Design Manager

Description

The Design Manager will lead, manage, and develop the design team to ensure high-quality engineering outputs across multidisciplinary water projects. You will guide designers, shape design processes, implement best practice, and encourage continuous improvement while ensuring deliverables meet programme, safety, and technical standards.

• Shape, improve, and enforce design procedures and formal processes.
• Build and grow the design team while maintaining a positive team ethos.
• Ensure all design changes for allocated packages are fully recorded.
• Maintain design programme discipline, ensuring outputs meet agreed timescales.
• Manage, direct, and develop engineers, CAD technicians, and graduates.
• Introduce and implement appropriate software tools, promoting BIM and 3D modelling.
• Attend progress meetings, contribute to technical discussions, and represent the design function professionally.
• Lead the design process for multidisciplinary water industry projects.
• Drive compliance with technical standards, best practice, and water company specifications.
• Support estimating of design hours and planning of design resources.
• Ensure design deliverables satisfy safety, quality, and integration requirements.

Requirements

• Track record of training, developing, and mentoring junior staff.
• Experience with infrastructure and non-infrastructure assets.
• Strong IT capability and familiarity with design tools.
• Graduate or HND in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Minimum 10 years' experience in engineering design within regulated sectors such as water, oil and gas, nuclear, highways, or bridges.
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and complex design packages.
• Chartered Engineer or actively working towards chartership.
• Strong understanding of construction methods, materials, and engineering drawing practices.
• Experience delivering designs across clean water and wastewater projects.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance