Engineering Manager

Job Description

Role Title : Engineering Manager

Reports to: Operations Director

Place of Work: Workshop Offices

Duties:

• Responsible for all areas of the company's engineering requirements and the quality of service delivery.
• Communicate and coordinate with clients to ensure their contracted work packages are being carried out in a manner compliant with the site rules, agreed safe system of work and in accordance with contracted requirements.
• Develop and implement company engineering operational goals for product development within the defined business objectives.
• Carry out planned and unplanned routine surveillance visits to projects and sites where work is being carried on behalf of the company.
• Provide engineering support, advice and assistance to all divisions within the company.
• Implementation of the QHSE management systems utilising the continual improvement process to improve safety and quality performance and where practicable reduce costs.
• Investigate all types of incidents either at company premises or on project support sites, to determine the immediate and root causes of the incident, recommend actions to prevent recurrence.
• Develop and maintain project based and task specific safe systems of work using risk assessments and method statements.
• Ensure that all hazardous substances are COSHH assessment and all necessary personnel are briefed on the assessment findings and control measures.
• Participate in the in-house training and development programmes.

1.1 Additional Duties

• Delegated Technical Manager and technical authority of UKAS ISO17020 including audit and inspection requirements, Inspection-related management systems and inspection procedures, including;
• Provide technical support to queries from all field Examiners and Wind technicians supporting Examination scopes.
• Actively monitor impartiality and take action to remedy risks to breeches of impartiality to the business.
• Provide support for review & interpretation defects against all relevant standards and regulations.
• Monitor Manage and maintain the company calibration register and equipment and perform in-house calibration of examination-associated measurement equipment via in house procedures using reference standards traceable to UKAS calibrated source.
• Support the development of the company Inspection management system.
• Assist with auditing of examiners, including site visits, and Statutory report auditing.
• Support the development and issue of in-house training for lifts, hoists, cranes & hydraulic systems to support servicing & statutory examinations.
• Manage and maintain the company asset register and equipment, including stock rotation, spares, refurbished and maintained components.

2. Management of Staff

This role has direct employees to manage;

• Engineers
• The incumbent is also required to communicate and coordinate with personnel from all divisions within the company on a daily basis, so good interpersonal skill swill be required.

2.1 Reports to

• Operations Director

3. Authorities

• To liaise with safety and environmental regulatory bodies where necessary.
• To liaise with external management systems certification organisations and/or their representatives.
• Discuss, revise and agree work package RAMS with client’s representatives.
• To inform the company and divisional management team of any safety, environmental, quality or inspections related problems or concerns.
• To stop any work activity which they believe it will or could cause significant injury to personnel, damage to the environment or damage to plant and/or equipment.

4. Job Related Competencies

• Hold a recognized engineering qualification to a minimum of 2:2 Undergraduate Degree or equivalent and have a minimum of 5 years’ experience of both Workshop and site-based engineering in a relevant field.
• Must have experience in the application of UKAS 17020 or equivalent requirements and procedures
• Hold Incorporated Status as defined by Engineering Council or working towards Incorporated status.
• Demonstrate and maintain effective communication skills both orally and in writing.
• Ability to follow the company management systems to ensure achievement of QHSE and company objectives and targets and effective delivery of client’s expectations.
• Ability to work both independently and as a member of a dynamic team.
• Competent in drafting and revising risk assessments and method statements.

5. Key Relationships

• Managing Director.
• Operations Director.
• Commercial Director.
• Operations Manager
• Engineers
• Planning and Logistics Team
• Transport Manager.