Engineering Manager

About this role

This is an EPC contractor, project-based role, reporting to the Project Technical Director. The Engineering Manager will provide single‑point leadership, assurance, and accountability for all engineering activities, ensuring that the design is safe, compliant, buildable, and fully aligned with the project’s contractual and delivery objectives. The role spans the project lifecycle, from detailed design and pre‑construction engineering, through construction support, and onward to commissioning and final handover.

Managing the contractor’s technical team and working in close partnership with the subcontract design organisation, the Client Design Coordinator, and subject‑matter experts (SMEs), the Engineering Manager will act as a central conduit for informed, timely, and aligned engineering decision‑making across the project. Ensuring the design, engineering decisions and construction operations meet the Client engineering specifications, project documentation and applicable industry standards is a core requirement of this role.

Central to the success of this role is the provision of strong, high‑quality technical leadership and the development of effective, collaborative relationships across the entire project delivery supply chain. Responsibilities of the position Building on the Role Description , the responsibilities of the role will include: Provide Engineering Management capabilities within the Project Leadership Team, working collaboratively with the Project Director, Technical Director, Senior Project Manager, Commercial Manager SHEQ Team and Planning Manager to ensure integrated project delivery.

Ensure construction engineering operations undertaken through a combination of directly employed and subcontracted workforce are safety and effectively coordinated to deliver the project scope in accordance with contract requirements and project specific documentation. Act as the contractor’s technical authority, ensuring the engineering solution is safe, compliant, buildable, and aligned with contractual, commercial, and programme objectives.

In the context of an EPC main contractor with a subcontracted principal designer lead and coordinate multi‑discipline engineering teams, ensuring effective integration of civil, mechanical, electrical, C&I, process, and gas systems design. Manage engineering delivery in accordance with UK gas regulations, applicable legislation, industry standards, codes of practice, and client asset specifications. Oversee and manage engineering interfaces with live and operational high‑pressure gas assets, ensuring risks associated with works within the existing compressor station are identified, controlled, and mitigated in accordance with applicable project standards.