Engineering Manager (CEM)

Are you an experienced Engineering Manager (CEM) looking for your new role?

My client are a unique business in the civil engineering and infrastructure sector, built on technical excellence and strong relationships with their clients, partners, and each other. Their engineering team is the backbone of everything they deliver, and they're proud of the reputation they've built over many years for quality, safety, and dependable delivery. In their 40th year, still owned and operated as a second-generation family business, they take great pride in the quality of service they provide to their client.

This is a fantastic opportunity to carve out a long term career with a reputable business.

Candidate Responsibilities:

Lead, coach, and develop an established team of engineers, creating a supportive environment where junior members can grow and thrive
Act as a mentor and technical role model, championing continuous professional development across the team
Managing your team of engineers, you will monitor and provide guidance to the team coordinating the design of temporary and permanent works across a diverse project portfolio
Provide technical management and quality assurance across all engineering outputs
Assess competencies and nominate Contractors Responsible Engineers (CRE) and Contractors Responsible Managers (CEM) on Rail frameworks and contracts
Act in capacity of CEM on rail contracts where required, drawing on broad project experience to build client confidence and trust
Appoint temporary works roles and act in capacity of Temporary Works Designated Individual (DI) for temporary works where required
Take ownership of engineering compliance across the business
Lead the ongoing development of engineering processes and systems
Identify inefficiencies and implement practical, effective improvements, with genuine autonomy to shape how the team worksCandidate Requirements:

A proactive, improvement-minded approach, comfortable identifying inefficiencies and confident implementing change
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with clients, designers, and colleagues
Chartered Civil Engineer (ICE, or equivalent), with senior-level experience
Broad experience across a range of project types, including experience relevant to Rail framework contracts
Proven experience coordinating temporary and permanent works design
Experienced and already acting in the capacity of CEM
A track record of managing, coaching, and developing engineering teams. You enjoy bringing people on, not just reviewing engineering deliverables
Strong working knowledge of engineering compliance and quality processesAPPLY NOW!

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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