Senior Engineering Manager (HVAC)

Balfour; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering solutions provider in Bristol seeks a Senior Engineering Manager (HVAC) for the Sizewell C Project. This role involves managing the HVAC design during various phases and providing technical support. Successful candidates will have substantial engineering management experience, ideally in nuclear settings, and will possess a relevant degree. The position offers flexibility with remote working opportunities. Competitive benefits include 25 days paid annual leave and family-friendly policies.

Benefits

Smart working arrangements

25 days paid annual leave

Family-friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams on Mechanical, Electrical or Ventilation projects.
• Engineering Management experience on large-scale EPC projects from concept to commissioning.
• Comprehensive understanding of design discipline drawings.

Responsibilities

• Manage HVAC Design during its definition and implementation.
• Assist in developing design management plans.
• Provide technical support throughout manufacturing and delivery.

Skills

Leading multi-disciplinary teams

Engineering Management

Understanding of design discipline drawings

Knowledge of Navisworks

Strong leadership and collaboration

Education

Degree qualification in a relevant technical discipline

Tools

Navisworks

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

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About The Role

Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as Senior Engineering Manager (HVAC) on the Sizewell C Project and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you.

Sizewell C will create a 3.2 gigawatt power station generating low‑carbon electricity for at least 60 years. It will be built next to Sizewell B which began operating in 1995 and has so far avoided more than 76 million tonnes of carbon emissions. Our proposal is to build a new nuclear power station on the East Suffolk coast which will supply 6 million homes with low‑carbon electricity.

This role will be hybrid with a minimum of 1-2 days per week at Aztec West, Bristol.

What you’ll be doing

Engineering Management of the HVAC Design during its definition, development and implementation up to delivery on site.

• Review and receipt acceptance of SZC Baseline definition of the design parameters.
• Assure execution designers’ development of the Execution Design.
• Work with Execution Designers to support development of their respective Design Lead Management Plan and acceptance of the plan prior to commencing Execution Design.
• Ensure information issued to suppliers, manufacturers and installers is consistent with the design information.
• Review and receipt acceptance of the output from Execution Design process to enable manufacturing & installation.
• Provide technical support management through manufacturing and delivery.
• Lead assessment of the impact of design changes and the optimal means of implementing design changes into the MEHA’s scope.
• Support development of business case needed to justify changes to the design through the SZC change process.
• Produce/oversee the production of technical procurement specifications for bulk MEH items & materials (extracting the applicable information from the corresponding specifications and design inputs).

Who we’re looking for

• Demonstrable experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams on Mechanical, Electrical or Ventilation projects in a highly regulated sector, preferably in nuclear.
• Engineering Management experience on similar, large‑scale Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects from concept design to commissioning.
• Degree qualification, or equivalent, in a relevant technical discipline.
• Member of a relevant institute or significant demonstrable engineering experience and capable of registration with the Engineering Council.
• Comprehensive understanding of relevant design discipline drawings with the ability to identify errors and non‑conformance.
• Working knowledge of Navisworks (or similar), Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Understanding of ISO 9001:2015 and Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
• Working knowledge of Configuration Management and Change Management processes.
• Strong leader with a collaborative nature and ability to reach sensible compromise positions.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Benefits

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family‑friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About Us

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market‑leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise. We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and off‑site manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high‑quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. We also support our inclusive culture through membership in WISE, ENEI, the Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020 we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long‑term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and actively encourages applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

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