Design Manager

MWH Treatment Limited; Rickmansworth; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

MWH Treatment Limited in Rickmansworth is seeking a Design Manager to lead projects through their design phases from our Maple Lodge office with hybrid working available.

You will report to a Programme Design Lead and work under the Regional Discipline Lead to deliver cost-effective, buildable and compliant design solutions aligned with programme requirements, design procedures and stakeholder needs.

Qualifications

• Extensive multi-disciplinary design management experience in design-build environments.
• Engineering-related degree.
• Chartered Engineer in an engineering-related discipline.
• APM Project Fundamentals Qualification.
• Delivery-driven with the ability to set targets and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives.
• Working knowledge of CDM regulations and construction health & safety.
• Extensive experience in large-scale project delivery.
• Strategic, operational, technical and management skills.
• Good general knowledge of water treatment processes and MEICA engineering aspects.
• Ability to present technical proposals clearly, confidently, and convincingly.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design team to meet customer requirements and project objectives.
• Be accountable for expenditure, drive efficiency and manage design costs within allocated hours and dates.
• Organise all elements of design and document in the Design Management Plan with monthly status reports.
• Attend and contribute to programme, project, and technical meetings.
• Ensure the technical solution is cost-effective, high quality and delivered on time.
• Provide technical support during construction, assembly and commissioning stages.
• Follow QA processes and ensure adherence to relevant standards and specifications.
• Contribute to sustainability targets by reducing embodied and operational carbon footprints.
• Communicate effectively with partner organisations and stakeholders.
• Maintain a professional and constructive image of MWH Treatment and build relationships.

Skills

Multi-disciplinary design management

Delivery-driven

Team leadership

Project delivery

CDM knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Water treatment knowledge

Proposal presentation

Cost/time/quality focus

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered Engineer

APM Project Fundamentals Qualification

Tools

BIM

Job description

We are looking to strengthen our Engineering team with a Design Manager based at our Maple Lodge office with hybrid working available.

You will report to a Programme Design Lead working under the direction of the Regional Discipline Lead (Design Management) and your role will lead projects through their design phases for a portfolio of projects. To ensure cost‑effective, technically compliant, and buildable solutions are delivered in line with all stakeholder requirements, as well as in line with programme expectations and in accordance with the project delivery process and engineering design procedures.

Key responsibilities

• Be committed to excellence in Health & Safety (H&S) in design, complying fully with relevant local specifications, codes, rules, regulations and requirements and all relevant H&S legislation.
• Ensure that H&S hazards are identified and managed and that all residual risks are communicated effectively to all stakeholders.
• Lead the Design team in delivery of their responsibilities and to ensure a focused approach to meet customer requirements and project objectives.
• Be accountable for the expenditure, drive efficiency and manage the overall outturn costs for design by producing design deliverables within the allocated resource hours and by key dates.
• Organise all elements of design, documenting it in the Design Management Plan and preparing monthly status update reports as necessary.
• Attend and contribute to all relevant programme, project, and technical meetings.
• Ensure that the technical solution is produced to outperform on costs, whilst maintaining quality standards and delivery on time.
• Provide, where required, technical support during construction, assembly, and commissioning stages.
• Ensure that all technical work is undertaken to the correct standards and specifications, following the appropriate systems of work and quality assurance.
• Contribute to achieving sustainability targets, particularly by reducing embodied and operational carbon footprints of solutions.
• Communicate and work effectively with people from other partner organisations, backgrounds, and disciplines, utilising their knowledge and experience and adding to this with your own experience and knowhow.
• Recognise and provide exceptional customer service both internally and with partners and externally with the client, their customers, and the general public.
• Represent the whole of the MWH business and RSK Group of companies in all client contacts and promote the MWH / RSK reputation.
• Maintain a positive and solution‑oriented approach to work, providing open and honest feedback.
• Undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required, and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role.
• In all internal and external contact, present a professional and positive image of MWH Treatment as well as maintaining mutually constructive, positive and beneficial relationships.
• Take all reasonable steps to ensure appropriate confidentiality.

Essential qualifications

• Extensive experience of multi-disciplinary design management in a design‑build environment.
• Degree in an engineering‑related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer in an engineering‑related discipline.
• APM Project Fundamentals Qualification.
• Delivery‑driven with the ability to set targets and manage and motivate multi‑disciplinary teams to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives.
• Working knowledge of CDM regulations and construction health & safety.
• Extensive experience in large‑scale project delivery.
• Strategic, operational, technical and management skills.
• Good general knowledge of all aspects of water treatment (e.g., related process, civil and MEICA engineering aspects).
• Ability to present technical proposals clearly, confidently, and convincingly.

Desirable qualifications

• Working towards or have obtained an APM Project Management Qualification.
• Experience of working for a global organisation.
• Experience of working with remote/dispersed teams.
• Experience in the Water/Wastewater Treatment Industry.
• Ability to embrace collaborative and innovative working.
• Knowledge of BIM procedures and techniques.