Engineering Manager at UnitedInfrastructure

This is an EPC contractor, project-based role, reporting to the Project Technical Director. The Engineering Manager will provide single‑point leadership, assurance, and accountability for all engineering activities, ensuring that the design is safe, compliant, buildable, and fully aligned with the project’s contractual and delivery objectives. The role spans the project lifecycle, from detailed design and pre‑construction engineering, through construction support, and onward to commissioning and final handover. Managing the contractor’s technical team and working in close partnership with the subcontract design organisation, the Client Design Coordinator, and subject‑matter experts (SMEs), the Engineering Manager will act as a central conduit for informed, timely, and aligned engineering decision‑making across the project. Ensuring the design, engineering decisions and construction operations meet the Client engineering specifications, project documentation and applicable industry standards is a core requirement of this role.   Central to the success of this role is the provision of strong, high‑quality technical leadership and the development of effective, collaborative relationships across the entire project delivery supply chain.   Responsibilities of the position Building on the Role Description, the responsibilities of the role will include: • Provide Engineering Management capabilities within the Project Leadership Team, working collaboratively with the Project Director, Technical Director, Senior Project Manager, Commercial Manager SHEQ Team and Planning Manager to ensure integrated project delivery. • Ensure construction engineering operations undertaken through a combination of directly employed and subcontracted workforce are safety and effectively coordinated to deliver the project scope in accordance with contract requirements and project specific documentation. • Act as the contractor’s technical authority, ensuring the engineering solution is safe, compliant, buildable, and aligned with contractual, commercial, and programme objectives. • In the context of an EPC main contractor with a subcontracted principal designer lead and coordinate multi‑discipline engineering teams, ensuring effective integration of civil, mechanical, electrical, C&I, process, and gas systems design. • Manage engineering delivery in accordance with UK gas regulations, applicable legislation, industry standards, codes of practice, and client asset specifications. • Oversee and manage engineering interfaces with live and operational high‑pressure gas assets, ensuring risks associated with works within the existing compressor station are identified, controlled, and mitigated in accordance with applicable project standards. • Support formal safety and design assurance activities, including HAZID, HAZOP, LOPA, HAZCON, design risk assessments, and constructability reviews. • Provide technical oversight of subcontract design organisations and OEM / vendor packages, ensuring full integration with the overall design. • Work collaboratively with the Project Director, Technical Director, Construction Manager, Commercial team, and Client Design Coordinator to ensure engineering supports safe and efficient construction delivery. • Provide ongoing engineering support during construction, resolving site‑based technical issues promptly and pragmatically while maintaining compliance and design intent. • Supported by a Project Engineer, manage technical change control, assessing impacts on safety, cost, programme, and quality, and supporting NEC contract change processes where required (EWN, PMI & CE). • Support commissioning, testing, and entry‑into‑service activities, ensuring engineering deliverables, certifications, and handover documentation are complete and robust. • Maintain effective communication with the client, regulators, independent reviewers, and other stakeholders on technical matters. • Promote a strong culture of technical excellence, safety, and collaboration across the project delivery and design supply chain.