Senior Engineering Manager - HVAC

Balfour; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering solutions provider in the UK seeks a Senior Engineering Manager for HVAC to oversee the Sizewell C Project. You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring the successful delivery of engineering designs and procurement. This full-time position offers a hybrid working model with competitive benefits, including flexible hours and paid leave. The ideal candidate has experience in large-scale EPC projects and strong knowledge of HVAC processes.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

25 days paid annual leave

Family-friendly policies

Pension scheme

Share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience leading teams on HVAC projects.
• Experience on large-scale EPC projects from design to commissioning.
• Understanding of ISO9001:2015 and Construction Regulations.

Responsibilities

• Support development of design management plans.
• Ensure execution designs are consistent with design information.
• Chair Technical Progress Review sessions.

Skills

Leadership of multi-disciplinary teams

Project management in EPC

HVAC design knowledge

Excellent communication skills

HSE attitude and Nuclear Safety Culture

Education

Degree in relevant technical discipline

Membership with relevant engineering institute

Tools

Navisworks

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Senior Engineering Manager – HVAC

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. This role will be based on the Sizewell C Project, a 3.2‑gigawatt low‑carbon power station built next to Sizewell B.

About the Role

Hybrid with 1–2 days at our Bristol Aztec West office. Own your career and take your capabilities further with support from true experts.

Responsibilities

• Work with Execution Designers to support development of their respective Design Management Plan and acceptance of the plan prior to commencing Execution Design.
• Ensure information issued to suppliers, manufacturers and installers (i.e. the execution designs) is consistent with the design information.
• Work with and create a positive and proactive relationship with respective CEL & corresponding Area Manager/PM.
• Support resolution of manufacturing TQs and NCRs.
• Establish and chair regular Technical Progress Review sessions to optimise resolution of technical queries and issues.
• Provide technical expertise and advice on Execution Design to Programme.
• Lead the assessment of the impact of design changes and the optimal means of implementing design changes into the MEHA's scope.
• Support the development of the business case needed to justify changes to the design through the SZC change process.
• Provide technical expertise and advice on Engineering to Programme manager.
• Lead MEHA inputs into the Collaboration Phase (Building on LFE from HPC and other similar projects).
• Review and technically accept the SZC Baseline design and associated design.
• Provide constructability inputs to design studies and activities.
• Optimise, simplify and standardise the implementation of the detailed design definitions (e.g. standardising the manufacturing configurations).
• Produce/oversee the production of technical procurement specifications for bulk MEH items & materials (extracting the applicable information from the corresponding specifications and design inputs).
• Responsible for reviewing and accepting the As‑Defined configuration.
• Validate (for use within the MEHA's digital tools) As‑Defined configuration identities and PCI relating to As‑Defined items.
• Review Execution Design & associated design documentation to assure manufacturability & constructability & provide technical recommendation for receipt acceptance to programme manager.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of leading multi‑disciplinary teams on Mechanical, Electrical or Ventilation projects in a highly regulated sector, preferably in.
• Engineering Management experience on similar, large‑scale Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects from concept design to commissioning.
• Awareness of HVAC design, manufacture and installation processes and the requirements to enable successful delivery.
• Experience from work on HPC would be an advantage but is not essential.
• Degree qualification, or equivalent, in a relevant technical discipline.
• Member of 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 ISO9001:2015 and Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
• Working knowledge of Configuration Management and Change Management processes.
• Provide and demonstrate a positive HSE attitude and a strong Nuclear Safety Culture.
• Strong leader with collaborative nature and ability to reach sensible compromise positions.
• Excellent communications skills and the ability to interface with other disciplines and external stakeholders.
• Maintain a high standard approach to quality with a “Right first time” goal.
• A positive ‘can do’ mentality, self‑motivated, setting the right behaviours and leading by example.
• Ability to identify blockers and deliver solutions in compliance with specifications and procedures.
• Able to gain security clearance.

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.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Construction