Job Description

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: Competitive, based on experience

Sector: Engineering - Energy / Infrastructure / Utilities

About Us

We're a small but growing technical consultancy supporting the power sector with smart, practical engineering solutions. A major focus areas is condition assessment and management of asset integrity. We help clients understand how their infrastructure is aging and what they can do about it -- with services that combine lab testing, fieldwork, and deep engineering insight.

As the business grows, we're looking for someone to take ownership of the Asset Condition Engineering work -- delivering great work, managing technical staff, and building a platform for future growth.

About the Role

You'll be responsible for delivering all of our Asset Condition Engineering work, including:

- Field and site-based testing
- Laboratory testing and method development
- Data analysis and technical reporting
- Project management of the condition assessment work
- Maintaining quality assurance and H&S processes related to this function
- Interfacing with clients before, during, and after project delivery
- Leading the team day-to-day to keep projects on track

This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role that requires a solid technical background, team coordination skills and attention to detail. You'll be based in the office full-time to support and manage a small but capable team -- hybrid working may be considered after a successful settling-in period.

If you perform well in this role, we plan to establish a new department for you to lead. At that stage, you'd take on department-level responsibility, including:

- Managing department performance and profitability
- Leading delivery and growing the team
- Taking on P&L responsibility for the department
- Winning work and growing revenue in this area

This role is an opportunity to take real ownership of an important area of our business from day one -- and grow it while growing your role.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the delivery of all Condition Engineering work
- Supervise and coordinate field and lab-based engineers

- Carry out Condition Engineering work alongside the team in the lab and in the field
- Ensure safe working practices, quality standards, and accurate documentation
- Work with clients to define scope, manage progress, and communicate findings
- Author, review and contribute to technical reports and test results
- Maintain and improve QA documentation to meet ISO9001 standards
- Hold staff to account for productivity, reporting, and task ownership
- Report delivery status to the company director and help plan resources

Experience & Attributes

We're looking for someone who's been the person making sure things get done properly -- not necessarily with a manager job title, but with the track record and mindset to lead delivery.

You'll need:

- Around 5-10 years' post-graduate engineering experience
- Background in mechanical, corrosion, materials, or related engineering
- Proven experience managing delivery of technical projects
- Proven ability to coordinate staff, track priorities, and make decisions under pressure
- Strong communication skills -- written and verbal
- Confident working with clients and external partners
- Experience working to defined processes and QA standards
- UK work rights and a full valid driving licence

What We Offer

- A role with ownership from day one, and a clear path to growth
- A friendly, flexible work environment with a practical, no-nonsense culture
- The chance to help build a department around your knowledge
- Competitive salary, performance bonus, and standard benefits package
- The opportunity to be part of a company that's growing and evolving fast

To Apply

Please send your CV and a short note (max 1 page) telling us:

- A time when you led or delivered a complex technical project
- How you kept people and priorities on track under pressure
- Why this role interests you

We're more interested in your real-world experience than in cover letter polish -- practical examples are what matter.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 40,000.00-65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress Company pension Sick pay
Application question(s):

How many years of Post-Graduation engineering experience do you have? Do you have a valid, full UK driving licence? Are you able to work in the UK without sponsorship? Do you have experience in day to day management of small engineering or tcehnical teams? Do you have experience with project management methodologies and/or tools (APM, Prince 2, Monday, MS Project, Primavera)?
Education:

Bachelor's (required)
Work Location: In person