Design Manager - C&G - MoD / Defence Building projects

ENGINEERINGUK; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in engineering and construction seeks a Civils & Geotechnical Design Manager for MoD projects. The role involves strategic planning and delivery of innovative design solutions while ensuring compliance and quality. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering and experience in design management.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Pension – basic and enhanced schemes

Health and Wellbeing

Virtual GP

Health Assessment (Age 50+)

Employee Assistance Programme

5 days leave extra can be purchased

Employee Discounts

Car or transport allowance

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in contractor-side design management.
• Strong experience managing consultants and multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Support and steer consultants to deliver integrated design solutions.
• Enhance design quality and procurement efficiency.
• Lead the application of digital engineering and BIM.

Skills

Design Management

Collaboration

Innovation

Education

Degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering

Job description

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Design Manager - C&G - MoD / Defence Building projects

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Design Manager - Civils & Geotechnical (MoD / Defence Projects)
Sale, Manchester (with travel to Worksop & Lincoln) | Defence Infrastructure | Full Time

Are you passionate about design that drives real-world impact?

Do you thrive on delivering end-to-end design management in complex environments?

Looking for your next big challenge?

Let's talk.
The Opportunity
We're on the lookout for a Civils & Geotechnical Design Manager to join Laing O'Rourke's high-performing team on a cutting-edge portfolio of Ministry of Defence (MoD) projects.

Based from our Northern hub in Sale, with travel to Explore Manufacturing in Worksop and future presence onsite in Lincoln, this role offers an exciting mix of strategic planning and boots-on-the-ground delivery. It's your chance to lead innovative, design-led solutions that push boundaries in security-critical environments.

You'll take ownership of design compliance, programme integration, and quality-ensuring every piece of design information meets our exacting standards for buildability, safety, and performance.
What You'll Be Doing

• Champion collaboration: Support and steer consultants to deliver integrated design solutions that align with both client needs and project strategy.
  
• Optimise delivery: Enhance design quality, procurement efficiency, and construction outcomes-from first sketch to final handover.
  
• Drive innovation: Lead the application of digital engineering, BIM, and Laing O'Rourke's design management processes for best-in-class results.
  
• Own the brief: Define and manage the design scope, oversee change control, and ensure all outputs are technically sound and contractually compliant.
  
• Feed the future: Capture and share knowledge to continuously improve our Engineering Enterprise and deliver smarter, faster, safer projects.
  

What You'll Bring

• A degree in Civil or Geotechnical Engineering (or related discipline).
  
• Around 5 years' experience in contractor-side design management across varied procurement routes and project sectors.
  
• A background in precast, structural, or civil design is a definite plus.
  
• Strong experience managing consultants, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, and delivering projects from concept to completion.
  
• A practical mindset and a passion for Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA).
  

Not a perfect match?
We're always open to people with transferable skills, a willingness to learn, and a drive to make a difference.
Why Join Laing O'Rourke?
We're a global engineering and construction company, delivering some of the world's most advanced infrastructure and building projects. With over 150 years of heritage, we're known for combining ambition with innovation to get the job done-safely, reliably, and with quality at the core.

If you're looking to do the best work of your career on projects that truly matter, this is your chance.
Everyone's Welcome
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we guarantee interviews for candidates who meet the essential criteria. Just let us know about any adjustments you need-whether during the recruitment process or once you're on the team.

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Company

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

“As an engineering enterprise, Laing O'Rourke is committed to playing a vital role in building a stronger and more sustainable economy that benefits society in general.”

– Ray O’Rourke KBE, Chief Executive Officer

Our Origin Story:

Diversity & Inclusion:

Laing O'Rourke is committed to inclusion; an employer that maintains the highest standard of employment practice and one which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we live and work.

Laing O'Rourkebelieves that when we go to work, we should feel we are going to a place where we are accepted, understood and valued and that we should make others we work with feel this way too.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION SUBCOMMITTEES

Laing O'Rourke have ten Diversity & Inclusion Subcommittees. The purpose of the diversity and inclusion sub-committees is to offer a safe and supportive environment to listen and share personal experiences and insights, as well as play a sympathetic role for each other.

The sub-committees help to drive education, events and initiatives across the organisation as well as help colleagues to understand their purpose.

Current subcommitteesinclude Dis-Ability, Carers, Ethnicity, Gender, Families that live abroad,LGBTQ+, Women & Menopause, & Working Families.

Support for Disabled Employees:

• LOR recruitment, HR Teams, Leadership and management have undertakendisability awareness trainingand are eager to provide an inclusive and accessibility experience to job applicants and new colleagues
• LOR Dis-ABILITY Subcommitteeis an Employee Network Group of colleagues passionate about disability inclusion. Its aims are to raise awareness and remove barriers around disability, neurodiversity and long term health conditions to support creating an inclusive and diverse workplace for everyone.
• Disability Confident Leaders– We are using the requirements of the government scheme to create an inclusive environment for disabled job applicants and existing colleagues.
• LOR are members of theBusiness Disability Forum, giving access to a wide range of resources and information. Our line managers have access to their best practice guides and confidential support line.
• LOR are partnering withEven Breakto have access to exemplary advice around disability inclusion.

Sustainability:

In April 2021 Laing O’Rourke announced new global sustainability targets. These include:

• To be a net zero company by 2050
• By 2033 to achieve equal gender balance across currently 5,500 international staff

Rewards andBenefits:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Pension – basic and enhanced schemes
• Health and Wellbeing
• Virtual GP
• Health Assessment (Age 50+)
• Phased return to work (80% of working week for 100% pay)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 5 days leave extra can be purchased
• Employee Discounts
• Allowances – car or transport allowance, depending on role/grade

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