Design Manager Consents

Morgan Sindall Group Plc; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and infrastructure company in Birmingham is seeking a Design Manager for its Energy Business Unit. This role involves leading the design process from bid to delivery for major overhead line and transmission projects across the UK. Candidates should possess an HND/HNC/Degree and relevant professional membership, alongside experience in leading design services and managing tenders. This position offers generous holiday entitlement, flexible working, and continuous learning support.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days

Flexible working

Family friendly policies

Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support

Contributory pension scheme

Recognition scheme and long service awards

Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance

Share-save scheme and discounts for gym membership

Qualifications

• Lead and coordinate the design process from bid through delivery.
• Ensure innovative, sustainable, and compliant solutions that meet client requirements.
• Manage resources and set design strategies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee progress through all RIBA stages and drive quality.
• Engage closely with designers, contractors, and statutory bodies.
• Ensure coordinated design outputs and effective change control.

Skills

Ability to lead and provide a professional design service

Experience on single stage tenders

Experience on bidding and winning work

Education

HND/HNC/Degree

Membership of relevant Professional Institute (CIOB)

Job description

Talented people are the key to our success

Shape the Future of the UK's Power Infrastructure

Our Energy Business Unit are delivering the backbone of tomorrow’s energy grid. We’re strengthening our engineering capability to deliver major overhead line (OHL) and transmission projects across the UK.

The Role:

As Design Manager – Consents, you will lead and coordinate the design process from bid through delivery, ensuring innovative, sustainable, and compliant solutions that meet client requirements. You’ll manage resources, set design strategies, and oversee progress through all RIBA stages, driving quality, cost control, and programme alignment. Working closely with designers, contractors, and statutory bodies, you’ll ensure fully coordinated design outputs, effective change control, and adherence to legislation, standards, and best practice.

The Candidate:

• HND/HNC/Degree
• Membership of relevant Professional Institute i.e. CIOB
• Ability to lead and provide a professional, comprehensive and sustainable design service for the Client at Bid/Delivery stage
• Experience on both single stage tenders and preferred terms work procurement routes
• Experience on bidding and winning work

What's in it for you?

Below is a selection of benefits that are available to you at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure.

• Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days
• Flexible and adaptable working
• Family friendly policies and work/life approach
• Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support
• Contributory pension scheme
• Recognition scheme and long service awards
• Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance (if applicable to role)
• We also provide the option to participate in our share-save scheme; discounts including cycle to work and gym membership; a support and advice service for colleagues and their families, and more.

About our Energy business unit

We have extensive experience in upgrading and replacing energy networks, delivering asset management for major UK energy companies and network operators.

Our transmission and distribution services involve the upgrading and replacement of electricity assets both above and below ground. Within the electricity sector we install and maintain assets, including excavation, laying and jointing of cables, (fluid filled and XLPe), substations and overhead line, new build, repair and refurbishment services.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team where you will have the opportunity to progress in your career. We are looking for people who share our passion on delivering great customer service whilst also being able to work within an enjoyable and hardworking team environment. Talented people are the key to our success, so if this sounds like you, apply now.

Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.

Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.