Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Job Overview

The Lead Infrastructure Engineer will provide civil and pipeline engineering technical reviews, guidance and inputs to both clean water and water recycling infrastructure projects. They will provide design support for numerous infrastructure schemes and will ensure all designs are fit for purpose and meet current legislation and standards.

The Lead Infrastructure Engineer will have dual lines of reporting into both the programme area Senior Design Manager (Engineering) and the Principal Infrastructure Engineer. The lead infrastructure engineer provides support to the engineering delivery teams by undertaking review and acceptance of key project deliverables (drawings / models calculations) across an entire programme area for infrastructure (pipeline) related work. The lead infrastructure engineer is the technical expert in either clean or wastewater pipeline engineering design. The lead infrastructure engineer works with the principal infrastructure engineer to maintain engineering standards across all the @one alliance whilst working on continuous business improvement and innovation. The lead infrastructure engineer mentors more junior engineers in the team. The role of the lead infrastructure engineer is not to be assigned to deliver individual named projects but provide technical leadership and support in the delivery of projects within their assigned programme area.

Key Accountability 1 – Engineering leadership and collaboration
• Regularly report to the Principal Engineer.
• Collaborate with Principal Engineer, Design Managers and Technical managers to acquire upcoming project milestones and drawing review dates.
• Review all drawings to ensure @one quality, safety, and technical standards are adhered to.
• Review all project design calculations and ensure they have been completed by all project teams.
• Liaise with other stakeholders and engineering disciplines at all key project milestones.
• Review construction site design queries and change requests to ensure quick but accurate responses and/or the design remains suitable.
• Lead and coordinate key milestone design review meetings with Infrastructure Engineers and Technical Managers.
• Attend and input into CDM and commissioning strategy meetings.
• Update and collaborate with the Principal Engineer and Design Managers where potential improvements can be implemented.
• Collaborate with CAD Managers/Design Managers/Principal Engineer on drawing/model processes and outputs.
• Understand and implement the hierarchy in risk management and CDM in design.
• Undertake site visits when appropriate.
• Liaise with other departments and project teams with respect to design requirements.
• Ensure own project workload is completed to the correct standards and specifications.
• Manage quality through the Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) workflow review in line with the project timeline.
• Support other leads and discipline engineers to deliver their engineering outputs to time and quality standards
Key Accountability 2 - Manage knowledge in several technical areas
• Maintain portfolio awareness in technical areas and disseminate to all Infrastructure Engineers.
• Actively seek innovative technology and processes.
• Attend the relevant Alliance ‘Standard Products’ forum to improve/approve current guidance documents and standard products.
• Ensure the requirements of MAS are adhered to and offer challenges when appropriate.
Build calculation sheets where appropriate
Key Accountability 3 - Mentor team members as part of their development
• Support development of team members by mentoring
• Give one-to-one or team technical guidance and assistance, to engineers when required
• Provide support for engineers to establish ‘Standard Product’ drawings and procedures (for wider business use).