Engineering Design Manager — Lead Multidisciplinary Team

ESL UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension

CPD opportunities

23 days annual leave

Job summary

ESL UK in Manchester is seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead a growing engineering design team. This senior role blends people leadership with hands-on design delivery across regulated infrastructure projects.

You will mentor engineers and CAD technicians, drive design processes, BIM adoption, and ensure safe, coordinated, and compliant outputs while meeting programme and budget requirements. The role offers an opportunity to shape a high-performing team and contribute to the continued

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in engineering design, ideally within a regulated sector such as: Water, Rail, Highways, Bridges, Oil & Gas, Nuclear.
• Degree or HND in an engineering discipline
• Strong IT and digital design capability
• Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and projects
• Proven ability to develop junior engineers and build team capability

Responsibilities

• Managing, mentoring and developing engineers, CAD technicians and graduates
• Building and growing the design team while maintaining a positive and collaborative team culture
• Leading the design process on multidisciplinary projects within regulated infrastructure sectors
• Ensuring design deliverables are safe, coordinated, compliant and technically robust
• Delivering design packages within agreed timescales and budgets
• Challenging and improving existing design processes and procedures
• Driving the adoption of appropriate design software, BIM and 3D modelling where beneficial
• Ensuring the team works in accordance with relevant standards, best practice and quality requirements
• Managing and recording design changes within project packages
• Supporting project teams with estimating design hours and resource planning

Skills

Engineering design

Team leadership

Multidisciplinary coordination

Mentoring juniors

Digital design tools

Education

Degree or HND in engineering

Tools

BIM

3D modelling

Job description

ESL UK in Manchester is seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead a growing engineering design team. This senior role blends people leadership with hands-on design delivery across regulated infrastructure projects.

You will mentor engineers and CAD technicians, drive design processes, BIM adoption, and ensure safe, coordinated, and compliant outputs while meeting programme and budget requirements. The role offers an opportunity to shape a high-performing team and contribute to the continued