Mechanical Manager - Engineering

Mechanical Manager - Engineering 

Location: Warrington 

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

The Bilfinger Engineering Division is growing fast and we need talent like you! These exciting new positions are important to our growth strategy of providing high quality engineering, design and project services to our clients.

As a key member of the Bilfinger UK Engineering Team you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most stimulating and ground breaking EPC projects in the UK. Professional development of our Engineering Team is key to our success and if you join us, you will be given a Personal Development Plan, including training and further education along with more responsibility. At the same time, you will be part of the global Bilfinger engineering organisation, which is a 5,000 strong community that can give you wider opportunities and the possibility to work internationally.

If you perform, then we will reward you with an attractive remuneration package, but also a lot of flexibility. Join us, to make Engineering work!

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

The position consists of two main points, you will act as a Lead Engineer for projects assigned to you, but you are also the Line Manager for the Mechanical Engineering team

As Line Manager:

• You will manage all delegates within your discipline, inclusive of utilisation, holidays, expenses, performance reviews and time writing
• You will be a keen motivator, carrying out and managing development and training plans for all the staff employees in your discipline
• You will review, update and implement all the procedures, standards, guidance notes and forms for your respective discipline
• You will be accountable for all recruitment and resourcing of your discipline
• You will be accountable for all proposals and estimates for your discipline
• You will be accountable for managing quality of Engineering and Design in respects to your discipline, for both single and multi-discipline projects.
• You are responsible for appointing capable discipline checker and approvers
• You will support the Engineering Manager in growing the Engineering teams to support the projects

As Lead Mechanical Engineer:

• Together with your team of engineers and designers you are responsible for the Mechanical Equipment, Piping and Design within multi-discipline engineering, EPCM or EPC projects
• Project predominantly reside in the UK, but you will be expected to carry out projects for Europe and potentially wider areas of the Bilfinger business areas
• These projects will range across the full lifecycle from concept to commissioning, in both green and brownfield applications
• The projects will vary in complexity and size, delivered for all the major sectors (Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Energy, Utilities, Chemicals, Petrochemicals and Food)
• You are responsible to manage and complete the Mechanical engineering and design within budget and planning. This includes change control and consistency of the Mechanical engineering and design with the other disciplines
• You will be able to be client facing and manage the expectations of the client in relation to the project scope
• You will participate in internal and external design reviews and you are responsible for the design acceptance by the client
• Make independent decisions on issues, providing expert technical support within Mechanical Engineering
• You will be able to lead projects in a multi-discipline environment and be capable or coordinating all Mechanical engineering and design, with the other disciplines, Process, Civil and Structural, EC&I and Automation
• You will be able to effectively carry out, check and approve Engineering and Design estimates, control and report all costs on allocated projects in terms of progress, scope change and man hours

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

If you have the following profile, then we are looking forward to meeting you

• More than 3 year of experience as a line manager for your respective discipline
• More than 5 years of experience as Lead Engineer Mechanical, in multi-discipline projects, in an Engineering / EPCM / EPC company, in one of the above mentioned sectors
• Experience in managing and implementing strict quality control and procedures
• Deep knowledge of Mechanical engineering and design, but you also have a sound knowledge of the other disciplines (Automation, Civil, Structural, EC&I and Process)
• You will be able to forecast and control resources to ensure projects are fully utilised and recruitment is planned
• MEng / BEng in Mechanical / Piping Engineering
• Chartered or Incorporated Engineer (Preferred)
• Strong understanding of the main standards in relation your discipline
• Experience with the application of piping design codes to ASME and BS EN standards
• You are able to develop piping systems complying with PED requirements
• Have an appreciation with the main M&P design packages including, AutoCAD, Plant3D, E3D, Caesar II
• Experienced with the production of mechanical specifications, scopes of work, calculations, drawings and schedules
• Result oriented. You are only satisfied after your engineering and design is accepted by the client, you delivered top quality and the client is very satisfied with the performance of you and your team
• You plan and organise your activities before you allow your team to start spending hours. You understand the dependencies of the engineering activities within the Mechanical discipline, but also the dependencies between Mechanical and the other disciplines. You have a ‘one time right’ mentality
• You are capable of identifying growth within the company with support to sales, business management, company procedures and strategies
• You delegate to your team, but at the same time you know exactly what is going on in your Mechanical discipline, and intervene if required
• You will coordinate and report the progress of your discipline to Engineering Manager
• You implement a solid change control procedure for your team, and you can convince the client of the budget and planning consequences of changes
• You can lead and motivate your team so that they achieve the targets, also in case of setbacks
• You are able to chair design review meetings
• You have pleasure in teaching and coaching the young generation Mechanical engineers and designers

We like to meet you

Are you interested in this position, and do you have this profile? Then we are very interested to meet you, and we invite you to apply.

Our selection process consists of two interviews that can take place within two weeks. If you are still interested and we are still interested after the two interviews, then you will received a job offer, and then we hope to welcome you very soon at Bilfinger UK.

If you wish to speak to a member of the recruitment team, please contact 01224 246246.

Engineering & Consultancy | Bilfinger UK Limited | Permanent | White-collar workers | Bachelor's degree | Engineering