Project Engineering Manager- Energy - Greater Manchester

Project Engineering Manager- Energy - Greater Manchester Job Description
As a client facing, Project Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for managing the delivery of multi-disciplinary engineering design on major projects through the various of stage of the project life cycle to meet the project schedule, budget, safety and quality requirements.
The role is based at the Costain Manchester Office with an expectation of office-based working for up to three days per week - our informal dynamic working policy allows all employees to discuss and agree flexibility to where, when and how they work based on individual preferences and subject to role, client, business and team requirements. Short-term/notice travel to company, supplier or client offices or sites for business purposes may be required
This role will be based in Manchester 3 days a week.
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Responsibilities
To manage the delivery of multi-discipline engineering design on major projects through the various stages of the project lifecycle that are safe-by-design, sustainable, digitally enabled, cost-effective, compliant, technically sound and meet commercial delivery targets through:

• Ensuring that Engineering resource requirements are identified and effectively utilised to allow execution of projects in accordance with the project requirements and targeting for maximum productivity and efficiency.
• Ensuring all Engineers fully understand the detailed scope, basis of design, budget and programme requirements of the project.
• Co-ordination of Engineering and Design interfaces between Costain and other project partners / supply chain partners.
• Management of contractual communications, supporting progress meetings, risk reduction meetings, cost reports, coordinating multi-disciplinary design teams and running / closing out contract actions
• Regularly reporting to senior operational management on the performance of the engineering delivery for the project
• Providing a commercial focus with a high level of challenge on project scope and protecting against uncontrolled scope creep
• Ensuring effective deployment and use of company engineering delivery processes on projects including engineering design strategy; master deliverable register, project schedule, work/cost breakdown structure; process safety management and engineering governance process.
• Ensuring that key project and programme risks are identified early, and mitigated where possible, with issues and blockers escalated immediately
• Ensuring all services comply fully with Client & Costain governance processes, standards and obtaining necessary approvals

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Qualifications

• Honours Degree or equivalent qualification in an engineering related subject.
• Significant experience in coordinating multi-discipline teams the various stages of the project life cycle on major contracts in the Energy or similar process industry sectors.
• Thorough knowledge of the major project delivery process from work winning to project handover.
• Knowledge and understanding of UK technical and regulatory standards and global best practice.
• Strong process safety, quality and environmental leadership focus.
• Significant knowledge and understanding of Project Controls, including Schedule, Cost, Risk and Change Management.
• Collaborative, innovative and agile.
• Experienced customer facing capability with an ability to develop and influence relationships
• Strong interpersonal skills and an effective communicator (written & verbal)
• Able to work regularly from the Costain Manchester office
• Mobility to travel to costain/client offices, project sites and suppliers.

About Us
Costain helps to improve people\'s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK\'s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK\'s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
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