Design Manager in Leeds, West Yorkshire

Energy Jobline CVL; Leeds; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy recruitment firm is seeking a Design Manager in Leeds. This role requires strong M&E design experience, project management skills, and the ability to oversee projects up to £30m. Ideal candidates should have hands-on experience with large scale heating systems and regulatory compliance knowledge.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in M&E design in a project delivery environment.
• Proven hands-on experience on engineering projects with large scale heating systems.
• Experience working with technologies such as heat pumps, boilers, and chillers.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the customer journey from development to technical delivery.
• Provide technical support to the project manager throughout the construction phase.
• Oversee a portfolio of projects from £100k to £30m.

Skills

M&E design experience

Line Management experience

Planning and organization skills

Regulatory compliance awareness

Energy saving measures knowledge

Project Management experience

Job description

Energy Jobline is the largest and fastest growing global Energy Job Board and Energy Hub. We have an audience reach of over 7 million energy professionals, 400,000+ monthly advertised global energy and engineering jobs, and work with the leading energy companies worldwide.

We focus on the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Engineering, Power, and Nuclear markets as well as emerging technologies in EV, Battery, and Fusion. We are committed to ensuring that we offer the most exciting career opportunities from around the world for our jobseekers.

Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for a Design Manager on a permanent basis in Leeds.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Ownership of the customer journey from development opportunity to the completion of technical delivery.
• Provide technical support to the project manager throughout the construction phase.
• Acting as the single point of contact with major clients for all technical status and coordination topics.
• Overseeing a portfolio of projects in the region varying from £100k feasibility opportunities through to £30m energy performance contracts.
• Maintain all relevant project documentation in line with document control processes.
• The management of survey and design programmes in conjunction with the Project Managers and external planning resource.
• The recording and management of technical risks as part of the overall project risk management process.
• Working in conjunction with the centre of excellence to maintain processes and governance.
• Ensuring that schemes are designed withing budget.
• The management and coordination of internal technical resources to produce scopes of requirements to design consultants and subcontractors, review external consultant deliverables, analyse options against cost and safety considerations, and deliver designs to the correct scope and detail.
• The management and coordination of technical resources and information to resolve project challenges, produce workable solutions within your team, and sustain project programme.
• The development of client opportunities for additional revenue to formal proposals, liaising with project, technical, commercial, and procurement colleagues.
• Reporting of the statuses, actions, and escalations to the regional Project Director.
• The management of external design consultants to produce designs for major packages such as heat pump, boiler, chiller, energy centre, borehole, and high voltage infrastructure designs.
• The coordination and alignment of technical packages and design outputs to remove gaps and omissions from being carried into tendering and construction.
• The high-level commercial oversight of the managed works, including risks and opportunities, handling variations, and basic progress reporting.
• The provision and coordination of construction stage support to facilitate progress, resolve clashes and issues, and manage change.

(The above list is not exhaustive and can change due to business requirements.)

Knowledge, Skills, Education & Experience

• Demonstrable experience in M&E design in a project delivery environment - Essential
• Line Management Experience of a small team - Essential
• Proven hands‑on experience working on engineering projects from conception through to delivery, working with large scale heating systems (i.e. 2-10MWt) and technologies such as heat pumps, boilers, CHP, chillers, heat exchangers and air handling units - Essential
• Planning and organisation skills to be able to manage multiple elements and projects at once - Desirable
• An awareness of regulatory compliance associated with industrial projects, including planning, building control, fire, environmental permitting, noise assessments and electrical connections - Essential
• Exposure to energy saving measures and initiatives from conception through to delivery, such as building fabric (i.e. roofing, cladding, windows), solar PV, LED lighting, ECDC fans, and BMS upgrades - Essential
• Project Management experience - Essential

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Why We're Different:

Westlakes Recruit are a people solutions business that understands the complexities of nuclear and the importance of our clients' mission critical objectives.

Smarter, faster, more agile - we have a laser focus on nuclear, with deep sectoral knowledge. We develop nuclear talent pools before you know you need them!

We do Nuclear. We only do Nuclear. We do all of Nuclear.

Powering a Diverse Nuclear Future.

As an equal opportunities business, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and abilities.

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