Design Manager, Water & Wastewater Delivery Lead

MWH Treatment; Hattersley; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MWH Treatment is looking for an experienced Design Manager to shape the delivery of essential water and wastewater infrastructure. Based in a Northern Region office with flexible working, you will lead design teams from scope definition through to assurance, handover and construction support, coordinating with clients, designers and construction teams.

You will ensure all design work meets health and safety, quality, technical and governance requirements, manage plans and risk registers, and

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in engineering, or able to demonstrate equivalent professional standing.
• Chartered Engineer status, or working towards chartership, would be advantageous.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary design teams within water, wastewater, infrastructure or a design-build environment.
• Strong understanding of CDM, construction health and safety, technical assurance and project governance.
• Confident managing scope, programme, cost, risk, resource and stakeholder expectations.
• Clear communicator with the ability to influence, challenge constructively and build effective working relationships.
• Knowledge of BIM, digital design tools, sustainability and carbon reduction approaches would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and design delivery from scope definition through assurance, issue resolution and handover.
• Ensure all design work meets health and safety, quality, technical, environmental, sustainability and governance requirements.
• Manage design plans, deliverables schedules, decision logs, risk registers and monthly progress reporting.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across engineering, delivery, commercial, planning, supplier and construction functions.
• Drive efficient, value-led and low-carbon design solutions while maintaining quality and programme commitments.
• Control design change, manage interfaces, provide early warnings and lead recovery actions where needed.
• Represent MWH Treatment professionally with clients, partners and internal stakeholders.
• Provide technical support during construction, assembly and commissioning where required.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project governance

CDM knowledge

BIM knowledge

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree qualified in engineering

Job description

MWH Treatment is looking for an experienced Design Manager to shape the delivery of essential water and wastewater infrastructure. Based in a Northern Region office with flexible working, you will lead design teams from scope definition through to assurance, handover and construction support, coordinating with clients, designers and construction teams.

You will ensure all design work meets health and safety, quality, technical and governance requirements, manage plans and risk registers, and