Engineering Design Support Manager

Req ID: 11005If life’s a journey, KiwiRail is a great way of keeping your career moving through it. Ours is a fast-paced, inspiring, and truly customer-focused culture - where your career will connect you to real opportunities, while balancing work and whānau life.

**We are looking for an** **Engineering Design Support Manager to join and become part of our One Winning Team**
- Full time
- Based in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) or Pōneke (Wellington)
- Leadership Role

**What you’ll do**

Reporting to the General Manager Engineering, you’ll be responsible for leading and developing a skilled team of 18-24 Engineering Design support professionals. You’ll be accountable for leading the Engineering Design Support outputs including liaison and working collaboratively with the Engineering Team’s stakeholders and customers during all stages of the workflow. You’ll also lead the development and implementation of an Infrastructure Digital Engineering Strategy.

**Key Responsibilities include**:

- Leadership of the Engineering Design Support team and their functions inc. Financial and Estimating, Procurement and Consultant/Contractor Management, Digital Engineering, CAD, and Document Control.
- Supplier market engagement and value improvement inc. the development and implementation of Supplier Performance Management Framework.
- Develop reporting dashboard to monitor and report Engineering delivery performance.
- Stakeholder/Customer relationship management.
- Support Engineering Programme Management, establishing and maintaining processes and systems to interface with delivery partners.

**What you’ll need**

You’ll have a relevant Tertiary qualification in Civil Engineering. You’ll ideally be a Chartered Engineer with Professional registration with a relevant organisation along with 10+ years’ experience managing technical staff, working in the Rail industry and in the delivery of projects and/or Engineering support services.

**In addition you will have**:

- An excellent understanding of best practice engineering principles.
- Proven ability to engage collaboratively and manage Customer and Stakeholder relationships while maintaining an objective “best for business” mindset and approach.
- Ability to foster and manage relationships with other Engineering and KiwiRail business groups to develop and implement infrastructure workbanks.
- Proven, strong commercial and financial acumen, including the ability to understand and communicate financials and identify commercial opportunities.
- Empowering and inclusive leader, with proven ability and focus on a bottom-up leadership approach built on engagement and collaboration.
- Innovative and agile, with proven ability to listen, adjust and change as business / customer needs change.
- A working knowledge of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and MS Project.
- Understanding of Digital Engineering, engineering design, and document management best practice, tools and processes.

**What you’ll get**
- Competitive remuneration
- 5 weeks annual leave
- Commitment to continued learning and development
- Access to discounted travel, health insurance & holiday houses across NZ as part of our Staff Welfare Trust

**Why KiwiRail?**

KiwiRail is shaping New Zealand for good, delivering significant economic, social, and environmental benefits. Through moving more freight on to rail, we are reducing carbon emissions and road maintenance costs, easing congestion in cities, and making roads safer. Our purpose ‘Stronger Connections, Better New Zealand’ speaks to what our people, our customers, our stakeholders and the Government need. Connected to our customers and the future needs of their businesses. Connected to the communities we serve and operate in. Connected to each other, for the good of the country.

Engineering Design Support Manager

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