Design Manager - Electrical - MoD Building Projects (6007)

Laing O'Rourke; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Electrical Design Manager to lead innovative design solutions for critical national infrastructure projects. In this role, you'll collaborate with a world-class engineering team, ensuring that designs are compliant, buildable, and efficient. With a focus on continuous improvement and best practices, you'll drive quality and performance across all stages of project delivery. Join a company committed to sustainability and technical excellence, where your contributions will shape the future of infrastructure in the UK. If you have a passion for innovation and a collaborative mindset, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience managing design through the full project lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of integrated design delivery and consultant performance.

Responsibilities

• Leading design input on multi-disciplinary projects from concept to delivery.
• Driving quality across the full lifecycle of engineering and construction solutions.

Skills

Design Briefing

Optimisation

Compliance

Information Control

DfMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly)

Collaboration

Innovation in Built Environment

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

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 Us at 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

1. Leading design input on multi-disciplinary projects, from early concepts through to delivery.
2. Driving the performance and effectiveness of external consultant teams.
3. Championing DfMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly), digital engineering, and collaborative ways of working across the supply chain.
4. Ensuring compliance, technical excellence and alignment with programme, budget and client expectations.
5. Driving quality across the full lifecycle of our engineering and construction solutions.
6. Embedding best practice and continuous improvement across our Engineering Enterprise.

What You'll Bring

1. A degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent relevant qualification).
2. Around 5 years' experience managing design through the full project lifecycle — ideally across a range of sectors and procurement routes.
3. A strong understanding of integrated design delivery and managing consultant performance.
4. Skills in design briefing, optimisation, compliance, information control and DfMA.
5. 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

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we offer interviews to candidates who meet the essential criteria. If you require any adjustments at any stage of the process, just let us know. Need this advert in a different format or want to know more about how we recruit? Get in touch at [e-mail]

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