Project Engineering Manager in Reading

As a Project Engineering Manager, you will lead and oversee a diverse team to support engineering and design delivery. Reporting to the Project Manager, you will ensure successful project execution, foster innovation, and maintain high-quality standards. Your responsibilities include managing discipline resources, budgets, and providing technical expertise while facilitating effective communication and project delivery.

• Ethical Ambassador: Act in a morally, legally, and socially appropriate manner in interactions with team members, the wider organisation, and clients.
• HSSE Leader: Lead by example, apply appropriate standards and methods to minimise accidents, injuries, or environmental impact during design phases and operations.
• Project Execution: Lead projects with varying execution styles, from concept through FEED, detailed design (EPCm), and PMC.
• Team Leadership: Manage and lead a large, multi‑discipline engineering team.
• Vision & Direction: Establish vision and direction, influence and align the team to a common purpose, and empower and inspire others to achieve project success. Adapt to changing circumstances and provide clear guidance.
• Performance Management: Manage the performance of the engineering team, resolve conflicts, and motivate and develop individuals to meet project and business demands.
• Communication: Effectively communicate with stakeholders impacted by project delivery, resolve conflicts, and provide technical assurance.
• Decision Making: Identify situations requiring decisions, gather information, assess alternatives, and make informed choices in a timely manner. Adapt communication of decisions to the audience.
• Scope & Contract Management: Handle complex project scope and contract management. Ensure the project team knows and complies with the project scope.
• Project Workflow: Familiar with project work sequences, activities, and deliverables for engineering disciplines at any project phase, with a solid understanding of contracts.
• Schedule & Progress: Take overall ownership of the engineering schedule and progress of each discipline.
• Budget Management: Develop and agree on engineering budgets, control forecast and actual costs, and manage cash flow throughout the project lifecycle. Develop and manage proposals and estimates in accordance with corporate procedures.
• Risk Management: Identify risks and implement mitigations.
• Quality Management: Ensure the project Quality Management System supports deliverables preparation and execution methods.
• Information Management: Understand the practical application of information management, data, software, and IT in support of engineering on a project, including impacts on execution, workshare, and costs. Communicate project information formally to stakeholders.
• Documentation: Generate and authorise key documents, including those directing engineering strategy and implementation.
• Multi‑Centre Management: Oversee multi‑centre execution, including high‑value execution centres.
• Deputise: Ability to deputise for the Project Manager as needed.
• Education: Bachelor\’s degree in engineering; Chartered Engineer preferred.
• Experience: Extensive experience in engineering leadership, including experience leading discipline engineering teams. Experience is predominantly in home office settings, with some site experience.
• Industry Knowledge: Experience in several of the following areas: energy transition, hydrogen production, carbon capture, oil & gas, LNG & GTL, refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, utilities, and power.
• Leadership: Proven track record in engineering management and leading multi‑discipline teams.
• Commercial Acumen: Understand different approaches for managing lump sum and reimbursable work.
• Technical Expertise: Broad technical knowledge combined with excellent leadership skills.
• Travel: Willingness to travel as needed to support projects.

Join our multi‑discipline technical management team at Wood\’s centre of excellence in Reading, UK. We seek a dynamic leader to drive innovation and success in executing FEED and EPCm projects.