Engineering & Design Manager

Skanska UK Plc; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Project Design Manager to join their Infrastructure Water team in Peterborough. You will lead the engineering design delivery for projects and develop project plans focusing on scope, schedule, cost, and resources. Candidates should have an engineering degree and preferably chartered status or be working towards it. Experience with water-sector assets is advantageous. A commitment to diversity and inclusivity is emphasized within the company.

Qualifications

• Experience in water-sector assets and capital project delivery preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage engineering design delivery for projects.
• Develop and oversee Engineering Project Plans covering scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resources.
• Collaborate with discipline leads to define design methods and approve outputs.
• Assess design complexity and allocate competent resources accordingly.
• Implement and monitor design quality procedures to ensure right‑first‑time delivery.

Skills

Engineering design delivery

Project management

Collaboration with discipline leads

Education

Engineering or equivalent degree

Chartered status or working towards it

Job description

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

We are looking for a Project Design Manager to join our Infrastructure Water team in Peterborough. You will create and develop value-driven solutions that achieve our capital investment programme outcomes and manage delivery of the project design.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and manage engineering design delivery for projects.
• Develop and oversee Engineering Project Plans covering scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resources.
• Collaborate with discipline leads to define design methods and approve outputs.
• Assess design complexity and allocate competent resources accordingly.
• Implement and monitor design quality procedures to ensure right‑first‑time delivery.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Engineering or equivalent degree preferred.
• Chartered status preferred or working towards it.
• Experience in water‑sector assets and capital project delivery preferred.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high‑performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [e-mail] or call 0330 105 2000 – Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [e-mail]

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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