Design Manager (Operations)

NG Bailey Group Limited; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Career progression opportunities

Professional development support

Job summary

NG Bailey Group Limited is seeking an experienced Design Manager (Operations) to lead design management across a major infrastructure programme in Barrow-in-Furness. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage design deliverables, and interface with BIM, consultants and subcontractors to ensure on-time information flow and successful handover.

The role requires delivery within a highly regulated environment, adherence to CDM 2015, and maintaining design governance across

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading design management on complex infrastructure projects.
• Strong coordination of multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of CDM 2015 requirements and safe design principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement project-specific design management strategies and plans aligned to programme requirements.
• Own design delivery programmes, schedules and workflow processes across multiple design disciplines.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to ensure timely information delivery.
• Lead design coordination meetings and interface reviews with actions tracked and closed.
• Oversee design change control and ensure proper documentation and approvals.
• Ensure information management aligns with CDE requirements and security procedures.
• Produce regular design status reports highlighting progress and risks.

Skills

Design management

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Discipline coordination

Education

HNC/HND/ Degree in Building Services Eng or related

Tools

BIM

CDE

Document control

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Design Manager (Operations) to join a major programme delivering critical infrastructure within a highly regulated and security-conscious environment in Barrow-in-Furness. Working as part of the Design & Technical team, you will take ownership of the design management process across complex multidisciplinary projects, ensuring that all design deliverables are coordinated, managed, reviewed and issued in line with project requirements. You will act as the focal point for design workflow management, interfacing with Technical Managers, Project Engineers, BIM teams, consultants and specialist subcontractors to ensure information is delivered accurately and on time to support procurement, construction, commissioning and handover activities. This is a key leadership position on a nationally significant programme where effective coordination of engineering information, programme management and stakeholder engagement are critical to successful project delivery., As Design Manager (Operations), you will:

• Develop and implement project-specific design management strategies and plans aligned to programme requirements.
• Take ownership of design delivery programmes, schedules and workflow processes across multiple design disciplines.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams, consultants, specialist subcontractors and stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of information.
• Lead design coordination meetings and technical interface reviews, ensuring actions are tracked and closed out effectively.
• Manage discipline and system interfaces, ensuring integration challenges are identified and resolved early.
• Support compliance with CDM 2015 requirements, promoting safe design principles and effective risk management.
• Oversee design change control processes, ensuring all changes are properly reviewed, documented and approved.
• Ensure project information is managed in accordance with Common Data Environment (CDE) requirements, security protocols and project procedures.
• Collaborate with Technical Managers to coordinate technical reviews, assurance activities and approval gateways.
• Produce regular design status reports, highlighting progress, risks, constraints and recovery actions.
• Support project teams throughout design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover phases.

Due to the nature of the project, applicants must be eligible to obtain and maintain the appropriate level of UK Security Clearance. Offers of employment will be subject to successful security screening, identity verification and background checks.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in the successful delivery of a major infrastructure programme, ensuring complex engineering information is coordinated effectively from concept through to handover. If you have a strong background in design management, programme coordination and multidisciplinary engineering delivery within regulated environments, we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance: Must be eligible for and maintain relevant UK Security Clearance (SC minimum, with ability to obtain higher levels where required) Site Presence: Minimum 4 days per week on site required due to project complexity, stakeholder engagement and security requirements. Flexible working available where project commitments allow.

• Experience in Design Management, Project Engineering, Package Management or Engineering Coordination roles on major construction or infrastructure projects.
• Proven ability to manage multiple design packages and complex multidisciplinary workstreams simultaneously.
• Experience coordinating internal engineering teams, consultants, specialist subcontractors and external stakeholders.
• Experience working within highly regulated sectors such as Nuclear, Defence, Infrastructure, Energy, Rail or similar complex project environments.
• Demonstrable experience managing design programmes, responsibility matrices, design reviews and approval processes.
• Experience operating design change management procedures and maintaining design governance controls.
• Experience supporting projects through design, pre-construction, delivery, commissioning and handover phases.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to drive collaboration and achieve programme milestones.

Technical Knowledge

Successful candidates will possess:

• Strong understanding of design management processes and multidisciplinary engineering workflows.
• Comprehensive knowledge of MEP systems and their interaction with architectural, structural and civil disciplines.
• Experience managing design deliverables, review cycles, approval processes and information release schedules.
• Good understanding of Common Data Environments (CDE), BIM Execution Plans (BEPs), TIDPs and document control processes.
• Knowledge of design coordination, technical interfaces and engineering assurance requirements.
• Ability to monitor design performance through programmes, trackers, dashboards and reporting tools.
• Commercial awareness with an understanding of design responsibility, programme impacts and change management.

Qualifications Essential

• HNC, HND, Degree or equivalent experience within Building Services Engineering, Construction, Design Management, Project Management or a related discipline.

Desirable

• Professional registration as Engineering Technician (EngTech), Incorporated Engineer (IEng) or Chartered Engineer (CEng).
• Membership of a recognised professional institution such as the IET, CIBSE, CIOB or APM.

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies. Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

• Opportunity to work on one of the UK's most significant defence and infrastructure programmes.
• Long-term project pipeline with outstanding career progression opportunities.
• Exposure to technically challenging, multidisciplinary engineering projects.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Professional development and support towards further qualifications and chartership.
• Collaborative, high-performing project environment focused on excellence and innovation.