The Engineering Manager plays a critical leadership role within the PDMC team, providing multidisciplinary engineering oversight across all technical workstreams within a major infrastructure programme.
The role ensures technical consistency, quality assurance, and alignment of engineering outputs across multiple contracts, while supporting integrated design delivery within a highly regulated, safety-critical and operationally sensitive environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Engineering Leadership & Technical Governance
- Provide multidisciplinary engineering leadership across all technical workstreams under the PDMC commission
- Establish and maintain consistency in engineering approaches, technical positions, and coordination outputs across all disciplines
- Ensure robust governance of engineering decisions in line with project objectives and delivery requirements
- Design Quality & Assurance Oversight
- Oversee the consistency and technical quality of:
- Design reviews
- Engineering recommendations
- Coordination and integration outputs
- Ensure all engineering deliverables are aligned with relevant codes, standards, and client requirements, including applicable Hong Kong Railway Standards and authority expectations
- Support independent design assurance and compliance processes to ensure designs are fully coordinated, integrated and meet regulatory requirements.
- Complex Engineering Issue Resolution
- Support the Design Manager and Quality Manager in resolving:
- Complex engineering issues
- Non-compliances and design deviations
- Cross-discipline conflicts and constructability concerns
- Review and endorse technical positions on major design departures, unresolved disputes, and authority-related submissions prior to escalation
- Integration & Systems Coordination
- Coordinate closely with System Integration, Requirements, RAMS, BIM and Package teams to ensure:
- Engineering outputs are aligned across all disciplines and contracts
- Technical requirements are clearly defined, tracked, and traceable
- System interfaces and operational constraints are appropriately addressed
- Support multidisciplinary coordination to ensure all designs are fully integrated and consistent across the programme
- Engineering Compliance & Standards Alignment
- Ensure all engineering decisions and outputs align with:
- Project requirements and technical specifications
- Applicable Hong Kong standards and statutory requirements
- Authority approval processes and submission requirements
- Integrated design and system performance objectives
- Maintain awareness of evolving standards and ensure consistent application across all packages
- Risk, Constructability & Approval Readiness
- Provide technical oversight on risks related to:
- Design integration and constructability
- Safety and operational constraints
- Authority submissions and approvals
- Ensure engineering solutions are practical, buildable, and aligned with programme and staging requirements
- Mentoring & Capability Development
- Provide technical mentoring, guidance, and direction to:
- Senior discipline reviewers
- Package leads and engineering teams
- Build strong engineering capability across the PDMC team, promoting consistency, rigor, and best practice
Key Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in Engineering or related discipline
- Minimum 15 years’ experience in large-scale, multidisciplinary infrastructure projects
- Strong experience in design management, engineering assurance, and technical coordination
- Prior experience in complex, multi-system environments with stringent regulatory and safety requirements preferred
Technical Competencies
- Deep understanding of multidisciplinary design coordination (Civil, Structural, Building Services, E&M, and systems)
- Strong familiarity with engineering assurance processes, compliance reviews, and authority submissions
- Experience working within structured design integration and system coordination environments
- Knowledge of BIM-enabled coordination and digital delivery preferred
Leadership & Behavioural Competencies
- Strong technical leadership and decision-making capability
- Ability to resolve complex multidisciplinary issues
- Highly structured and detail-oriented with strong governance mindset
- Effective stakeholder management across client, consultants, and contractors
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