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.