Head of Engineering – Water

Lanesra Technical Recruitment Ltd • Location, WV, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 2m ago

Salary Guide: £Negotiable (Plus Car/Allowance and Package)

The Role:

Our client is a Tier 1 D&B Contractor operating predominately in the water industry, who are delivering a significant proportion of Anglian Water’s AMP7/AMP8 programme of clean and wastewater non-infrastructure projects.

They are recruiting a Head of Engineering for a new, modern, low carbon flagship wastewater project. As the most senior Engineering group member in this project, you will play a vital role leading and managing a team of 30+ engineering staff and have full responsibility for all aspects of design for the project.

You’ll be responsible for CDM principal designer duties ensuring technical outputs meet the requirements of TOTEX delivery process, as well as meeting project affordability within timescale agreed with the project teams whilst providing technical support during assembly.

Key responsibilities:

Deliver leading edge collaborative design by ensuring teams are synchronised and aligned in their processes and approaches to deliver the highest standards safely and consistently. On a right-time philosophy.
Develop new ways of working to reduce carbon, increase biodiversity, address climate change, and embrace innovations and new digital technologies.
Complete designs as required aligned with established procedures and project needs whilst embracing BIM360 and owning the development of 3D and Synchro 4D models for the project.
Deliver first class stakeholder management and engagement by providing clear, transparent and timely updates whilst championing collaboration and knowledge sharing/ transfer. Acting as a key interface between Operations, Planning Inspectorate, Councils, Community, Construction and Commissioning.
Ensure that the Environmental and Enabling activities are undertaken hand in hand with Design/Engineering activities such that the Development Consent Order (DCO) & Delivery requirements are generated smoothly and efficiently.
Implement the agreed DCO Project Principles in the delivery of the project design.
Monitor and report on design progress on a weekly and monthly basis, including taking action to maintain design delivery to time, cost, drive efficiencies, quality and safety requirements.
Ensure that the change control process and technical query process are adhered to on all projects.
Embrace and adopt standard products.
Apply innovative thinking to generate ideas to improve the efficiency of design activities; implement these ideas.
Plan resource as required ensuring ‘best for task’ principles are upheld and individual development goals for all engineering staff are achieved.
Drive excellence in Health and Safety in design. Eliminate hazards and reduce risks during design.
Utilise the skills and knowledge of all team members; encourage an environment of continuous improvement where coaching and mentoring is provided to keep energy, focus and morale as high as possible.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

Experience of technical project delivery in a design-build environment.
Experience in the water treatment industry.
Experience in leading and managing multi-disciplinary design teams.
Degree in an engineering-related discipline or substantial experience.
Must be delivery-driven with the ability to set targets, manage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives.
Technical and design management skills.
Able to identify and manage project delivery risk.