Civil Technical Excellence Manager - Transmission & Distribution (Birmingham, UK) - #1799167

Description

Chart your own course and change the world — with the support of people whose interests are aligned with yours. At Burns & McDonnell, opportunity is waiting. We’re looking for people with big ideas and an entrepreneurial mindset. It’s those kinds of people who’ve helped us grow from a small consulting business back in 1898 to a global leader in engineering, architecture and construction solutions. Today, we’re a thriving company with more than 10,000 professionals working in 55 offices worldwide and recognised as a leader in Transmission & Distribution services.

• Being a senior technical authority on civil engineering, as it relates to power T&D infrastructure.
• Undertaking senior technical roles on project-specific multi-disciplinary engineering teams
• Be a lead technical person for civil / structural engineering work packages relating to electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure.
• Where appropriate and required, Contractor Design Approval Engineer (CDAE), as defined by National Grid’s procedures, or equivalent role as defined by other clients.
• Providing technical leadership of engineering input to bids and work winning for the discipline
• Act as technical leader in T&D infrastructure civil / structural design and coordinate with relevant professional bodies and industry groups. Maintain Continued Professional Development (CPD).
• Provide strong but supportive general personnel management of line reports, with emphasis on supporting continued development, providing technical guidance, and establishing training needs.
• Providing technical leadership of engineering input to bids and work winning for the discipline.
• Growing and enhancing the civil engineering capability, aligning it to the UK business.
• Technical development, competence management and career path support within the civil section.
• Assume recruitment responsibility, reviewing CVs, interviewing, preparing recruitment documentation and on-boarding new recruits into the UK civil design team along with the civil / structural section Manager.
• Leadership of the technical quality of outputs for the civil design team. Ensuring that the design meets customer standards, specification, Eurocodes, British Standards and good industry practice standards.
• Provide technical leadership and support to the Burns & McDonnell civil team based in BMI, Mumbai, India. To include training, competence management, career development and capability assessments in support of BMI civil lead.
• Supporting the BMI civil department manager with recruitment of team members based in Mumbai. Define requirements, reviewing CVs, interviewing, and supporting on-boarding new recruits into the BMI civil team.
• Lead innovation initiatives within the civil design/delivery team improving methods of working to improve safety, reduce design costs, construction costs/time and improving efficiency.
• Support the civil / structural section manager to monitor the performance of staff through performance reviews and lead performance management initiatives where required.
• Understand, maintain and apply company QA policy and procedures. Ensure corrective action in respect of products, services and the quality system is effective.
• Drive the introduction of advanced techniques for design delivery for your discipline, resulting in the development of new or improved working methods within the civil / structural team.
• Undertake technical quality assurance reviews and provide design approval/sign-off, as required, on civil / structural engineering designs.
• Drive ‘Safety by Design’ approach on all projects, at all times.
• Support nurturing of a safety and technical excellence culture through emphasis on staff competence, diligence, and responsible attitude.
• Understanding wider industry best practices and client technical standards/procedures for construction, operations & maintenance, and decommissioning, in order to drive safety, constructability, and operability throughout whole asset lifecycles.
• Maintain project compliance to Burns & McDonnell’s UK Integrated Management System.
• Be an ambassador for Burns & McDonnell at all times through acting in accordance with expected high ethical and moral standards, and in adherence to Burns & McDonnell code of conduct.
• Identifying new skills and competencies required within the Burns & McDonnell team to meet business needs and actively supporting development and recruitment of talent, including candidate interviewing.
• Advance and develop department tools and workflows to increase efficiency of designs, specification development, and project execution.
• Undertake other duties and responsibilities as may reasonably be asked of this position by senior management.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical / electrical engineering, from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 10 years of civil design experience in high voltage substation design OR
• Professional registration as a chartered engineer, or working towards.
• Membership of a relevant professional engineering institution (e.g. IET, ICE)
• Relevant Health & Safety qualification (e.g. IOSH Managing Safely, SMSTS, NEBOSH)
  
  

Desirable

• Experience fulfilling the role of Contractor Design Approval Engineer (CDAE).
• Formal training in CDM 2015, Temporary Works, and Impressed Voltages.
• Understanding of the requirements of relevant UK Health & Safety legislation relating to design and construction work in the electricity supply industry.
• Understanding of the requirements of relevant UK Environmental and Waste Management legislation.
• Understanding of current Construction (Design & Management) Regulations, and experience of discharging all required duties of the CDM Principal Designer representative.
• Good knowledge of National Grid’s Transmission Procedures.
• Thorough knowledge and experience applying National Grids technical specification, technical guidance notes, and design handbooks relating to substation civil engineering.
• IT literate, with good knowledge of using Microsoft Office applications.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
• Strong persuasion and negotiation skills with clients and employees.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to deal effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders across clients, industry, government and public.
• Able to manage tasks on multiple projects and conflicting deadlines.
• Able to work autonomously and/or as part of a project team.
• Pro-active in building knowledge and understanding of the electricity transmission and distribution industry.
• Capability to coach and develop the team.
  
  

Job Civil Engineering

Primary Location GB-Birmingham UK-Birmingham

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 15 % of the Time

Req ID: 252424

Job Hire Type Experienced #UKO N/A