Design Manager

I. Municipalidad de Recoleta; St Albans; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK specialist contractor is seeking a Design Manager to oversee geotechnical and structural projects. The successful candidate will have 7-10 years of design experience, strong technical skills, and the ability to engage proactively with customers. Responsibilities include diagnosing issues, developing technical solutions, and ensuring quality across projects. Competitive salary plus bonuses and benefits are offered, with opportunities for career growth within a progressive company focused on engineering excellence.

Benefits

Highly lucrative bonus commission scheme

Extensive benefits package

Opportunity for career longevity

Qualifications

• 7-10 years experience in structural or geotechnical design.
• Track record in producing geotechnical and structural design solutions.
• Experience from contracting or consulting business.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose structural and geotechnical problems on site.
• Provide technical support and training to sales managers.
• Engage with customers to develop feasibility designs.

Skills

Technical acumen

Geotechnical design

Structural engineering

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Degree in Civil, Geotechnical or Structural Engineering

Tools

Industry software

Job description

Design Manager (Geotechnical / Structural)

This challenging and exciting opportunity requires an individual with a good technical background and demonstrable experience in managing the holistic design process from within the geotechnical or structural engineering sector. 7‑10+ years relevant design experience is required, with remote working available, and occasional presence on site to diagnose issues as they arise.

Due to a dedication to continued profitable, ambitious and long‑term growth, our client now seeks to appoint a Design Manager, with the focus on accurately diagnosing subsidence, both structurally and geotechnically and creating technically correct solutions. You will conduct the review and feasibility of schemes, produce innovative and bespoke designs, design checking and approving, quality assurance of all designs, quote approval and advising the operations department on general engineering matters.

Our client seeks a high calibre professional with enthusiasm and drive to make an impact. You must have strong technical acumen coupled with a general passion for subsidence and ground engineering and demonstrable design management expertise within the industry. You will also have a professional approach and a keen eye for detail, along with excellent communication and IT skills.

The Role

• Visiting site online (80%) and in person (20%) to diagnose structural, subsidence and geotechnical based problems and create the most appropriate and effective design solution
• Technical support and training of Area Sales Managers to help them accurately diagnose problems
• Proactive customer engagement to develop feasibility schemes and design a suitable repair for assets, structures, infrastructure or buildings that have suffered from subsidence
• Checking of internal designs in accordance with company guidelines
• Checking and approving the quality of proposals in accordance with company guidelines
• Signing off Certificates of Structural Adequacy
• Working with operations to learn how designs perform on site
• Supervising retreatment works on site
• Reducing the number of aborted work and complaints relating to design issues
• Reducing the number of rejected proposals due to incorrect diagnosis or proposed solutions

The Person

• Educated to degree standard in Civil, Geotechnical or Structural Engineering
• A track record of producing geotechnical and structural design solutions
• Solid industry software and IT skills across multiple platforms
• Experience in retaining wall analysis and design; member of ICE or IStructE
• 7‑10 years experience covering a variety of project sizes and complexities
• Experience from a contracting or consulting business with structural and foundation engineering expertise; a multi‑tasker with strong ICT skills
• Experience dealing directly with both customers and internal stakeholders
• Good knowledge of various geotechnical and structural techniques and designs
• A passion for geotechnical and structural engineering technical design excellence
• Hands‑on individual used to working in a fast‑paced changing environment
• Ability to work under pressure and at speed to solve problems and issue designs
• Willingness to carry out virtual site inspections to diagnose problems and propose solutions

Our Client

Our client is one of the UK’s leading specialist contractors, renowned for providing technically advanced and cost‑effective solutions across the structural support, ground stabilisation, land remediation, foundations, underpinning, ground improvement, stabilisation, geotechnical engineering and subsidence repair sectors. Their offering includes design, build, installation and non‑disruptive services provided to all areas of the residential, social housing, local authorities, housing associations and public sectors. Their reputation is built on engineering excellence and a commitment to continual innovation, backed by a central technical design and engineering resource, ensuring they deliver a full range of techniques bespoke to any requirement and specification.

A very attractive basic salary, plus a highly lucrative bonus commission scheme, and an extensive benefits package is on offer to the successful candidate, along with longevity of career given the dedicated and ambitious growth plans and forward‑order workload for the UK.