Project Engineering Manager - Energy

Your new company
The Project Engineering Discipline provides multi-discipline engineering team leadership and coordination across the engineering project lifecycle for Energy, Water, Transport, Nuclear and Defence sectors.
Our client is growing their energy sector engineering team for UK projects in the energy transition and conventional oil & gas fields. Keen to hear from candidates with significant experience of acting in a Project Engineering manager role on FEED & EPC projects for onshore brownfield oil & gas facilities; gas pipelines and energy transition projects.As a client facing, Project Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for managing the delivery of multidisciplinary engineering design on major projects through the various stages of the project life cycle to meet the project schedule, budget, safety and quality requirements.The role is based at the 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. As to where, when and how they work based on individual preferences and subject to role, client, business and team requirements.
Your new role
To manage the delivery of multidisciplinary 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 the company and other project partners / supply chain partners.
• Management of contractual communications, supporting progress meetings, risk reduction meetings, cost reports, coordinating multidisciplinary 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 governance processes, standards and obtaining necessary approvals
• Developing projective relationships by communicating with colleagues and subordinates, developing trust and support and building teams.

Developing and reviewing the engineering strategy; basis of estimate; engineering man-hour estimate; schedule; risk register; engineering gates and technical proposal.Support the Discipline Manager in developing and mentoring other members of the Project Engineering department.Support the Discipline Manager in maintaining/improving Project Engineering corporate processes, including workflows, methods, competency, software systems and technical standards and ensuring project lessons learnt are effectively captured and embedded
What you'll need to succeed

• Significant experience in coordinating multidisciplinary teams at 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.

Desirable experience includes:

• Experience in the requirements for CE marking of plant and equipment
• Knowledge and experience in the Energy Transition field e.g. Green/Blue Hydrogen, CCUS and emissions reduction.

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available: life assurance, £5900 car allowance, 10% pension, health cover, 25 days' leave plus bank holidays and 1 day for birthday, share save plan,
What you need to do now
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