Engineering Manager

Job description

Job Role: Engineering Manager

Location: Greater Manchester

Salary: £75,000 - £95,000 (dependent on experience)

About the Role:

Our client is seeking an experienced and proactive Engineering Manager to lead and coordinate the technical delivery of water and wastewater projects across a variety of programmes and frameworks. You will work closely with project and programme leads to ensure technical governance, robust engineering standards, and effective coordination across a portfolio of water-sector projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct and develop multi-disciplinary engineers, CAD technicians and graduates
• Identify and implement appropriate, safe, efficient and value-engineered design solutions and communicate these to client and project teams
• Act as Professional Head for design function
• Guide design in compliance with relevant technical, professional and water company standards and approve design packages
• Identify and implement appropriate software packages, and drive the use of BIM and 3D modelling where necessary
• Manage production of design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements and are fully integrated
• Review, interpret and brief standards, procedures and changes to them
• Manage production of design deliverables within agreed timescales and hours and to formal processes and procedures
• Ensure project change for design packages is fully recorded
• Lead the estimating of hours required for design packages

About You:

• Understanding of MEICA, civils and process designs
• Track record managing multidisciplinary design teams and projects
• 10 years’ experience working in the regulated water industry
• Degree educated
• Chartered Engineer
• Proficient with IT
• Driving Licence

To learn more about this opportunity and how it could support your progression within the water sector, reach out to Charlie Knight @ Advance TRS.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Old Trafford

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

12-01-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English