Project Manager / Lead Design Engineer

Matchtech; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entity in the water business sector is seeking an experienced Project Manager / Lead Design Engineer to join their multidisciplinary team in the UK. The ideal candidate will lead the design delivery process, ensuring technical quality and compliance while engaging with clients and external stakeholders. This role offers a hybrid working model and requires hands-on experience in water infrastructure projects, strong leadership, and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Degree level education within engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in water/wastewater engineering sector in the UK.
• Ability to lead design and project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage design delivery across all project phases.
• Coordinate design teams and manage external stakeholders.
• Implement corrective measures for design deviations.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Project delivery

Design standards compliance

Technical communication

Team collaboration

Education

Degree level education in engineering

Job description

Our client, a leading entity in the water business sector, is currently seeking a Project Manager / Lead Design Engineer to join its multidisciplinary water/wastewater design team. This permanent role involves leading the design delivery process across all project phases, ensuring technical quality, compliance, and on-time delivery within a Design & Build environment.

The successful candidate will coordinate design teams and external stakeholders, manage design documentation and contracts, resolve technical issues, and support procurement and commercial processes. With a solid background in UK water infrastructure projects, you will also play a key role in client engagement and work-winning activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary environment across teams worldwide, including the UK, to ensure successful delivery of projects.
• Lead and contribute to the efficient delivery of projects to meet programme and budget, complying with business management governance.
• Lead and contribute to quality and safe design of technical solutions for projects in accordance with relevant design standards and codes.
• Implement corrective measures for identified design deviations or issues.
• Review, negotiate and recommend on design change orders.
• Administer design subcontracts including processing monthly invoices for payment, if necessary.
• Coordinate and monitor status of design programs complying with provisions of design contract in place.
• Perform or coordinate constructive reviews confirming design is to contract requirements, asset standards, water industry standards, and proposal commitments.
• Coordinate and control design submittals for clients' review and approval.
• Facilitate resolving design issues with clients.
• Manage client pre-construction information, survey data and record drawings to help establish and maintain effective communication and information systems within the team, including construction and design teams.
• Manage and coordinate external stakeholders associated with the projects and related survey contractors.
• Complete regular team meetings with an appointment agenda and inform commitments to team members.
• Lead work winning initiatives through production of proposals, fees, and scope definition in response to client tenders/requests, in accordance with bid management system.
• Engage with clients and construction teams (including Design & Build) to discuss technical water engineering solutions with both technical and non-technical clients during project delivery and bidding stages.

Job Requirements

• Degree level education within engineering or equivalent field and Chartered or working towards chartership with the relevant institution.
• Hands‑on experience of design/design‑&‑build/project and bid delivery in the water and/or wastewater engineering sector in the UK.
• Highly motivated, organised, and with a strong desire to lead and contribute to technical excellence within project teams.
• Experience of working with contractors to deliver the successful implementation of engineering solutions in the Design & Build environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work both collaboratively and independently within a multidisciplinary team.
• Flexible approach to work type and locations for project assignments, if required, with a hybrid working model.

If you are an experienced and motivated Project Manager / Lead Design Engineer looking for a new opportunity in the water sector, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic and talented team.