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Engineering Manager
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Our client is the UK engineering projects division of a major international energy company. From a landmark, modern integrated operations office in central Basingstoke - with ample parking and only a short walk from the mainline railway station - it develops projects and provides expert owner-engineering support to the group's businesses worldwide. The division is helping to lead the energy transition, combining traditional oil and gas activity with decarbonised and innovative solutions such as carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and renewables as the group moves towards a net-zero future.
Project Scope
The role sits within an owner-engineering organisation delivering a portfolio of energy projects across the full life cycle, from feasibility through FEED to execution. Alongside established business areas, the division is expanding decarbonised and innovative solutions - carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and renewables - offering the opportunity to develop skills and capabilities in new technologies on dynamic international projects. This is a pivotal time in the UK and international energy business, and the Engineering Manager plays a central part in ensuring engineering execution meets project objectives while maximising value for the business and its stakeholders.
Role Overview
The Engineering Manager manages the engineering execution of projects, ensuring project objectives on quality, schedule and cost are met. The role is accountable for results, working autonomously with sound judgement in decision making and problem solving, and leading the engineering project team through execution to close-out.
Reporting line: Reports within the project engineering function and coordinates with the Heads of Departments, Project Coordination Function, Engineering Technical Function, Technical Authority, HSEQ and engineering service suppliers.
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Key Responsibilities
Engineering Execution and Technical Delivery
- Defines the Project Engineering Execution Plan (PEEP) and ensures its implementation and monitoring throughout the project phases.
- Oversees engineering execution across all disciplines, focusing on maximising value for the business.
- Coordinates design and HSEQ reviews with the involvement of the Technical Authority.
- Defines and monitors the project engineering schedule and cost budgets.
Risk, Change and Interface Management
- Manages engineering risks through identification, assessment, response planning, monitoring and communication to stakeholders.
- Manages project changes and their impact on project execution.
- Manages and monitors project interfaces and consolidates workloads through the monthly forecasting process.
- Consolidates cost-estimate activities and shares the outcomes with management and stakeholders.
Quality, Standards and Digital Tools
- Ensures engineering activities comply with company and group standards, procedures, workflows and quality requirements.
- Ensures the Electronic Document Management System, digital tools and Life Cycle Information system are set up and governed in line with corporate procedures.
Leadership and Stakeholder Management
- Leads the engineering project team, defining roles, staffing and workload with the Heads of Departments.
- Acts as the main engineering interface with stakeholders for overall project execution, risks, progress and decisions.
Key Deliverables
- Project Engineering Execution Plan defined, implemented and monitored across all phases.
- Engineering execution delivered in line with scope, schedule and budget.
- Engineering risks, changes and interfaces managed and reported to stakeholders.
- Project audits, performance appraisals and lessons learned captured, with corrective actions implemented.
- Orderly administrative and technical close-out completed, including job-account closure and final reporting.
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Requirements
Education
- Minimum of a BEng (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline.
Experience
- Must-have:
- Proven capability managing engineering execution, including planning, scheduling, progress and cost control, workload and forecasting.
- Demonstrated risk management, change management and application of project management processes and procedures.
- Familiarity with all project phases (Feasibility, FEED, Execution).
- Experience working in a multicultural environment, with teams based in different locations.
- Understanding of the role and purpose of Owner Engineering in an international organisation operating in the energy business.
- Nice-to-have:
- Experience of energy-transition projects such as carbon capture and storage, hydrogen or renewables.
Certifications
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) status desirable.
Technical Skills
- Electronic Document Management and Life Cycle Information systems.
- Engineering planning, scheduling and cost-control tools and processes.
Soft Skills
- Autonomous decision making and problem solving within appropriate timeframes.
- Leadership of multidisciplinary and outsourced engineering teams.
- Stakeholder management and clear communication.
- Commercial awareness and a focus on value for the business.
- Fluent English.
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