Design Manager

Murray McIntosh; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Murray McIntosh seeks a skilled Design Manager to oversee projects in the UK water sector. The role entails leading design teams, managing technical risks, and ensuring compliance across project stages. Ideal candidates will have experience in design delivery and engineering disciplines, with opportunities for hybrid working arrangements and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Company car or car allowance

26 days annual leave (plus BH)

Annual bonus

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Private health care

Qualifications

• Experience in Design & Build delivery within the water industry.
• Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, or civil engineering.
• Able to lead multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Manage design processes for complex infrastructure projects.
• Ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards.

Skills

Leadership

Technical Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Tools

Microsoft Office

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Our client is looking to appoint a skilled Design Manager with proven experience in delivering projects within the UK water sector. This position suits an individual with a strong ability to lead multidisciplinary design teams, manage technical risks, and ensure compliance and quality across all project stages in a dynamic, delivery-driven environment.

You will play a key role in supporting a portfolio of ongoing and upcoming water infrastructure projects. Working in close collaboration with delivery teams, clients, and the extended design supply chain, you will help drive project success from early-stage concept design through to construction and handover.

Key Responsibilities

Overview

Our client is looking to appoint a skilled Design Manager with proven experience in delivering projects within the UK water sector. This position suits an individual with a strong ability to lead multidisciplinary design teams, manage technical risks, and ensure compliance and quality across all project stages in a dynamic, delivery-driven environment.

You will play a key role in supporting a portfolio of ongoing and upcoming water infrastructure projects. Working in close collaboration with delivery teams, clients, and the extended design supply chain, you will help drive project success from early-stage concept design through to construction and handover.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate multidisciplinary internal engineering teams and liaise effectively with external consultants across multiple live projects
• Take ownership of the design process on complex infrastructure projects, ensuring all outputs are technically accurate, meet safety and regulatory standards, and are delivered in line with programme requirements.
• Manage design programmes to align with key project milestones and client deliverables, adjusting schedules as needed to meet evolving priorities.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate design-related risks while ensuring full regulatory and statutory compliance.
• Monitor and report on the financial performance of the design phase, ensuring alignment with allocated budgets and cost plans.
• Evaluate technical submissions from suppliers and subcontractors to ensure quality, technical integrity, and specification compliance.
• Work closely with pre-construction and estimating teams to support bid preparation and accurately scope design deliverables.
• Strategically allocate design resources based on project complexity, team workload, and specialist requirements.
• Maintain the Design Risk Register, ensuring it reflects current project risks and mitigation measures throughout the design lifecycle.
• Act as a key point of contact for client-side stakeholders, ensuring design solutions are aligned with operational objectives and long-term project goals.
  
  

Desired Skills

• Demonstrable experience in Design & Build delivery within the water industry

• Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, or civil engineering disciplines.

• Comfortable leading multidisciplinary teams and liaising with a wide range of stakeholders.

• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office applications.

Other

• Hybrid working out of Bradford (3 days a week)
• Company car or car allowance
• 26 days annual leave (plus BH)
• Annual bonus
• Salary Sacrifice schemes
• Private health care

If you are interested in the role, please do apply with your updated CV.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design and Engineering

• Industries

  Water, Waste, Steam, and Air Conditioning Services

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