Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
As Engineering Operations Manager – Highways, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the Engineering function has the people, skills, tools, systems, environments, suppliers and governance required to deliver our engineering delivery commitments. You’ll be working for the Engineering Director, and closely with Programme Director, Head of Architecture & Technical Integration, and Head of Requirements, Validation & Assurance and be accountable for the operational readiness and effectiveness of the Engineering organisation.
What you’ll do:
• Establish and maintain the engineering resource model across all programme workstreams
• Develop engineering demand forecasts aligned to programme plans and stage gates
• Create and maintain engineering recruitment and onboarding plans
• Coordinate internal transfers, contractor engagement and partner augmentation activities
• Establish skills and competency frameworks across the Engineering organisation
• Develop engineering succession and backfill plans
• Establish engineering onboarding and induction arrangements
• Create and manage engineering capacity planning and utilisation reporting
• Manage engineering budgets relating to labour, tools, environments and external support
• Establish and maintain Engineering tooling strategies, including repositories, collaboration platforms and engineering systems
• Establish and maintain engineering environment strategies including POC laboratories, test environments and shared engineering facilities
Who you are:
The Engineering Operations Manager is an established leader with experience managing engineering operations across complex technology programmes and highly assured environments.
Key Requirements:
• Proven experience leading engineering operations, engineering delivery support or technical resource management functions
• Experience of capacity planning across multiple concurrent programmes and projects
• Experience managing engineering teams, contractors and suppliers
• Commercial awareness and budget management experience
• Experience establishing engineering processes, reporting and governance frameworks
• Strong analytical and planning skills
• Experience of engineering tooling, collaboration platforms and environment management
What we offer:
At Telent, we’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued, supported, and able to thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage diverse perspectives across our teams.
The additional benefits with this role:
· Car Allowance
· Private Medical Cover
· 34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually
· Company pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.
We are guided by our values and behaviours:
Be Inclusive
Take Responsibility
Collaborate
Be Customer-focussed
Join us and help deliver critical infrastructure projects that make a real difference.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.