Mechanical Designated Individual

Role Overview

• Reporting to the Group Chief Engineer
• Driving technical understanding, compliance and best practice
• Leading technical / product / operational controls and processes
• Enhancing project outcomes such as improving safety, compliance, predictability, margin, and resilience
• Ensuring the team can successfully resolve any issues
• Supporting assurance activities such as audit, investigation and review

Requirements

• Technically qualified relevant to their discipline, ideally degree qualified
• Professionally qualified UK recognised – such as IEng and CEng
• Experienced in Engineering / technical / construction background
• UK driving license
• Ability to hold UK security clearance
• CSCS card
• Leading Technical Expert in their field
• Visible leader with clear communication, presenting and influencing skills
• Proven experience in product / technical quality in an infrastructure environment
• Understanding of risk / opportunity
• Strong people focus, able to manage, mentor and engage
• Be commercially aware and able to manage budgets and people.
• Practical experience of construction operations. Knowledge of more than one sector (ie breadth of knowledge)
• Ability to take an overview of company operations and identify key risk areas
• Experienced in major infrastructure programmes / projects in the UK
• Be a focal point for industry best practice, be recognised as a technical leader and an awareness of regulations and Client standards.
• Support assurance activities such as audit, investigation and review; engage with the TRMP process and review findings with Verifying Engineers
• Build the mechanical discipline and expertise in the company through a team of leaders giving coverage across the operational business
• Undertake and manage audits and engagements to assure that the processes and procedures are sufficient and relevant. Ensure bids & projects at planning stage receive support they need
• Provide expert knowledge in review & selection of new Plant, Tools or Equipment as appropriate
• Be the focal point for lessons learned across the business and communicate to Contract Leaders, Engineering Managers and duty holders.
• Policy, Procedure, Competence and Training to be reviewed and updated as necessary
• Draft and maintain the Must Do’s, How To’s & Tools as required for the mechanical discipline, consulting with experts as required; be the focal point for queries, feedback & changes
• Where specific projects or frameworks have bespoke requirements, review and sign off their processes and procedures to assure they meet Costain requirements
• Verify and maintain the appointments of the Mechanical Authorising Engineers on projects and frameworks, assure their competence to appoint Authorised Persons to form the project teams.
• IMechE, IET related professional development, work with L+D to deliver it, and support candidates to Professional Registration
• Assist in recruitment, with key hires, develop emerging talent; develop careers and retain talent
• Driving the culture of right first time and predictable best in class delivery across Costain and our supply chain through leadership and technical ability
• Supporting our teams to make the right mechanical engineering decisions. Ensure best practice & excellence across Costain providing compliant, robust and constructable solutions.
• Maintain our technical standards / ISO’s / certifications requirements in partnership with others,
• Coordinate with industry bodies, partners and institutions to capture best practice. Drive future needs, including sustainability, renewable energy and emerging trends.
• Be able to react to critical events through direct engagement and hands on support.
• Develop and deliver mechanical focussed training sessions, governance and processes

Tech Stack

• React

Benefits

• Health and Safety related training
• Risk management training / qualification
• Bid management training
• Incident Investigation training