Design Manager - Electrical - Substations

ENGINEERINGUK; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Electrical Design Manager to lead design management for infrastructure projects. This role involves ensuring design compliance, optimizing solutions, and enhancing collaboration with consultants. You will play a crucial part in delivering state-of-the-art engineering solutions while driving continuous improvement and innovation. If you have a strong background in electrical engineering and design management, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic team. Join us in shaping the future of engineering excellence!

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing design from concept to handover.
• Strong background in Electrical Engineering and Design Management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design information delivery ensuring compliance and quality.
• Support consultants in adopting design processes and collaboration.

Skills

Design Management

Electrical Engineering

Design Optimisation

Project Management

BIM/Digital Engineering

Education

First degree in Electrical Engineering

Construction-related qualification

Tools

BIM

Digital Engineering

Job description

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Design Manager - Electrical - Substations

Are you passionate about exemplary Design Management?
Do you have end to end Design Management experience?
Are you considering what's next for your career?
Then we would love to hear from you!

The Opportunity:
Laing O'Rourke have an opportunity for an Electrical Design Manager to join the team on our portfolio of projects with National Grid based between our Dartford HQ and the substation project in Elstree, Hertfordshire area. A Laing O'Rourke Design Manager ensures that all design information is reviewed and delivered in line with the design management procedures for completeness and compliance with contractual obligations, including factors such as programme, buildability, safety, maintenance and technical suitability. In addition, the Design Manager oversees the production, control and distribution of design information at different project stages and ensures regular progress reporting of the design is in place.

The Laing O'Rourke Design Manager is a senior member of the Design Job Family and Technical Function, which is there to ensure technical excellence, assurance and performance across all projects and opportunities from pre-project, early engagement and work winning through to detailed delivery. All of our designers are part of our Engineering Enterprise which aims to maximise and realise the potential of design to increase certainty on our projects.

What will the role look like?

• Supporting our consultant teams to maximise their effectiveness and value optimisation in the provision of effective integrated design solutions that meet our clients' business needs (strategies and budgets).
• Maximising the effectiveness of consultant relationships.
• Reviewing design delivery to enhance quality of solutions and efficiency of design, procurement, manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and handover of total engineering excellent solutions for our clients.
• Supporting our consultants in adopting LOR's design processes, delivering with rigour and quality project management processes and ensuring effective collaboration throughout the supply chain (using appropriate tools for this including, but not limited to, BIM/Digital Engineering).
• Capturing business knowledge and capability enabling continuous improvement, innovation and improved capability towards an Engineering Enterprise.

Technical Capabilities:

• Creating and owning the design brief
• Design optimisation
• Design for Manufacture and Assembly
• Managing consultancies
• Information and Change Control
• Design compliance

What skills & experience are we looking for?

• First degree in Electrical Engineering. Other appropriate construction-related qualification plus design-related experience.
• Approx 5 years' experience in different procurement routes and different sector experience. Experience end to end in managing design - from concept to handover.

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About us:

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.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.