Design Manager - Water & Wastewater Build & Delivery

Jacobs; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid work arrangements

Pension contributions up to 10%

Health coverage

Parental leave

Life assurance

Wellbeing apps

CPD support

Volunteer program

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a Design Manager (Design & Build) to coordinate multidisciplinary design activities across UK water and wastewater projects. You will work with civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and construction teams to produce integrated, buildable designs that support delivery, commissioning and operation.

You will take day-to-day responsibility for defined design packages or workstreams, manage scope, programme, technical interfaces and change, and help teams resolve design and

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating the design or engineering delivery of water, wastewater or comparable infrastructure projects.
• Evidence of managing defined design packages or project workstreams, including design scope, programme, technical interfaces, deliverables, assurance activities and change.
• Practical understanding of how engineering design interacts with construction, commissioning, operations and maintenance.
• Working knowledge of Design & Build contracts and CDM requirements, helping teams identify, record and manage design risk.
• Experience working within NEC3 or NEC4 delivery environments, including an understanding of change control, early warnings and the relationship between design decisions, programme and cost.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multidisciplinary detailed design activities across water and wastewater projects.
• Provide design management support to project teams and clients.
• Track progress, coordinate inputs and resolve technical or delivery issues.
• Ensure buildability, sequencing, access, safety and operating requirements are reflected in design.
• Promote use of standardised solutions, digital tools and lessons learned.

Skills

Design coordination

Project interfaces

Construction interaction

CDM knowledge

NEC3/NEC4

Tools

NEC3/NEC4

Job description

Jacobs is seeking a Design Manager (Design & Build) to coordinate multidisciplinary design activities across UK water and wastewater projects. You will work with civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and construction teams to produce integrated, buildable designs that support delivery, commissioning and operation.

You will take day-to-day responsibility for defined design packages or workstreams, manage scope, programme, technical interfaces and change, and help teams resolve design and