Senior Design Manager

Costain; Camberley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent engineering company is seeking a Design Manager for non-infrastructure wastewater projects on the Thames Water AMP8 Framework. This hybrid role requires a strong technical background in engineering and the ability to lead design teams effectively, ensuring project delivery meets the highest standards of quality and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in design delivery and management within the water sector is preferable.
• Experience with NEC4 contracts and CDM (2015) Regulations.
• Ability to manage design changes and promote low carbon solutions.

Responsibilities

• Identify design scope and deliverables while managing the design programme.
• Hold regular design meetings and manage project risks.
• Coordinate with multiple teams and support procurement decisions.

Skills

Excellent communication

Collaboration skills

Good technical understanding of water and wastewater processes

Commercial appreciation

Understanding of programme management

Education

HNC/HND or degree in a relevant engineering discipline

Progressing towards Chartered professional review

Job description

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Job Description

Reporting to the Framework Engineering Manager you will be responsible for the design delivery of non-infrastructure wastewater projects on the Thames Water AMP8 Framework. Adopting a hybrid working model you will split your time between the Costain Offices, in London and Camberley and Thames Water's Office in Reading, 3 days a week, and home 2 days a week.

It is preferable you have experience working within the water sector, specifically non-infrastructure wastewater, in either Mechanical, Electrical ICA or Civils disciplines in maintenance, design, or capital delivery roles. You should have the ability to motivate and lead the Design Managers working on your projects. You should be a motivated team player, with the ability to work collaboratively with multiple teams to deliver production thinking carbon efficient design solutions.

You should also demonstrate a thorough understanding of design delivery, design procurement, design management, design control, quality assurance, BIM to ISO 19650 and have a working knowledge of the NEC4 suite of contracts.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Identify design scope and deliverables.
• Review and challenge of the design programme.
• Management of design deliverables
• Management of design change
• Ensure project risks is managed, communicated and recorded
• Challenge design solution to ensure DfMA and low carbon solution which meet the Clients affordability challenges.
• Deliver projects to cost, quality and programme
• Hold and record regular design meetings relating to at least briefing, progress and coordination.
• Hold and record buildability, carbon and DfMa workshops.
• Coordination and management of design reviews, technical assurance reviews and CDM reviews
• Implementation and management of the project BIM strategy
• Support the framework nominated principal designer.
• Be conversant with current legislation, especially that which applies to health and safety, which is relevant to tasks being carried out.
• Promote the business in a professional manner to both external and internal persons or organisations.
• Maintain professional working relationships with the Design Team, Delivery Team, Commercial Team, and Employer Team and communicate well with them.
• Line management and development of Design Managers
• Liaise closely with other members of the Project Team to support procurement decision making for each package of work, which will include the Costain Project Manager, Commercial Manager, the Lead Design Consultant, MIECA lead and any respective supply chain partners.
• Liaise closely with the Commercial Team to ensure fee assessment and payment mechanism are in place with the Design Consultant.
• Adhere to the Costain governance in relation to design management ad project delivery.
• Prepare project design responsibility RACIs
• Carry out performance reviews
• Input into updates in the Design Management Plan
• Adhere to the Costain Design Management and Framework governance requirements
• Compile data of red flag issues which are impacting project delivery and communicate these to the Principal Design Manager and the Framework Design Manager.

Qualifications

• HNC/HND or degree in a relevant engineering discipline
• Progressing towards a Chartered professional review with relevant chartered body
• Driving licence
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Good technical understanding of water and wastewater processes and asset types
• Commercial and contractual appreciation to support the required commercial outcomes.
• Good understanding of programme preparation and management
• Experience and knowledge of CDM (2015) Regulations
• Experience of delivering multi-disciplinary design/construction projects

About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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About the Team

Costain are working with Thames Water on a variety of water and wastewater projects and have fantastic opportunities for individuals to join our growing AMP7 delivery team, working predominantly across the Thames Valley and Thames South regions. There is a mix of projects ranging from smaller capital maintenance to large civil new build schemes.