Design Manager

Overview

Lead design across infrastructure and wastewater projects, managing teams, consultants, and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• stakeholder management
• principal designer
• project delivery
• contract documentation
• risk management
• design coordination

Tasks

As Design Manager, you’ll lead and coordinate the design process across a range of infrastructure and non-infrastructure (Wastewater Network and Wastewater Process) projects. Working closely with internal teams and external consultants, you’ll take the projects from requirement (often involving studies many years ahead of the intervention) through to completion and supporting in through life management of the capital delivery phase. -Building and maintaining relationships with key internal and external stakeholders -Act as the Principal Designer under CDM -Responsible for delivering the project(s) through the asset lifecycle in accordance with approved processes and systems. -Delivery to time, cost, carbon and quality drivers. -Engaging with consultants and specialist including procurement of the same -Work collaboratively with the Project Manager (PM) to jointly deliver project outcomes -Managing project budget including contributing to the writing and presenting business cases at corporate governance group where required -Responsible for writing contract documentation (e.g. NEC3’s “Employers Works Information”) or other technical reports and acting as the single point of contact for technical audit throughout the lifecycle -Developing the project engineering plan from client brief (requirements statement) through to handover. -Risk management to drive the delivery of opportunities or threat reduction, including adequate escalation of issues outside of your control -Positively support the transition of new ways of working across the community -Leading the development of designs which are safe to build and operate. -Being the champion for the project within the business and from time to time representing the business externally -Securing resources and managing multi-disciplinary teams across the matrix organisation -Develop and maintaining proactive empathetic enduring relationships and creating a healthy, inclusive and diverse environment for their teams to flourish -Carry out project reviews, recommend / take action as appropriate and report on a monthly basis -As required, to deputise for Senior Project Engineer (SPE) or Delivery Manager (DM)

Requirements

• apm
• chartered engineer
• engineering degree
• project leadership
• people management
• communication

What You Bring

-Member of Association for Project Management (APM) or suitable equivalent professional membership. -Proven experience of leadership of projects in a project engineering management role, including the ability to integrate input from different technical areas and other departments -People management in a project environment, where formal line management does not exist. -Chartered or Incorporated Engineer grade or a plan to work towards. -Proven communication skills with an ability to engage with stakeholders and colleagues to develop solutions to complex problems -Proven experience of health, safety and well-being requirements relating to delivery of projects (e.g. CDM Principal Designer or Client roles) -Degree level Engineering qualification

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Benefits

-A 10.5% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements -Flexible and hybrid working -A comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme -A generous annual leave package of 26 days, which increases to 30 days after four years of service, in addition to 8 bank holidays -A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover

About United Utilities

-It operates across North West England, supplying drinking water and treating sewage. -The company manages vast infrastructure, including thousands of kilometers of pipelines and nearly 600 treatment works. -Typical projects include reservoir management, leak detection, and wastewater upgrades. -Specializing in water and wastewater services, infrastructure upkeep, and renewable energy generation.

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