Project Design Manager

Trant Engineering Ltd; Northam; Ibrido; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

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Competitive salary

Company car or car allowance

Career development towards chartership

24 days holiday + 8 bank holidays

Salary sacrifice holiday option

Company Pension Scheme

Hybrid working

Professional Membership paid

Employee Assistance Program

Free onsite parking

Bike to Work Scheme

Discretionary annual bonus

Descrizione del lavoro

Join Trant Engineering Ltd as a Project Design Manager to lead multi-discipline design teams in water, wastewater, and energy projects. You will coordinate design resources, manage interfaces with external designers and suppliers, and drive design reviews to ensure safety and quality across £1M–£10M projects.

Based at Head Office in Southampton with hybrid working. The role emphasises collaboration with IDS, planning and delivery teams, and a strong focus on BIM/Digital Delivery, value

Competenze

• Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary teams of engineers and CAD technicians.
• Capable of managing and prioritising multiple projects in a dynamic environment.
• Confident in presenting and explaining ideas and solutions with excellent written and verbal communication.
• Awareness of commercial factors applicable to tendering and design delivery.
• Keen eye for detail to identify technical issues early in the lifecycle.
• Good working knowledge of BIM/Digital Delivery processes.
• Competent user of the Microsoft Office suite of products.

Mansioni

• Coordinate design resources to deliver design deliverables against budget and schedule.
• Ensure design/safety reviews are conducted at appropriate stages and comply with standards.
• Build and maintain relationships with Client Project Teams.
• Manage design interfaces with third party designers, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Regularly review design delivery strategies with Discipline Leads.
• Identify and escalate design changes per Trant procedures.
• Promote H&S focus throughout design and delivery phases.
• Seek continuous improvement of design delivery processes and quality systems.
• Uphold the Company's Core Values: Care, Trust, Respect and Sustainability.

Conoscenze

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Multi-project prioritisation

Presentation & communication

Commercial awareness in tender/design

Attention to detail

BIM/Digital delivery

MS Office proficiency

Formazione

MEng/BEng accredited

Chartered membership

Strumenti

BIM

MS Office

Descrizione del lavoro

supporting the design teams with the technical delivery of projects, acting as a focal point across all stages of the design development process. In this role, whilst you will be working closely with your IDS colleagues, you will frequently be collaborating with our commercial, planning and delivery teams, to ensure well developed engineering solutions are designed in accordance with project requirements. With Trant Engineering Ltd. being a Tier 1 EPC Contractor, the work is fast paced and collaboration and communication across all teams and stakeholders is the key to our success.

What You'll Be Doing KEY SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & BEHAVIOUR

• Experienced at coordinating the efforts of a multi-disciplined teams of engineers and CAD technicians on small-medium sized projects.
• Capable of managing and prioritising multiple projects in a dynamic environment.
• Be confident in presenting and explaining ideas and solutions, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Maintain a thorough awareness of the commercial factors applicable to tendering and the design delivery process.
• Have a keen eye for detail with the ability to identify technical issues in the early stages of the project lifecycle.
• Have a good working knowledge of BIM/Digital Delivery processes.
• Be a competent user of the Microsoft Office suite of products.

RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES

• Taking responsibility for co-ordinating design resources to ensure the efficient and intelligent production of design deliverables against design fee estimates and design programmes.
• Ensuring formal design/safety reviews are undertaken at appropriate stages during the project cycle, ensuring proposals are compliant with health, safety and environmental best practices, as well as Client and industry specifications.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships and communications with our Client's Project Teams.
• Managing design interfaces with third party designers, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Regularly reviewing design delivery strategies, in collaboration with our Discipline Leads.
• Identifying and escalating instances of design change in accordance with Trant's Procedures.
• Proactively driving a H&S focus throughout the design process and subsequent delivery phase, instigating development of design risk assessments to address risks identified during review activities.
• Identifying opportunities for the continuous improvement of the design delivery process and associated quality management systems.
• Upholding and promoting the Company's Core Values - Care, Trust, Respect and Sustainability.
• You may be required to undertake additional duties, consistent with the responsibilities and level of this role, beyond those specified above.

CORE VALUES

Upholds and promotes the Company's Core Values - Care, Trust, Respect and Sustainability.

What We're Looking For

Essential requirements of the role: While the role is hybrid/office based, occasional site visits to remote sites will be required so it is essential that you have the ability to travel to site as and when required.

Desirable requirements: Recognised Engineering Institution Accredited MEng/Beng. Chartered membership of a relevant professional institution.

Why Join Trant?

At Trant Engineering, we deliver complex, high-value engineering and construction projects across the UK. We play a key role in delivering and protecting critical national infrastructure - shaping the systems that communities and industries rely on every day. Our teams design and deliver full EPC solutions, combining technical excellence with practical, hands on delivery. We offer end-to-end capabilities - from concept and design through to manufacturing.

Description

Join Trant Engineering and help shape the delivery of complex, high-impact projects. Trant Engineering is a leading EPC contractor with a strong reputation for delivering innovative engineering solutions across the UK and internationally. With over 1,000 employees and a £150m turnover, we’re growing—and now looking for a Project Design Manager to play a key role in our project delivery.

The Role

The role sits within the IDS Department of Trant Engineering Ltd. IDS deliver multidiscipline design solutions and technical support to the wider business and clients. We primarily work in the water sector, undertaking projects in water and wastewater treatment, water storage and distribution and flood defence, as well as some works within the energy sector.

Projects typically range in value from £1M to £10M. The Project Design Manager role will be based at our Head Office in Southampton and reports directly to the Associate Director of Engineering. You will be responsible for construction and commissioning utilising a continually evolving in-house expertise.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Company car or car allowance (some levels)
• Mentored support within our 'Career Development Association', to work towards chartership
• 24 days holiday (increasing with service) + 8 bank holidays
• Options to buy additional holiday via salary sacrifice
• Company Pension Scheme
• Flexible working based on a 'core hours' system
• 1 x Professional Membership paid annually
• Hybrid working
• Employee Assistance Program
• Free onsite parking
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus