Head of Design Management

Costain Group Plc

The Role

Overview

Lead design delivery for wastewater projects, managing teams, budgets, and constructability.

Key Responsibilities

  • design integration
  • team leadership
  • budget control
  • as‑built docs
  • progress reporting
  • conformity inspection

Tasks

-Ensure Supply Chain designs are successfully integrated into CMDP+ project solutions. -Leading a team of design managers and discipline design engineers in the detail design and construction/commissioning phase of projects. -Ensure that standard designs and design practices initiated during the solution phase are continued through to delivery. -Ensure safe and constructable design solutions are delivered within authorised sums. -Agree design budgets, monitor performance against the budget and provide forecast costs to completion for individual projects. -Ensure Design Teams deliver timely project close out documentation including As Built record drawings. -Report on design progress and escalation matters at Monthly Project Reviews -Ensure design solutions meet the requirements of CMDP+ governance procedures. -Coordinate both internal and Client Site Conformity Inspections across the Wastewater programme. -Ensure your own continuous professional development by participating in external networking/conferences/associations/groups, to stay current on industry changes and innovations. -Ensure Design Teams record, monitor and control design changes to maximise cost efficiency.

Requirements

  • chartered engineer
  • risk management
  • constructability
  • design-build
  • water treatment
  • offsite design

What You Bring

-Must be delivery-driven with the ability to set targets, manage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives -Experience of technical project delivery in a design-build environment -Experience in leading and managing multi-disciplinary design teams -A successful track record of managing constructability in design -Able to identify and manage project/programme risk -Chartered Engineer in an engineering-related discipline -Experience of offsite manufactured design solutions -Experience in the Water Treatment Industry -Technical and management skills -Able to identify and manage changes to project scope -Experience of working in Joint Ventures

The Company

About Costain Group Plc

-A leader in providing innovative solutions, specializing in complex, large-scale projects across the UK. -Their expertise spans infrastructure, energy, water, and other high-impact sectors. -Deep history in delivering projects for government, private, and public sector clients. -Recent notable projects include major works in energy, water, and transport sectors, including upgrades to critical infrastructure. -Known for integrating cutting-edge technology to enhance project delivery and safety outcomes. -Services extend from consultancy and design to construction and asset management. -Deeply involved in shaping the UK’s energy transition, particularly in sustainable power generation.

Sector Specialisms

Transport

Water

Energy

Defence

Road

Rail

Integrated Transport

Nuclear

Utilities