Engineering Manager

Location/s: Altrincham, Bristol, Glasgow, London, Norwich, Southampton, Tadley; UK
Recruiter contact: Erinda Hazizi

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the business unit 
The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally.

Overview of role
The Nuclear; Defence and Civil division of the Energy Unit is looking to appoint an Engineering Design Manager to support the management of a large multi discipline projects in our Nuclear and / or Defence sectors. Our portfolio of work continues to grow, and we have a number of opportunities in the pipeline which offer exciting roles and responsibilities. This role will support the growth of the existing teams as part of our expansion plans.

The role is internally and externally facing, internally you will be working with Project Managers., (who will be responsible for the commercial, contractual parts of delivery), Planners, and discipline leads who you will manage to produce the required designs. Externally, you will be liaising with the client, contractors and other stakeholders and design partners to drive the design in line with client and regulatory requirements. You will be able to manage multi-disciplinary design teams, co-ordinating these discipline inputs (including health and safety, sustainability, environment, planning, regulatory compliance) to achieve a fully integrated detailed design.

Typical responsibilities subject to project or client requirements:

• Providing an overall technical lead
• Managing design works, monitoring, and reporting via programme updates, trackers & progress meetings helping to prepare schedules of work, work breakdown structures and risk schedules
• Implementing processes and procedures such that all designs are appropriately reviewed and approved in line with best practice and by suitably qualified individual
• Working with the relevant Assurance and Operations teams to ensure the design is functional and acceptable
• Contribute to Health and safety management of design including application of CDM regulations
• Demonstrate a personal commitment to the health and safety framework, policies and management system requirements and expectations
• Develop and maintain an awareness of SHE hazards and associated risks and demonstrate a commitment to eliminate or minimise those risks
• Facilitate and participate in Project reviews
• Work with the resource manager to expand the team and contribute to succession planning for the engineering team and implementation of a SQEP process
• Work with the existing team to improve/implement efficient design processes
• Work with the wider team to deliver sustainable designs and support environmental and planning aspects of the works
• Deal with any issues arising from the construction teams
• Promote and foster a collaborative approach to your projects

Candidate specification

• It is anticipated that you will be a Chartered Engineer in relevant engineering field
• Demonstrable, extensive experience of complex multi-disciplinary projects within a highly regulated industry
• Possess Leadership / Team management experience
• Experience in stakeholder management
• Experience of risk management in complex projects

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working  

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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