Design Manager - Electrical - MoD Building Projects

Laing O'Rourke; Sale; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international engineering firm based in Central Manchester is seeking an experienced Electrical Design Manager. In this pivotal role, you will oversee design processes for critical infrastructure projects. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Electrical Engineering and approximately 5 years of relevant experience. Join a company committed to innovation, sustainability, and technical excellence in the engineering sector.

Qualifications

• Around 5 years' experience managing design through the full project lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of integrated design delivery.
• Collaborative mindset and passion for innovation in the built environment.

Responsibilities

• Leading design input on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Driving the performance of external consultant teams.
• Ensuring compliance and technical excellence in design.

Skills

Design briefing

Optimisation

Compliance

Information control

Design for Manufacture and Assembly

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Are you an Electrical Design Manager looking for your next big challenge?

Passionate about creating smarter, safer, and more efficient design solutions?

Ready to work on critical national infrastructure with a world-class engineering team?

This could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

Join Usat Laing O'Rourke – Electrical Design Manager | Manchester

We're seeking a talented and driven Electrical Design Manager to join our expert team, delivering essential infrastructure for the Ministry of Defence. Based in Manchester, you'll play a key role in a high-profile, technically ambitious programme of work — contributing to projects that matter, for clients that trust us.

At Laing O'Rourke, our Design Managers are more than just technical leads — they're strategic thinkers, collaborators, and problem solvers. You'll work at the heart of our integrated design and delivery approach, overseeing the production, review and distribution of design information from conception through to handover. Your focus: ensuring designs are buildable, compliant, innovative and efficient.

What You'll Be Doing

Leading design input on multi-disciplinary projects, from early concepts through to delivery.

Driving the performance and effectiveness of external consultant teams.

Championing DfMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly), digital engineering, and collaborative ways of working across the supply chain.

Ensuring compliance, technical excellence and alignment with programme, budget and client expectations.

Driving quality across the full lifecycle of our engineering and construction solutions.

Embedding best practice and continuous improvement across our Engineering Enterprise.

What You'll Bring

A degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent relevant qualification).

Around 5 years' experience managing design through the full project lifecycle — ideally across a range of sectors and procurement routes.

A strong understanding of integrated design delivery and managing consultant performance.

Skills in design briefing, optimisation, compliance, information control and DfMA.

A collaborative mindset and a passion for innovation in the built environment.

Why Laing O'Rourke?

We're an international engineering and construction group delivering iconic buildings and infrastructure in the UK, Middle East and Australia. With over 150 years of heritage and a future-focused mindset, we offer certainty, quality and innovation to our clients — and exciting career journeys for our people.

You'll be joining a business committed to technical excellence, sustainability, and engineering-led innovation. We invest in the best people and the best technology to build a better, smarter world.

Don't Tick Every Box? That's Okay.

We're always looking for individuals with the right mindset — if you have transferable skills and a hunger to grow, we'd love to hear from you.

We're Inclusive by Design

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Apply now and help shape the future of UK infrastructure with Laing O'Rourke.