The Role
We're looking for an Engineering Technical Manager to play a key role in shaping and maintaining our engineering standards, documentation, and best practices. You'll act as a technical bridge between the Head of Design Engineering, senior designers, and wider engineering teams, ensuring our design outputs are consistent, compliant, and continually improving.
This is a hands‑on technical leadership position, ideal for someone with strong solar PV engineering experience, excellent documentation skills, and a passion for quality and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
Core Responsibilities
* Maintain and manage engineering documentation, standards, and processes.
* Provide technical updates, guidance, and best‑practice feedback to the design team.
* Review and challenge unclear or incomplete information in design packs.
* Lead the distribution and communication of new or updated documentation.
* Support training programmes across the design team.
* Collaborate closely with the Quality, Commissioning & Maintenance (QCM) team and the Quality Engineer (QE).
* Act as the primary technical point of contact for senior designers.
* Create performance guarantee standards and review client-submitted versions.
* Attend site visits where required and approved.
* Perform random design spot checks and quality audits, providing written reports.
* Support attendance at industry events, technical exhibitions, and technology showcases.
* Help ensure the design team remains aligned with the latest industry developments, standards, and technologies.
About You
Essential Skills & Experience
* Strong background in solar PV design, engineering, or technical management.
* Excellent understanding of engineering documentation, standards, and quality control.
* Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly and effectively.
* Confident in challenging design details and ensuring high standards are upheld.
* Strong organisational skills with experience supporting team training or technical workshops.
* Collaborative mindset with the ability to influence and support multi‑disciplinary teams.
* Excellent understanding of the BS 7671 and the IET best practice guide to Solar PV
* Excellent understanding of RC62, FM global, Loss prevention standards and the like.
Beneficial
* Experience within a growing engineering or renewable energy department.
* Understanding of commissioning, O&M, or quality assurance activities.
* Familiarity with performance guarantee modelling or client technical documentation.
Required Qualifications
* 18th Edition
* QCF level 4 (e.g. City and guilds 2396 Design)
* QCF level 3 (e.g. electrical installations, testing and inspection; City and guilds
What We Offer
* Opportunity to help shape technical standards within a rapidly growing solar engineering team.
* Career progression pathways within Mitie Power and Grid
* Access to industry training, events, and personal development support.
* A collaborative, forward‑thinking environment committed to excellence and innovation.