Engineering & Design Lead - Water & Infrastructure

Elvis Eckardt Recruitment & Sales Solutions Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Car allowance

Pension

Benefits

Job summary

Elvis Eckardt Recruitment & Sales Solutions Limited is recruiting an experienced Engineering & Design Manager to oversee multidisciplinary engineering and design activities within a major UK water and environmental infrastructure programme.

Based in Leeds with hybrid working 2–3 days in the Swillington office, the role focuses on delivering sustainable wastewater infrastructure improvements, coordinating design functions and ensuring delivery standards across projects and partners.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering or design teams within complex infrastructure programmes.
• Strong background in engineering design management, technical governance, design assurance and risk management.
• Experience coordinating multiple projects, engineering disciplines and external design partners.
• Ability to oversee technical delivery, resource allocation, programme priorities and engineering performance.
• Excellent understanding of engineering design processes, quality standards and technical documentation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with consultants, contractors and senior leadership.
• Experience implementing consistent engineering standards, design processes and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong leadership, communication and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering and design activities across a major infrastructure programme.
• Oversee the performance, delivery and technical assurance of engineering design teams and external design partners.
• Develop, implement and maintain an overall Design Management Plan and associated technical delivery strategies.
• Coordinate design resource planning, capacity management and workload allocation across multiple projects.
• Manage specialist technical functions, including engineering modelling, geotechnical engineering and associated disciplines.
• Establish and maintain consistent engineering standards, design processes, documentation and technical governance.
• Lead design coordination meetings and facilitate knowledge sharing between engineering teams and delivery partners.
• Oversee design risk registers, technical issue resolution and design change management processes.
• Ensure engineering deliverables satisfy applicable quality, environmental and regulatory requirements.
• Support design standardisation, innovation and continuous improvement to improve delivery efficiency.
• Coordinate engineering activities with construction, operations, planning and environmental stakeholders.
• Support planning requirements, site investigations and technical assessments throughout project development.
• Provide progress reporting, resource forecasts and technical updates to senior management.
• Identify opportunities for sustainable, efficient and environmentally responsible engineering solutions.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Design management

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Technical governance

Quality assurance

Regulatory awareness

Education

Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent

Job description

Elvis Eckardt Recruitment & Sales Solutions Limited is recruiting an experienced Engineering & Design Manager to oversee multidisciplinary engineering and design activities within a major UK water and environmental infrastructure programme.

Based in Leeds with hybrid working 2–3 days in the Swillington office, the role focuses on delivering sustainable wastewater infrastructure improvements, coordinating design functions and ensuring delivery standards across projects and partners.