Job Title: EC&I Design Manager 
Salary: £60k p/annum
Location: Preston

An innovative and rapidly growing company is hiring an EC&I Design Manager who will report to the Engineering Manager, with goals to maximise productivity, quality, the development staff and continuous improvement. 

Responsibilities include:

Engineering Productivity & Quality 

• Supervise the engineers & their workload
• Attend resource planning meetings and assist the Engineering Manager
• Promote the adherence to company policy and procedures
• Ensure compliance with both the client and statutory requirements
• Promote a close working relationship with other departments.

Employee Development

• Conduct performance appraisals for employees
• Monthly contact with staff to ensure their professional and personal development is on track
• Develop a supportive, encouraging, and learning environment
• Identify training needs, and develop, communicate and support the professional and personal development of the staff
• Working with the Engineering Manager and other internal stakeholders to recruit new employees. 

Continual Improvement

• Ongoing assessment of engineering processes and procedures to identify and implement improvements
• Implementation of continuous improvement initiatives 

Line Management

• Deal with staff matters on a daily basis
• Assist the Engineering Manager where required
• Promote adherence to the H&S policy
  • Reporting near misses and accidents
  • Risk assessments for non-routine activities

For a specific project or projects:

• Be accountable for the technical management and delivery within time, cost, and quality
• Maintain technical compliance with the contract and resolve technical conflicts where possible
• Ensure cross-discipline integration
• Assist the project management staff in:
  • Understanding the technical delivery such that they may manage budget/expenditure information and work durations
  • Reviewing progress and the critical path
  • Identify and minimise the company's exposure to risk
  • Identify and report changes
• Promote cohesion across the project team

Design Tasks

Carrying out design tasks to meet the time, cost, and quality requirements of projects such as:

• Scheme design deliverables
• Detail design deliverables
• Production of manufacturing documentation
• Take part in client meetings, testing / commissioning activities, and post-project review meetings
• Maintaining the project’s working folder
• Checking and approving of deliverables produced by other team members

Tendering Tasks

This may include but not be limited to:

• Production of concept designs
• Estimating durations for the design of tender items
• Composing technical responses to quotation requests

Skills/Knowledge Required

• Has been responsible for a variety of diverse projects or activities ranging in both size and complexity
• An ability and desire to support, motivate and develop others
• Sufficient knowledge, interpersonal skills, and communication skills to attract respect and exert influence within his or her assigned group of staff
• Proven organisational, administrative, and planning abilities
• Commercially and delivery-focused
• Experience or familiarity with continual improvement methodologies
• Degree / HND / Higher Apprenticeship in a related discipline
• Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Click apply or speak to James Field for the full details at:

Email: james.field@kensingtonconsulting.co.uk

Tel: 01257 244748