Design Manager

Anderselite; Darlaston; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Anderselite is recruiting a Design Manager to lead design consultants and multi-disciplinary teams on clean water, wastewater and biosolids projects across the UK. You will ensure technical compliance, quality and value in all design solutions, delivered to schedule and budget.

You will own the design process from concept through detail, manage budgets, and coordinate with project managers, clients and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Design and management experience.
• Excellent communication with clients and staff.
• Degree in civil engineering.
• Member of a recognised engineering institution or working towards membership.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership and accountability for the technical appropriateness of the project solutions delivered.
• Ensure design work complies with customer and statutory standards, regulations, and specifications.
• Manage external design consultants under contract and take appropriate actions when duties are not discharged.
• Develop robust, reliable, operable and maintainable asset designs meeting project objectives.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams of engineers, consultants and partners to the required design level.
• Prepare and manage project engineering budgets and schedules for approval.
• Implement change control to track budget, programme and scope changes.
• Ensure engineering outputs comply with Health and Safety legislation and quality systems.
• Evaluate designs and coordinate with supply chain for specialist input.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and design coordinators; liaise with managers on issues.
• Understand Temporary Works and related responsibilities.

Skills

Design management

Stakeholder management

BIM coordination

Communication

People management

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

BIM software

Job description

Design Manager

The Role

Deliver technical solutions in response to the needs of the company's programme of work. Take responsibility for the technical compliance, quality and appropriateness of solutions delivered. Lead design consultants and multi-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver the design solutions to schedule and budget.

Support the project delivery teams by providing concept, basic and detailed design solutions based on client and site-specific requirements for clean water, wastewater and biosolids treatment solutions, pipelines, trunk mains, sewers, pumping stations and networks.

Ensure timely delivery of technical solutions in response to the needs of the project schedule and the company's programme of work

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership and accountability for the technical appropriateness of the project solutions delivered throughout the project life cycle.
• Ensure design work is correct and complies with the customer and statutory standards, regulations, and specifications.
• Manage the agreed contract with external design consultants, ensuring that duties are discharged under the contract and, if not, that appropriate action is taken.
• Manage the development and delivery of appropriate, robust, reliable, operable, and maintainable asset designs that meet the project objectives.
• Management of multi-disciplinary teams of Engineers from within the business, consultants, and partner companies in the production of project solutions to the required level of design.
• Production and management of project engineering budgets and schedules for review by the head of engineering before submission to the Project Manager.
• Implement change control processes to track and manage the development of the Engineering element of a project to ensure all budgetary, programme and scope changes are correctly managed.
• Ensure that all engineering outputs provided are following Health and Safety Legislation, documented Business Processes, Quality Management Systems & best practices, e.g., checked and verified: calculations, drawings, specifications, and compliance with appropriate standards.
• Evaluate designs and solutions.
• Support supply chain selection for specialists' input on the design.
• Collaboration with other technical, operational, maintenance, and strategic stakeholders, and design coordinators.
• Liaison with Engineering Managers, Project Managers and consultants concerning project issues, scope changes, risks, etc.
• Temporary Works: Understanding of what encompasses Temporary Works and the supporting engineering, understanding of the types of temporary works designs available and what responsibilities the associated roles (designer/coordinator/contractor) have and engagement of internal and external temporary works designers.

About you

Essential

Desirable

• Design and management experience
• Foul water drainage system Safety | Communication | Quality | Integrity | TeamSpirit | Caring | Trust | Pride
• Potable Water Mains
• Building Information Modelling (BIM) and common data environments
• Degree/HNC qualified, or equivalent, in civil engineering
• Member of a recognised engineering institution, Incorporated Engineer, or Chartered Engineer and or working towards membership
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise effectively with both clients and staff
• Self-driven and results-oriented with a positive outlook
• People management, time management, project design management