal point of contact for engineering matters associated with a specific work package

Technical Excellence & Continuous Improvement

Work with the Engineering Directors, Discipline Leads, and other Managers across Amey, to develop and implement continuous improvement on multidisciplinary projects
Continuously engage with the technical areas of our clients' business to get feedback on our technical delivery and capability.
Support the Technical Directors in developing Amey's understanding of the client's existing and future needs, and solutions to meet those
Promote Amey's professional / technical excellence with existing clients
Report on technical aspects of the programme in line with business objectives

Building Relationships

Report into the Engineering Director and interface with relevant Delivery Managers, Project Managers and other Principal Engineering Manager colleagues.
Leader and line manager of Civil Engineering railway design and/or construction teams.
Guide, supervise and develop less experienced staff and appraise all direct reports.
Support Engineering Director regarding staff competence, resources, project planning, etc.
Build and maintain relationshi