Lead Engineer

Role- Lead Engineer

Location- Birmingham, UK - Hybrid

Duration - 6 months contract with possible extensions

Lead Engineer
I am seeking two multidisciplinary Lead Engineers with experience as a CDAE/LCDAE on National Grid projects or a proven track record of delivering large and complex high-voltage projects for major clients in the UK.

Role Outline
To coordinate and support the design team during project design and execution phases, and to support the tendering team to ensure that safe, robust, and optimal designs and documentation are produced.

Main Accountabilities/Position Interactions
To coordinate the design team across all disciplines.
To liaise with project management on engineering budgets and to provide forecast cost to complete estimates and associated justification to changes in expenditure.
To manage the programme and to interface with the planning engineers for design.
Providing forecasts for completion and resource planning.
To approve documentation in accordance with the contractual requirements of the project.
To coordinate and chair design reviews and hazard reviews.
To identify and manage additional risks across functions that may not be apparent to individual Designers. Evaluates risks and opportunities, strategizes mitigation of the risks.
Supports the Project Manager in overall project risk and opportunity assessments and implementation of resulting actions.
To undertake the Principal Designer Representative on projects.
Works with customers to shape and deliver solutions, seeking feedback and innovating with the customer to drive and deliver improvements.
Oversees the creation of subcontracts and manages the subcontractors jointly with other involved functions, including supply chain management.

Client People
Must offer a flexible approach to work tasks, will be prepared to work additional hours as the project may require ensuring delivery of successful design solutions.
A full team player with ability to work within a multi-national, multi-cultural team.
To mentor other team members as required

Client Organisation
Will be focused on value engineering, ensuring full consultation with all design stakeholders
Strive for continuous improvement in implementation standards and costs
Enact the legislative duties of a designer and develop designs which eliminate and reduce risks to health, safety and the environment

Customer
To hold and participate in design and hazard reviews and Meetings with Suppliers, Contractors and Clients.
To strengthen customer relationships through presentation and delivery of successful design solutions.

Line Managers for resourcing, domain knowledge, training and issues/conflict resolution
Other Engineering functions, primary, civils, commissioning, engineering support and design team leaders
Commissioning and Test Engineers.
Customers and Assurance for design review
Suppliers for technical review
Wider project teams incl. Project Managers, Planning, Tendering and Supply Chain

Challenges
Customer satisfaction
Working to defined budgetary objectives
Achieving successful design solutions and implementing them to the full satisfaction of all stakeholders

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
5 years Electricity supply industry experience
Knowledge of Transmission or Distribution practices (400kV to 11 kV)
HNC/HND in electrical engineering or equivalent
Good team work, Analytical and communication skills
Capable of working to tight time scales
Commercial acumen

Desirable
Degree qualification in Electrical Power Engineering