P&C Technical Excellence Manager - Transmission & Distribution (Birmingham, UK)

To provide technical leadership of Burns & McDonnell's UK Substations Protection and Control Section within the (power) Transmission & Distribution Global Practice. This includes:

• undertaking senior technical roles on project specific multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• being a senior technical authority on Substations Protection and Control Engineering, as it relates to power T&D infrastructure (electricity substations, overhead lines, and high voltage underground cables), within the wider company.
• growing and enhancing the Substations Protection and Control Section engineering capability in the UK business; and
• leadership responsibility for the technical competence of the Substations Protection and Control UK team
• technical development, competence management and career path support within the Substations Protection and Control Section.
• Leadership of the UK substation Protection and Control technical delivery, competence and professional excellence for the entire discipline, UK and International.
• Working closely with the Substations Section Manager to assemble suitable electrical engineering personnel from across our global offices to deliver UK projects.
• Support with resource planning to ensure that suitably experienced and capable resource to undertake the Protection and Control disciple input to substation projects through interaction with the Substations Section Manager, Engineering Director, Planners, Design Managers, other Technical Excellence Managers and the design team. Identifying and resolving any constraints to delivery.
• Assume recruitment responsibility, reviewing CVs, interviewing, preparing recruitment documentation and on-boarding new recruits into the UK Substations design team.
• Leadership of the technical quality of outputs for the Substations Protection and Control design team. Ensuring that the design meets customer standards, specification, Eurocodes, British Standards and good industry practise standards.
• Be a lead technical person for Substations Protection and Control Engineering work packages relating to electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure.
• Where appropriate and required, Contractor Design Approval Engineer (CDAE), as defined by National Grid's procedures, or equivalent role as defined by other clients.
• Provide technical leadership and support to the Burns & McDonnell Substations team based in BMI, Mumbai, India. To include training, competence management, career development and capability assessments in support of BMI Substations Protection and Control Lead.
• Supporting the BMI Substations Protection and Control Department Manager with recruitment of UK team members based in Mumbai. Define requirements, reviewing CVs, interviewing, and supporting on-boarding new recruits into the BMI UK Substations Protection and Control team.
• Providing technical leadership of engineering input to bids and work winning for the discipline.
• Development of Innovation within the Substations Protection and Control design/delivery team improving methods of working to improve safety, reduce design costs, construction costs/time and improving efficiency.
• Development of team competence criteria. Ensuring that the competencies are measured and tracked/updated to understand team capability.
• Ensure the section's technical ability is maintained at a professional level and manage training, development and recruitment for the team.
• Support the Substations Section Manager to monitor the performance of staff through Performance Reviews and lead Performance Management where required.
• Understand, maintain and apply company QA policy and procedures. Ensure corrective action in respect of products, services and the quality system is effective.
• Drive the introduction of advanced techniques for design delivery for the discipline, resulting in the development of new or improved processes, equipment, and/or technological methods working with the Substations Manager and Technologies Director.
• Maintain compliance to CDM Regulations and all other legal and regulatory requirements associated with the nature of design undertaken.
• Undertake technical quality assurance reviews and provide design approval/sign-off, as required, on Substations Protection and Control engineering designs.
• Maintain technical compliance to applicable Burns & McDonnell and client design management standards, processes, and procedures on all work delivered by Substations Protection and Control Section staff.
• Develop and implement policies, processes, procedures, standards, and technical guidance, as required to continually improve the engineering capability within the Substations Protection and Control Section.
• Act as Principal Designer representative, as defined by UK Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, where required.
• Provide technical leadership in the approach to the preparation of project proposals and lead tender presentations.
• Drive 'Safety by Design' approach on all projects, at all times.
• Support nurturing of a safety and technical excellence culture through emphasis on staff competence, diligence, and responsible attitude.
• Understanding wider industry best practices and client technical standards/procedures for construction, operations & maintenance, and decommissioning, to drive safety, constructability, and operability throughout whole asset lifecycles.
• Maintain project compliance to Burns & McDonnell's UK Integrated Management System.
• Support nurturing of world-class customer service culture, to drive client success.
• Be an ambassador for Burns & McDonnell at all times through acting in accordance with expected high ethical and moral standards, and in adherence to Burns & McDonnell Code of Conduct.
• Provide strong but supportive general personnel management of line reports, with emphasis on supporting continued development, providing technical guidance, and establishing training needs.
• Actively support marketing and business development activities, building relationships with clients and generating new business
• Seeking and development of future business opportunities through nurturing of client relationships, active pursuit of new project leads, and elevation of the Burns & McDonnell brand.
• Identifying new skills and competencies required within the Burns & McDonnell team to meet business needs and actively supporting development and recruitment of talent, including candidate interviewing.
• Act as technical leader in T&D infrastructure Substations Protection and Control design and contribute to relevant professional bodies and industry groups. Maintain Continued Professional Development (CPD).
• Interpret and establish policies, procedures, and strategic goals of the organisation.
• Demonstrate creativity, foresight, and judgment in anticipating and solving problems.
• Advance and develop Department tools and workflows to increase efficiency of designs, specification development, and project execution.
• Undertake other duties and responsibilities as may reasonably be asked of this position by Senior Management.
  
  Minimum
·Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, from an accredited institution. ·Membership of a relevant professional Engineering Institution (e.g., IET). ·Relevant Health & Safety qualification (e.g. IOSH Managing Safely, NEBOSH Cert./Dip., NVQ Level 3 in H&S related subject). Desirable ·Membership of a professional Health & Safety organisation (e.g., APS, ISC, IOSH etc.). ·Professional registration as a Chartered Engineer. ·Experience fulfilling the role of Contractor Design Approval Engineer (CDAE). ·Substation safety and access training (e.g., NSI 30, BESC: AIM etc.)

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