Senior Design Manager

As a Senior Design Manager, you’ll be responsible for leading the design development of multiple high-value, complex capital projects within United Utilities Enterprise Programme. You’ll provide technical and strategic leadership to ensure designs are safe, efficient, innovative, and fully aligned with regulatory, operational, and sustainability goals. You’ll also be a key advisor to senior stakeholders and play a crucial role in shaping our approach to design governance and delivery during AMP8 and beyond.

• Managing multi-disciplinary teams across the matrix organisation to Delivery to time, cost, carbon and quality drivers.
• Positively support the transition of new ways of working across the community
• Being the champion for the project within the business and from time to time representing the business externally
• Embed standardisation into all aspects of the AMP8 project delivery.
• As required, to deputise for Regional Delivery Manager (RDM)
• Develop and maintaining proactive empathetic enduring relationships and creating a healthy, inclusive and diverse environment for their team to flourish.
• Responsible for writing technical reports and acting as the single point of contact for technical assurance throughout the lifecycle
• Responsible for delivering the project or portfolio through the asset lifecycle in accordance with approved processes and systems.
• Building and maintaining relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
• Risk management to drive the delivery of opportunities or threat reduction, including adequate escalation of issues outside of your control
• Responsible for writing project documentation and technical reports. Acting as the single point of contact for technical assurance throughout the lifecycle
• Carry out project reviews, recommend / take action as appropriate and report on a monthly basis

• Proven experience of schedule management
• Ability to think more strategically about how problems are solved, working collaboratively across different directorates at UU
• Proven communication skills with an ability to engage with stakeholders and colleagues to develop solutions to complex problems
• People management in a project environment, where formal line management does not exist.
• Proven ability to manage budget and direct project controls
• Significant post graduate experience and Professionally Qualified (or equivalent professional experience)
• Proven experience of leadership of complex projects in a project management role, including the ability to integrate input from different technical areas and other departments
• Proven experience of health, safety and well-being requirements relating to delivery of projects (e.g. CDM Principal Designer or Client roles)
• Proven experience of risk management
• Proven demonstration of adopting innovation, particularly with emerging technologies and/or environmental solutions

• A 20% performance-related bonus scheme, as well as recognition awards for outstanding achievements
• A competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution, 21% combined, and life cover
• A £5,000 car allowance to support your travel needs
• Flexible and hybrid working
• 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 comprehensive healthcare plan through our company-funded scheme