E&ICA Chief Engineer

Location:

Flexible / Hybrid UK

Type:
Permanent, Full-Time

We are looking for an experienced and influential E&ICA Chief Engineer to lead and develop our Electrical, Instrumentation, Control & Automation discipline across the business. This is a strategic leadership role with responsibility for technical governance, standards, innovation, capability development and engineering assurance. As the principal technical authority for E&ICA, you will play a key role in defining our engineering strategy, driving best practice and ensuring technical excellence across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure projects.

Working closely with the Chief Engineers Group and senior business leaders, you will help shape the future of our engineering capability while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• 9-day fortnight option
• Enhanced pension contribution
• Professional membership fees paid
• Support for continued professional development
• Opportunities to shape the future of engineering across a growing business
• Work on nationally significant infrastructure and water projects
• A collaborative, people-focused culture that encourages innovation and continuous improvement

• Owning the E&ICA discipline strategy, technical roadmap and standards.
• Acting as the principal technical authority for E&ICA across the business.
• Ensuring technical quality, consistency and compliance across all projects.
• Providing senior technical leadership and guidance on complex engineering challenges.
• Oversee E&ICA deliverable reviews and technical governance.
• Chairing design reviews and driving the resolution of key technical risks.
• Championing safety in design, sustainability, carbon reduction and innovation.
• Supporting bids, strategic opportunities and key client relationships.
• Driving the adoption of emerging technologies and smarter ways of working.
• Developing discipline capability, succession plans and future technical leaders.
• Mentoring and coaching engineers while supporting professional registration.

You'll be a recognised technical leader with extensive experience in Electrical, Instrumentation, Control & Automation engineering and a passion for developing people and driving technical excellence.

You'll bring:

• Degree-qualified, Chartered Engineer and member of a relevant professional institution such as the IET or InstMC.
• Significant senior-level E&ICA experience within infrastructure, utilities, water or similar industries.
• Proven technical authority with experience of making decisions on complex engineering challenges.
• Strong track record in multidisciplinary delivery, technical assurance and risk management.
• Commercial awareness and ability to balance quality, risk, cost and programme outcomes.
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, coaching and communication skills.
• Proven ability to develop engineering talent and future technical leaders.

This is an opportunity to influence engineering at a business-wide level. You'll help define how we deliver technical excellence, embrace innovation, develop future talent and respond to the changing needs of clients, regulators and society.

If you're looking for a role where you can make a lasting impact on engineering standards, technical leadership and the future direction of infrastructure delivery, we'd love to hear from you.

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