Design Manager (MEP)

Kier Group; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group, via the Kier MMEP (KME) team, is seeking an MEP Design Manager to support projects in the Northern region. Location is Leeds or Manchester with hybrid working. You will lead the design process from tender to delivery, ensuring safety, quality and on-time execution.

The role requires strong MEP design leadership, CSCS, and experience delivering complex schemes. You will coordinate internal and external design teams, manage BIM resources and provide clear design status updates

Qualifications

• Significant experience as an MEP design manager, especially with main or Tier 1 contractors.
• CSCS card holder with demonstrable delivery of medium to large schemes.
• Strong technical understanding of MEPH services and interface packages.
• Proven ability to lead teams and manage high-risk/CDP packages.
• Proficient in MS Office, forecasting resources and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage design and drawings from tender through delivery within budgets, scope and programme.
• Lead design safety reviews and ensure CDM compliance.
• Coordinate external design teams and BIM resources with clear scopes and contractual alignment.
• Provide design status reporting and maintain change control records.
• Support tender activities and facilitate design handover meetings from bid/preconstruction to construction.

Skills

MEP design management

CSCS card

BIM coordination

MS Office

Resource forecasting

Team leadership

Communication

Tools

BIM tools

Job description

We're looking for an MEP Design Manager to join our KME team, supporting projects in our Northern region.

Location: Leeds or Manchester. Flexible on location as hybrid working available.

Hours: Full Time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

KME is an internal MEP self-delivery business within the Kier group, supporting regional businesses across the UK on complex and challenging projects ranging from £5m to £150m. With a full design, construct, and commissioning capability and over 50 years of operating experience, we're looking for an MEP Design Manager to join our team and help deliver successful outcomes for our clients. In this role, you'll manage the design process from tender through to delivery, ensuring projects are completed safely, on time, and to the highest quality standards.

What will you be responsible for?

As a MEP Design Manager, You'll Be Working Within The KME Team, Supporting Them In Delivering Complex MEP Design Solutions Across Multiple Projects. Your Day To Day Will Include

• Managing all design and drawing activities in line with agreed budgets, scope and programme, coordinating outputs to align with project milestones
• Leading design safety reviews and ensuring CDM requirements are incorporated throughout the design process and deliverables
• Managing external design teams and BIM resources in a collaborative manner, ensuring clear scopes and contractual alignment
• Providing accurate design status reporting and maintaining records of design variations through formal change control processes
• Supporting tender activities and facilitating design handover meetings from bid and preconstruction through to construction phases

What are we looking for?

This role of MEP Design Manager is great for you if:

• You have significant experience as an MEP design manager working for a main or Tier 1 MEP contractor
• You hold a CSCS card and have demonstrable experience in delivering multiple medium schemes or large complex schemes
• You possess a strong technical understanding of MEPH services, components, and how packages interface with one another
• You have proven experience of managing and leading teams to achieve multiple objectives, including high risk and CDP packages
• You are proficient in Microsoft Office applications, forecasting resources, and communicating effectively both externally and internally

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome!

Rewards And Benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.