Design Manager - Civil Engineering & Water

SSA Recruitment; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK engineering recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Design Manager to join a Civil Engineering & Water contractor. The successful candidate will manage design strategies for Clean & Waste Water projects, oversee the design information lifecycle, and handle resource management. A degree qualification is essential, with previous experience in civils or water preferred. This role offers an opportunity to work on diverse infrastructure schemes across the UK.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing design teams and coordination of training needs.
• Familiarity with clean and waste water projects.

Responsibilities

• Define the overall design and production strategy.
• Manage design information throughout the project lifecycle.
• Oversee recruitment and onboarding of design staff.
• Ensure design outputs comply with client specifications.

Skills

Design within civils or water

Resource Management

Project lifecycle management

Education

Degree qualified or equivalent

Job description

Design Manager - Civils and Water

SSA are currently recruiting for a Civil Engineering & Water contractor who are looking to add an experienced Design Manager to their team working primarily on their Clean & Waste Water projects, as well as their tunnelling, rail and wider infrastructure schemes. The projects can range from non-infrastructure (treatment works upgrades / pumping stations etc), through to infrastructure schemes such as developer services, mains-replacement, flood alleviation, tunnelling, drainage etc. They are also involved in a number of Rail and Energy projects across the UK.

Duties will include:

• Define the overall design and production strategy and ensure it delivers on expectations, in collaboration with operational, programming, & estimating teams
• Managing design information throughout the project lifecycle– from the feasibility stage, to outline and detail design
• Resource Management, recruitment and on-boarding of design staff
• Design team competency assurance and coordination of training needs
• Directly managing subcontract resource to produce design outputs compliant with client’s specifications and standards

Essential

• Experience in Design within civils or water
• Degree qualified or equivalent
• Chartered Engineer (desired)