P&C Technical Excellence Manager - Transmission & Distribution (Birmingham, UK)
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Description
Chart your own course and change the world — with the support of people whose interests are aligned with yours. At Burns & McDonnell, opportunity is waiting. We’re looking for people with big ideas and an entrepreneurial mindset. It’s those kinds of people who’ve helped us grow from a small consulting business back in 1898 to a global leader in engineering, architecture and construction solutions. Today, we’re a thriving company with more than 10,000 professionals working in 55 offices worldwide and recognised as a leader in Transmission & Distribution services.
* Being a senior technical authority on protection & control engineering, as it relates to power T&D infrastructure.
* Undertaking senior technical roles on project specific multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
* Be a lead technical person for substation P&C engineering work packages relating to electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure.
* Where appropriate and required, Contractor Design Approval Engineer (CDAE), as defined by National Grid’s procedures, or equivalent role as defined by other clients.
* Providing technical leadership of engineering input to bids and work winning for the discipline.
* Act as technical leader in T&D infrastructure P&C design and coordinate with relevant professional bodies and industry groups. Maintain Continued Professional Development (CPD).
* Provide strong but supportive general personnel management of line reports, with emphasis on supporting continued development, providing technical guidance, and establishing training needs.
* Providing technical leadership of engineering input to bids and work winning for the discipline.
* Growing and enhancing the P&C section engineering capability, aligning it to the UK business.
* Technical development, competence management and career path support within the substations primary section.
* Assume recruitment responsibility, reviewing CVs, interviewing, preparing recruitment documentation and on-boarding new recruits into the UK substations design team along with the P&C section manager.
* Leadership of the technical quality of outputs for the substations P&C design team. Ensuring that the design meets customer standards, specification, Eurocodes, British Standards and good industry practice standards.
* Provide technical leadership and support to the Burns & McDonnell Substations team based in BMI, Mumbai, India. To include training, competence management, career development and capability assessments in support of BMI P&C lead.
* Supporting the BMI substations P&C department manager with recruitment of team members based in Mumbai. Define requirements, reviewing CVs, interviewing, and supporting on-boarding new recruits into the BMI P&C team.
* Lead innovation initiatives within the P&C design/delivery team improving methods of working to improve safety, reduce design costs, construction costs/time and improving efficiency.
* Support the P&C section manager to monitor the performance of staff through performance reviews and lead performance management where required.
* Understand, maintain and apply company QA policy and procedures. Ensure corrective action in respect of products, services and the quality system is effective.
* Drive the introduction of advanced techniques for design delivery for your discipline, resulting in the development of new or improved working methods within the P&C team.
* Undertake technical quality assurance reviews and provide design approval/sign-off, as required, on substations P&C engineering designs.
* Drive ‘Safety by Design’ approach on all projects, at all times.
* Support nurturing of a safety and technical excellence culture through emphasis on staff competence, diligence, and responsible attitude.
* Understanding wider industry best practices and client technical standards/procedures for construction, operations & maintenance, and decommissioning, in order to drive safety, constructability, and operability throughout whole asset lifecycles.
* Maintain project compliance to Burns & McDonnell’s UK Integrated Management System.
* Be an ambassador for Burns & McDonnell at all times through acting in accordance with expected high ethical and moral standards, and in adherence to Burns & McDonnell code of conduct.
* Identifying new skills and competencies required within the Burns & McDonnell team to meet business needs and actively supporting development and recruitment of talent, including candidate interviewing.
* Advance and develop department tools and workflows to increase efficiency of designs, specification development, and project execution.
* Undertake other duties and responsibilities as may reasonably be asked of this position by senior management.
Description
Chart your own course and change the world — with the support of people whose interests are aligned with yours. At Burns & McDonnell, opportunity is waiting. We’re looking for people with big ideas and an entrepreneurial mindset. It’s those kinds of people who’ve helped us grow from a small consulting business back in 1898 to a global leader in engineering, architecture and construction solutions. Today, we’re a thriving company with more than 10,000 professionals working in 55 offices worldwide and recognised as a leader in Transmission & Distribution services.
* Being a senior technical authority on protection & control engineering, as it relates to power T&D infrastructure.
* Undertaking senior technical roles on project specific multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
* Be a lead technical person for substation P&C engineering work packages relating to electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure.
* Where appropriate and required, Contractor Design Approval Engineer (CDAE), as defined by National Grid’s procedures, or equivalent role as defined by other clients.
