Mechanical Design Manager - United Kingdom

BALFOUR BEATTY; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in the UK's infrastructure sector as a Mechanical Design Manager. You'll manage mechanical design solutions for vital projects while ensuring compliance with safety protocols. With a focus on team leadership and customer satisfaction, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality engineering services.

Benefits

Flexible working

Paid leave

Pension

Share plans

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten years’ experience in delivering engineering services.
• Proven experience at a senior level in implementing design strategies.
• Experience in leading or coaching teams is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Managing mechanical design to provide effective solutions.
• Ensuring effective utilization and cost recovery of staff.
• Chairing and managing design and technical review workshops.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Numeracy

Report Writing

Education

Relevant professional membership (e.g., IET)

Chartership or working towards it

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the role

Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as a Mechanical Design Manager for Devonport and build something to be proud of.

The role can be based from any UK regional offices across England and Scotland, with travel to Devonport required once a month.

Role Purpose

To manage the mechanical design solutions for Devonport, ensuring integration, technical assurance, compliance, health, safety, and sustainability of design and engineering, enabling defect-free handover for operational service, delivered to programme and budget.

Due to the nature of our projects, individuals must hold full work rights within the UK and be eligible for SC level Security Clearance.

What you'll be doing

As Design Manager, your responsibilities include:

• Managing mechanical design to provide effective solutions.
• Attending site meetings, workshops, and surveys.
• Ensuring effective utilization and cost recovery of staff in line with resource requirements.
• Managing and evaluating the competency, capability, training, and development of direct reports, trainees, and graduates.

Design Delivery

• Developing and implementing design proposals that meet customer requirements and budget constraints, and presenting these to stakeholders.
• Chairing and managing design and technical review workshops and meetings.
• Managing, creating, and reviewing requisition specifications for equipment.
• Developing strategies and guidance on buildability, operability, maintainability, and de-constructability of designs for operations teams.
• Reviewing and approving manufacturing documentation.

Who we're looking for

• Proven experience at a senior level in delivering engineering services and implementing design strategies.
• Minimum of ten years’ experience.
• Leadership skills to deliver design services timely with a customer focus.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for effective relationship building under time pressure.
• Experience in leading or coaching teams is desirable.
• Numeracy and report writing skills.
• Relevant professional membership (e.g., IET).
• A valid CSCS card.
• IT skills relevant to the business stream; Microsoft Office proficiency is essential.
• Knowledge of codes of practice and regulatory materials for defence projects.
• Chartership or working towards it.

Why work for us

Our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious projects, developing and maintaining vital infrastructure. We offer benefits like flexible working, paid leave, pension, share plans, volunteering leave, recognition schemes, and more.

About us

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick specializes in MEP and ME&I solutions, designing, installing, and maintaining complex systems underpinning the UK’s infrastructure. We value diversity and inclusion, actively promoting an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. We are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum, and AFBE, and are committed to long-term actions on inclusion and being a Disability Confident Employer.