Engineering​/Design Manager

Overview

The AtkinsRéalis Infrastructure Project Delivery Practice (PDP) is the centre of excellence for the delivery of infrastructure projects and combines the best in project management and design management to provide a full suite of services to clients in the public and private sectors. The team is responsible for delivery of design services across markets including Water Infrastructure, Defence Infrastructure, Nuclear, Aviation, Energy, Rail (stations), and Urban Developments.

We have an exciting vacancy within the Infrastructure PDP for an enthusiastic Engineering / Design Manager to join our NS&NI practice, based from our Glasgow office.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to take the next step in your career and take responsibility for projects from inception through to completion. You will be an established Engineering / Design Manager within the infrastructure sector, with scope to expand your experience across a wide range of projects. The role combines agile working from NS&NI offices with time at client offices and sites.

The recruitment is driven by division growth and a healthy pipeline in the Northern regions across Nuclear, Defence, Energy and Water, which this role focuses on. A role within the Infrastructure PDP offers the chance to work on the full suite of AtkinsRéalis projects, including refurbishment and new build, nuclear, defence, water and other sectors, allowing you to demonstrate and advance your project management skills, knowledge and experience.

• Responsible for authoring and maintaining a robust Design Management Plan, drawing input from discipline leads in accordance with governance processes. Contribute to the production and development of the Project Execution Plan.
• Ensure all discipline leads contribute to the production and development of the project BIM Execution Plan. Ensure the implementation of an agreed platform for project collaboration. Deliver the Basis of Design.
• Establish Technical Quality Assurance/Control processes. Develop, manage, and track the list of deliverables. Develop simple, effective technical delivery processes to improve the production of design deliverables to time/cost/quality. Ensure that all key design choices and requirements are clearly captured and documented through agreed tools or forms. Work collaboratively with the Project Manager and discipline leads in communicating with client stakeholders where additional scope is occurring.
  
  Act as the first point of contact to coordinate the resolution of technical issues.
• Host stakeholder meetings to ensure full involvement in the developed design process and that operational requirements are integrated. Facilitate meeting actions and close out. Mentor the multi-disciplinary design team and provide multi-disciplinary linkage between delivery teams.
• Ensure effective communications within the team, using Teams and in-person workshops as appropriate. Liaise with discipline leads to manage resources and coordinate with the Project Manager.
• Provide input to annual performance reviews for multi-disciplinary staff. Contribute to identification of commercial and technical risks. Ensure the scope and level of design information is executed. Agree programme and identify key milestones and model releases.
• Coordinate commercial arrangements with the teams, document and instruct. Monitor resource requirements and ensure discipline leads have access to adequate resources to deliver the project. Ensure delivery to programme and monitor/control budget for their part of the works.
• Actively seek additional workflows to increase revenue while working with the Project Manager to ensure that contract commercial coverage and programme adjustments are agreed before the start of the project. Ensure change control processes are in place.
• Requirements capture. Ensure assessment of technical competencies has practice sign-off.
• Ensure multi-disciplinary compliance with the design brief and contribution to designated parts of the works. Apply and reinforce standard designs and products across contracted work scope. Challenge the teams to drive efficiency in the design programmes. Convene regular…