Design Manager

Galliford Try; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the UK is seeking a Design Manager to lead engineering design solutions on complex projects. You will manage a team, ensuring compliance with client specifications and overseeing financial budgets while maintaining the highest standards in safety and health. The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of multi-disciplinary engineering design, particularly in the water industry, along with effective leadership and communication skills. The role offers opportunities for career growth and a commitment to employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Corporate discounts

Cycle to Work schemes

Comprehensive pension plan

Private medical scheme options

Qualifications

• Proven record in developing people.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with cost/performance management systems.
• Commercial and contractual awareness.
• Experience in team and line management.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering design solutions from inception to completion.
• Ensure compliance with client specifications and standards.
• Prepare financial budgets for design activities.
• Scope project requirements through documentation reviews and client discussions.

Skills

Effective leadership

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

IT skills

Knowledge of multi-disciplinary engineering design

Knowledge of the Water Industry

Commercial awareness

Team management

Tools

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

Oracle

Job description

Design Manager

Can Be Based From: Grangemouth, Warrington, Stafford, Annesley, Solihull, Bristol, Rickmansworth, Indian Queens

About Us

Galliford Try is one of the UK’s most formidable construction businesses with an enviable track record of delivering schemes that strive to provide positive, lasting change for the communities we work in. As a FTSE organisation, we turnover £ billion and employ over people across four very successful Divisions; Building, Infrastructure, Environment and Specialist Services. As one of the UK’s top principal contractors you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment.

Our Environment Division

Following various acquisitions, we are now the largest Tier Contractor operating in the UK Water / Environment sector with a long-term portfolio trading £ million a year. As part of our Source to Sea Strategy we have bought together all aspects of Engineering Design under one Business Unit which is expanding to provide in-house design support to our various Regional Business Units across the UK.

Purpose Of The Role

As Design Manager you will be an important member of the wider Engineering Design Team and work closely with the Design Delivery Manager(s), Design Lead(s), Discipline Managers, Principal Engineer(s) and Multi-disciplinary Designer(s). The Design Manager will take ownership of the output and the success of our more complex and challenging designs and will be responsible for reporting on programme and budget. You will mentor and support Design Leads to ensure successful delivery of the Engineering outputs, ensuring technical excellence, risk management and a commitment and adherence to the highest design standards in relation to safety, health, and environment (SHE). As Design Manager you will have line management and mentoring responsibility for Design Leads and others as required.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the provision of engineering design solutions from inception to completion on large and / or complex multi-disciplinary projects utilising in house resources, design partners and construction personnel.
• Work alongside peers to ensure scheme designs adhere to client specifications and standards, operational requirements and retain appropriate levels of operational security.
• Apply the principles of “Doing the right thing” in maximising value and profit.
• Implement and comply with Galliford Try’s SHE policy and procedures, all legal requirements and best practice within the business unit creating a knowingly safe environment.
• Embody Galliford Try’s values (EPIC) towards its customers and to promote its vision to become the most highly respected company in the industry.
• Ensure compliance with the GT BMS and other relevant management systems.
• Implement Galliford Try’s Carbon, Digital, DfMA and Innovation strategy and ambition.
• Ensure technical, commercial and programme compliance of design appointments.
• Scope project requirements through documentation reviews, site visits, client / supplier discussions and pricing design inputs to commercial offers / tenders.
• Responsible for the preparation of financial budgets and programmes for design activities and the management of projects with tasks and activities being tracked accurately.

About You

• Effective leadership and management experience with a proven record of accomplishment of developing people.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent IT skills – with experience of using Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and cost / performance management systems (Oracle).
• Extensive knowledge of multi-disciplinary engineering design.
• Extensive knowledge of the Water Industry.
• Commercial and contractual awareness.
• Team and line management experience.

What We Can Offer in Return

With an impressive order book of over £ billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays.
• A wide range of corporate discounts.
• Cycle to Work schemes.
• Comprehensive pension plan.
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme.
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free support to those who need it.
• Paid yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role.

Additional Information

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.