About the Role
Join us as an Engineering Manager within our Major Projects division, where you'll help deliver some of the UK's and world's most complex and high-profile EPC and EPCM projects across infrastructure, transportation, energy, nuclear, industrial, and defence sectors. You'll play a key role in leading engineering teams, ensuring technical excellence, and supporting the successful delivery of major capital programmes from early development through to commissioning and handover.
Responsibilities
•Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle, from feasibility and FEED through detailed design, construction, commissioning, and handover.
•Provide engineering leadership across civil, structural, buildings, utilities, and infrastructure packages, ensuring effective integration between disciplines.
•Oversee engineering delivery to achieve programme, budget, quality, safety, and technical performance objectives.
•Coordinate design reviews, engineering assurance activities, and governance processes to support robust project delivery.
•Build strong relationships with engineering teams, contractors, suppliers, clients, and regulatory stakeholders, ensuring effective collaboration and communication.
•Review and support key engineering deliverables, technical submissions, construction methodologies, and temporary works proposals.
•Identify and manage technical risks and opportunities while supporting procurement, contractor engagement, testing, commissioning, and handover activities.
•Foster a collaborative and high-performing engineering culture while supporting the development, coaching, and growth of engineering teams.
Requirements
We take a strengths-based approach because we know successful leaders bring a variety of experiences, perspectives, and ways of working. You may find many of the following resonate with you:
•You have experience leading multidisciplinary engineering delivery on major capital projects within complex and technically challenging environments.
•You enjoy bringing people together, creating alignment across teams, and building strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
•You have a strong understanding of engineering assurance, technical governance, change management, and quality processes.
•You are confident managing engineering programmes, resources, budgets, schedules, and performance to achieve successful project outcomes.
•You communicate clearly and effectively, influencing decisions and building credibility with clients, contractors, regulators, and project teams.
•You take a proactive and solutions-focused approach to managing technical risks, resolving challenges, and driving continuous improvement.
•You enjoy developing others through coaching, mentoring, and creating an environment where people can thrive and perform at their best.
•You bring curiosity, resilience, sound engineering judgement, and a passion for delivering complex projects that create lasting value.
Additional Information
Security Clearance
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role, please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
Benefits
Competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. A myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. A hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.
About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems.
