Design Manager

KBR, Inc; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative engineering firm is seeking a Design Manager in Glasgow to oversee design development and coordinate engineering work packages. The role involves collaborating closely with project managers and lead engineers, ensuring effective delivery and integration with stakeholders. Key qualifications include technical management skills, experience in BIM environments, and knowledge of safety practices in engineering. This hybrid position requires spending three days a week in the office.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate knowledge in managing design development throughout the lifecycle.
• Sound understanding of engineering design and safety practices.
• Strong understanding of working in BIM environments.
• Experience with project management and budgeting.
• Knowledge of company procedures for design and quality requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery and coordinate technical engineering work packages.
• Integrate with internal and external project stakeholders.
• Ensure design quality, scope, schedule, and cost.

Skills

Technical management skills

Understanding of engineering design

Experience in BIM environments

Project specification and planning

Knowledge of health & safety practices

Job description

Title:

Design Manager

Simply put, at KBR, we do things that matter.

Every day, our people work together to deliver solutions that are helping solve the great challenges and opportunities of our time, including climate change, national security, energy transition and security, cybersecurity, space exploration, and more.

The Design Manager is responsible to the Programme Engineering Manager for design development aspects and has a key role throughout the project lifecycle.

This role will work closely with the Design Project Manager who will support on project management aspects, and the Lead Engineers who will lead their respective engineering domains. The candidate will be required to deliver at pace and demonstrate effective engineering judgement, management skills, tools and techniques.

The purpose of the role is to manage the delivery and co-ordinate the technical engineering work packages to required scope, quality, schedule, and cost. This will include planning for and supporting integration with internal project stakeholder groups as well as external customer stakeholder groups.

What Do We Need

• Be able to demonstrate relevant knowledge and skills required in the technical management of large scale and complex design development throughout the design lifecycle.

• Sound understanding of engineering design and safety practice as relevant to discipline, post and project requirements.

• Strong understanding and experience of working in BIM environments.

• Sound project specification, planning, project management and budgeting experience.

• Sound understanding of Company and departmental procedures relating to Design, Health & Safety (including Principal Designer responsibilities under CDM) and Quality requirements.

Location

The role is Hybrid where 3 days per week will be spent in the office in Glasgow City Centre.

Security Requirements

SC Clearance

Due to the secure nature of this project, restrictions in relation to UK residency and nationality will apply.

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