Engineering Manager
| Posting date: | 30 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £70,000 to £80,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Excellent company benefits, car etc |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 February 2026 |
| Location: | Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN21PX |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Fawkes & Reece |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | AW - 007_1769772272 |
Summary
Engineering Manager - Tier 1 Contractor - Major Civil Engineering Project - Lincolnshire
About The Role
My Tier 1 Civils client is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead design and engineering delivery across their Eastern England Delivery Unit, initially on a large highways project in Lincoln starting Q1 2026. You'll ensure design excellence, compliance, and cost-effective, timely solutions while collaborating with internal teams, clients, and stakeholders across the region. This project-based role will give you the opportunity to make a real impact on high-profile infrastructure projects.
What you'll be doing
- Lead all design and engineering activities on projects, including temporary works and external consultant management.
- Ensure design compliance, approvals, and quality standards are met.
- Lead CDM Principal Designer activities.
- Deliver operationally effective designs on time and within budget.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts and internal teams across the business.
- Engage with clients, stakeholders, and third parties from a design perspective.
- Drive the integration of digital technologies on projects.
- Support supply chain technical compliance and project risk management.
Requirements
- Proven experience in civil engineering and construction design.
- Strong technical, operational, and risk management knowledge.
- Results-driven, quality-focused, and flexible to meet project deadlines.
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
- Customer-focused with a keen eye for value opportunities.
- Willingness to travel regionally and nationally.
Benefits
Day in, day out, their teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About the company
With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.