* Providing technical leadership of engineering input to bids and work winning for the discipline.
* Act as technical leader in T&D infrastructure P&C design and coordinate with relevant professional bodies and industry groups. Maintain Continued Professional Development (CPD).
* Provide strong but supportive general personnel management of line reports, with emphasis on supporting continued development, providing technical guidance, and establishing training needs.
* Providing technical leadership of engineering input to bids and work winning for the discipline.
* Growing and enhancing the P&C section engineering capability, aligning it to the UK business.
* Technical development, competence management and career path support within the substations primary section.
* Assume recruitment responsibility, reviewing CVs, interviewing, preparing recruitment documentation and on-boarding new recruits into the UK substations design team along with the P&C section manager.
* Leadership of the technical quality of outputs for the substations P&C design team. Ensuring that the design meets customer standards, specification, Eurocodes, British Standards and good industry practice standards.
* Provide technical leadership and support to the Burns & McDonnell Substations team based in BMI, Mumbai, India. To include training, competence management, career development and capability assessments in support of BMI P&C lead.
* Supporting the BMI substations P&C department manager with recruitment of team members based in Mumbai. Define requirements, reviewing CVs, interviewing, and supporting on-boarding new recruits into the BMI P&C team.
* Lead innovation initiatives within the P&C design/delivery team improving methods of working to improve safety, reduce design costs, construction costs/time and improving efficiency.
* Support the P&C section manager to monitor the performance of staff through performance reviews and lead performance management where required.
* Understand, maintain and apply company QA policy and procedures. Ensure corrective action in respect of products, services and the quality system is effective.
* Drive the introduction of advanced techniques for design delivery for your discipline, resulting in the development of new or improved working methods within the P&C team.
* Undertake technical quality assurance reviews and provide design approval/sign-off, as required, on substations P&C engineering designs.
* Drive ‘Safety by Design’ approach on all projects, at all times.
* Support nurturing of a safety and technical excellence culture through emphasis on staff competence, diligence, and responsible attitude.
* Understanding wider industry best practices and client technical standards/procedures for construction, operations & maintenance, and decommissioning, in order to drive safety, constructability, and operability throughout whole asset lifecycles.
* Maintain project compliance to Burns & McDonnell’s UK Integrated Management System.
* Be an ambassador for Burns & McDonnell at all times through acting in accordance with expected high ethical and moral standards, and in adherence to Burns & McDonnell code of conduct.
* Identifying new skills and competencies required within the Burns & McDonnell team to meet business needs and actively supporting development and recruitment of talent, including candidate interviewing.
* Advance and develop department tools and workflows to increase efficiency of designs, specification development, and project execution.
* Undertake other duties and responsibilities as may reasonably be asked of this position by senior management.
Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in mechanical / electrical engineering, from an accredited institution.
* Minimum of 10 years of substations P&C design experience in high voltage substation design.
* Professional registration as a chartered engineer, or working towards.
* Membership of a relevant professional engineering institution (e.g. IET, IMechE, IEEE)
* Relevant Health & Safety qualification (e.g. IOSH Managing Safely, SMSTS, NEBOSH)
Desirable
* Experience fulfilling the role of Contractor Design Approval Engineer (CDAE).
* Formal training in CDM 2015, Temporary Works, and Impressed Voltages.
* Understanding of the requirements of relevant UK Health & Safety legislation relating to design and construction work in the electricity supply industry.
* Understanding of the requirements of relevant UK Environmental and waste management legislation.
* Understanding of current Construction (Design & Management) Regulations, and experience of discharging all required duties of the CDM Principal Designer representative.
* Good knowledge of National Grid’s transmission procedures.
* Thorough knowledge and experience applying National Grids technical specification, technical guidance notes, and design handbooks relating to substations primary engineering.
* IT literate, with good knowledge of using Microsoft Office applications.
* Excellent written & verbal communication skills.
* Strong persuasion and negotiation skills with clients and employees.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Ability to deal effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders across clients, industry, government and public.
* Able to manage tasks on multiple projects and conflicting deadlines.
* Able to work autonomously and/or as part of a project team.
* Pro-active in building knowledge and understanding of the electricity transmission and distribution industry.
* Capability to coach and develop the team.
Job Electrical Engineering
Primary Location GB-Birmingham UK-Birmingham
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 20 % of the Time
Req ID: 252426
Job Hire Type Experienced #UKO N/A
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries
Construction
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