Senior Engineering Manager - Electrical

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

1/30/2025

Description And Requirements

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to join our Infrastructure Water team in Cambridge.

You will be responsible for providing engineering technical direction to the Electrical and software discipline engineers and ensure an effective team is maintained to integrate all EICA design and structural elements across all zones & phases of the scheme and ensure right first time functionality through design, construction, commissioning and takeover. You will also provide design support for the Cambridge Relocation Project as required and ensure all designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards.

What you'll do:

• Lead and develop the EICA design team to create industry-leading engineering designs.
• Serve as a key member of the Engineering Leadership Team (ELT), reporting directly to the Engineering Director.
• Innovate ways to reduce carbon, increase biodiversity, address climate change, and adopt new digital technologies.
• Expand professional networks with internal and external partners.
• Aid in selecting specialist contractors and managing their design contracts to meet cost, time, quality, and safety standards.
• Help create the project design management plan and ensure team members understand their responsibilities.
• Oversee the production and coordination of the EICA design program and deliverables schedule throughout the project.
  
  

What you'll bring to the role:

• Engineering degree or equivalent knowledge through relevant experience.
• Preferably chartered or working towards chartered status.
• Competence in practical EICA and structural design, specifically in the water/wastewater industry.
• Experience mentoring and coaching junior engineers.
• Proven track record in designing multi-disciplinary water industry capital projects from solution to detailed design.
• Experienced in managing teams, developing others, and ensuring staff welfare.
  
  

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using recruitment@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More Information About The Role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: recruitment@skanska.co.uk

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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