Engineering Design Manager Allied Protek Excellence in Engineering

Allied Protek Engineering Solutions Ltd.; Grimsby; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Allied Protek Engineering Solutions Ltd. is seeking an Engineering Design Manager to lead a multidisciplinary in-house design team and coordinate with third-party partners across a broad industrial client base.

This role offers growth within a company moving to deliver in niche markets, while supporting current clients and shareholders. You will mentor junior engineers, oversee design reviews, and contribute to risk management and bid activities.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified and chartered engineer with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
• Proven track record on major M&E projects.
• Broad cross-disciplinary knowledge across design teams.
• Experience in food, manufacturing, high care, and high-hazard industries desirable.
• Experience working on international projects desirable.
• Bid submissions and work-winning experience.
• Previous design management role.
• Understanding of task duration for conceptualisation, design and testing.
• Ability to identify risks and mitigations.

Responsibilities

• Aiding trainees with learning and development.
• Overseeing internal and external design teams.
• Tracking and reviewing design documentation.
• Leading project and design review meetings.
• Value engineering of the project.
• Commitment to Health & Safety and Environmental Policies.
• Mentor and develop junior team members and graduate engineers.
• Implement Safety Management System requirements in their area.
• Coordinate multiple live projects.
• Prepare and attend tender meetings in a design capacity.
• Assist Design Leads in resource reviews and outputs.
• Coordinate with Construction QA, Cost Control, and procurement.

Skills

Team leadership

Design management

Bid management

M&E projects

Risk mitigation

Mentoring

Education

Degree-qualified engineer

Chartered engineer

Job description

Allied Protek are looking for an Engineering Design Manager to lead a team of multidisciplinary in-house designers and manage third-party design partners in a broad industrial client base.

This is an opportunity to join a company that is growing and is moving to the forefront in delivery in niche markets, whilst also delivering for our current clients and shareholders.

Responsibilities:

• Aiding trainees with learning
• Overseeing internal and external design teams
• Tracking and reviewing design documentation
• Leading project/design review meetings
• Value engineering of the project
• Be familiar with, and demonstrate commitment to the requirements of the Health & Safety and Environmental Policies
• Manage, mentor and develop junior team members and graduate engineers
• Implement the relevant requirements of the Safety Management System within their area of responsibility
• Coordinate numerous live projects
• Prepare and attend tender meetings in a design capacity
• Assisting the Design Lead(s) in the review of design resources and outputs
• Internal liaison with the Construction Team, QA team and Cost Control
• External liaison with Subcontractors / Suppliers and Stakeholders; close co-ordination with the Design Manager required
• Work with the contracts manager and procurement team

Requirements:

• Ideally, a degree-qualified and chartered engineer with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Proven track record of successfully working on major M&E projects
• A broad knowledge on a cross-disciplinary basis
• Experience within food, manufacturing, high care, and high-hazard industries is desirable
• Experience working on international projects is desirable
• Experience working within a highly regulated environment may be an advantage, but not a necessity
• Know what good looks like in bid submissions and work-winning, and have hands-on experience of delivering work-winning bids in a timely manner
• Previous experience working in a design management role
• You have built up a realistic experience of how long design tasks take to conceptualise, design and test
• The ability to identify project risks and recommend appropriate mitigations and contingencies