Design Manager - Glasgow

BALFOUR BEATTY; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in Scotland is seeking a Design Manager for their Power T&D team. The role involves managing design proposals, ensuring quality and safety standards, and coordinating with various teams. Candidates should have proven design service experience, strong leadership skills, and a good understanding of BIM. The company offers flexible working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Flexible working schedule

25 days annual leave

Family-friendly policies

Pension plan

Qualifications

• Proven experience in delivering design services during development and construction.
• Ability to implement design strategies effectively.
• Experience with current construction contracts such as NEC3.

Responsibilities

• Manage design proposals ensuring they meet customer requirements.
• Lead design deliverables program and ensure timelines.
• Support implementation of BIM Common Data Environment.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Supplier management

Leadership skills

Good communication

BIM knowledge

Education

HND or higher

Relevant Professional membership

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the role

Balfour Beatty Power are currently looking for a Design Manager - Roads to join their Power T&D team in Scotland.

Role Purpose

Manage delivery of Design on the Skye OHL and UGC projects working closely with commercial, production and engineering teams in both pre‑construction and construction stages.

Within our nationally significant construction endeavours, we tackle the design and construction of Access routes across challenging terrains. As the Design Manager, your responsibility lies in orchestrating our internal resources and supply chain expertise to craft sustainable engineering solutions tailored for overhead line or underground cable asset construction projects.

We are in search of individuals adept at stakeholder and supplier management, ensuring seamless design selection and implementation aligned with project timelines. Emphasizing standardisation, safety, and functionality, we aim to embed these core principles into our work ethos.

This role demands a hybrid work approach integrating cutting‑edge Common Data Environment tools with on‑site assessments to grasp project requirements thoroughly. While experience in Road Design or Project Management is advantageous, it is not mandatory.

Balfour Beatty encourages applications from both full‑time and part‑time candidates, including those open to job‑sharing arrangements. Our company values work‑life balance and offers a flexible working policy to support your well‑being.

What you’ll be doing

Accountabilities

• Manage the development and implementation of design proposals ensuring they meet customer requirements including budget constraints, presenting proposals for approval to the customer. The design should deliver:
• Safety in construction and use
• Quality within affordable parameters
• Ease of maintenance, energy efficiency with minimum environmental impact
• Innovation to meet customer goals and positive impact on the local community.
• Manage and ensure effective briefing of the Design Teams.
• Manage Subcontractor design packages and technical approvals.
• Lead the development and management of the design deliverables programme:
  • Ensure there is a clear schedule of design deliverables
  • Lead gate reviews activities to ensure that they are timely and appropriate sign‐off is achieved at each project gate to include appropriate communication to project manager and principal design manager
  • Lead the co‑ordination and production of design data, design deliverables, reports and documentation essential to the project and contractual requirements and report progress against the design deliverables programme
• Solicit and obtain advice and guidance on the “buildability” of the design proposals to the design and construction teams on all packages.
• Liaise with all statutory bodies/authorities as required – such as town planning, building control and services e.g. gas and water.
• Manage Change Control Process
• Support implementation of the BIM Common Data Environment and Workflows.
• Lead Value Engineering Process & application of Lean construction techniques in order to save money, reduce waste and optimise construction.
• Ensure that learning and best practice is captured from the project with the aim of sharing it across the business stream and the business.
• Proactively contribute to the Risk and Value Management process
• Live the Balfour Beatty Values

Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm and Safety by Design

Who we’re looking for

This role requires an individual with proven experience in delivering design services, both during design development and on site during construction stage. Successfully implementing design strategies into construction practice.

Leadership skills in a matrix organisation are required to deliver design services in a timely manner with a customer and business sector specific focus. Good interpersonal and communication skills are required, coupled with an ability to form effective relationships with partners under time pressure.

Good working knowledge of BIM is required. The individual will have experience within the most current forms of construction contracts such as NEC3.

HND or higher Academic base

Relevant Professional membership with an appropriate institute, e.g. RIBA, BIBSE, IET, aligned to the workstream is recommended.

Excellent IT Skills relevant to the Business Stream are desirable and Microsoft Office is essential.

Numeracy and report writing is a requirement.

Why work for us

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on‑going maintenance, our in‑house experts, flexible resources and industry‑leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ‘Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long‑term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]