Design Manager

Kier Group; Sheffield; Vor Ort; GBP 52.000 - 76.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Kier Group is seeking a Design Manager to join the Severn Trent Water framework in Sheffield. You will oversee design teams across multiple projects valued from £5M to £200M, coordinating with clients and stakeholders to deliver compliant, innovative design solutions.

The role emphasizes effective management of internal and external designers, adherence to standards, and strong collaboration across teams. 45-hour week with some flexibility; permanent, full-time.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience managing design teams and coordinating with clients
• Strong understanding of design processes and buildability
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary design efforts

Aufgaben

• Manage design consultant appointments and ensure compliance with briefs
• Develop design programmes, scopes, and responsibility matrices
• Lead value engineering initiatives and embed Safe by Design principles
• Ensure designs comply with legislation, technical requirements and client standards
• Chair design reviews and resolve interface issues across teams

Jobbeschreibung

Design Manager

Company: Kier Group

Salary: Not specified

Hours: Full-time

Location: S35 2PH

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 27 Oct 2026

Closing date: 26 Nov 2026

Summary

We're looking for a Design Manager to join our Severn Trent Water framework based in Sheffield.

Location: Sheffield Hours: 45 per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

You’ll have the opportunity to work across a wide range of projects from £5M - £200M in value across the Severn Trent Water framework. You’ll play a key role in ensuring design programmes and quality standards are met through the effective management of external and internal designers, stakeholders and client teams. This position offers genuine scope to make an impact whilst working collaboratively across teams to deliver innovative and compliant solutions.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Design Manager, you’ll be working within the Severn Trent Water framework team, supporting them in delivering design and technical excellence across a portfolio of projects.

Your day to day will include:

• Managing design consultant appointments and ensuring compliance with standards and project briefs


• Developing design programmes, scopes, and responsibility matrices whilst managing design development with a strong focus on buildability


• Leading value engineering initiatives and contributing to design decisions that embed Safe by Design, sustainability and whole life cost principles


• Ensuring designs are compliant with relevant legislation, technical requirements and client standards


• Chairing design review meetings, resolving interface issues between teams and managing the timely delivery of design information

What are we looking for?

This role of Design Manager is great for you if:

• You have proven experience in managing design teams and maintaining effective working relationships with clients, staff and key suppliers


• You can support commercial teams in appointing and managing professional engineering and design services whilst proactively monitoring budgets


• You have a collaborative approach, working closely with teams, clients and stakeholders to reach innovative solutions

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, we can have a chat.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here. There’s never been a better time to get involved.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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