Associate Director – Electrical

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Take the lead engineering role in managing the Electrical design team for Egis, and predominately the Old Oak Common Station project, as part of Egis-VVB Engineering joint venture ‘Anthro’
• Electrical CRE within OOC, responsible for the consistency of the deliverables across the project.
• Lead the Anthro London design office and create a positive working environment
• Plan and co-ordinate the activities of the design team (CAD/BIM, engineers, expert resources)
• Liaise with Client’s team for all related issues or decisions, represent design teams in meetings, provide technical opinion or support whenever needed
• Proactively review design documentation to ensure compliance to standard and requirements
• Review, evaluate and implement rail industry standards to ensure compliance of the engineering deliverables to the standards (quality)
• Coordinate the Quality aspects of the electrical sub-systems deliverables as per the project Quality Management plan principles
• Review and approve (wherever applicable) all deliverables, act as a technical control level across projects
• Maintain and develop competency of the team within your discipline, including:
  • Competency assessment,
  • Professional reviews,
  • Training plan,
  • Guidance and mentoring to junior team members,
  • And support the senior team in growing the technical capability of the discipline/business
• Support the senior team to implement efficient processes to manage safety assurance (including CDM, CSM-RA and interoperability), and Verification and Validation (V&V) technical assurance
• Promote sustainable design and development
• Promotion and encouragement of innovation
• Capitalization of the acquired know-how to share it across projects

You may also work on:

• Biding opportunities across the UK and International business: to support the growth of revenue and capability of Egis.
• Projects for multiple commissions across the UK and International business.

When working on bids and projects, you may act as:

• Technical Lead for some specific assignments, or,
• Technical Lead for HS2, Network Rail, or Third Party rail, projects with responsibility for all EDC production activities and outputs on the projects (reporting to a Project Director).

• BSc or similar in Bachelor Degree (BEng, BSc) in a Numerate, Scientific or Engineering subject or Higher Education/equivalent training and experience.
• Chartered Engineer/Technician membership or equivalent professional status from a recognised institution
• Extensive experience in Engineering / Technical functions, with experience as a Contractor’s Responsible Engineer (CRE) / Engineering Manager (CEM) in major infrastructure/transportation projects
• Proven capability in managing design interfaces and leading integration processes.
• Ability to motivate and drive multi-disciplinary engineering teams to work together and deliver high quality outputs
• Experience of working in an engineering production environment
• A railway background, preferably in Building Services / Major Stations
• A clear understanding of our multi-disciplinary design approach and the delivery of projects to a high quality, throughout all design stage gates
• Strong knowledge of engineering software tools including Trimble/Amtech Pro Design, Dialux or Relux
• Good knowledge of UK design standards, such as Network Rail, HS2 and TfL
• Experience of Implementing BIM Level 2 Accreditation / Certification to ISO 19650 within a Business Environment
• Track record of mobilizing teams to ISO19650 on project kick offs
• Excellent understanding of all relevant BIM standards, design integration procedures and relevant legislation
• Excellent knowledge of railway infrastructure, systems, and operating requirements
• Excellent management skills with the ability to support, mentor and animate a team of engineers and technicians
• Significant experience of developing and implementing strategies for projects and programmes
• Excellent knowledge of quality assurance
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of rail engineering, including Network Rail and associated rail standards, and related regulations (CDM, CSM, RIR)
• Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to engage, negotiate and manage key stakeholders and suppliers
• Excellent engineering, analytical and problem-solving abilities