Senior Design Manager

Rullion; Chester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Multiple offices to base from

Job summary

Rullion is recruiting for a Senior Design Manager to lead multidisciplinary design teams on major AMP8 water and wastewater programmes in the UK. Hybrid working (2 days per week from home) and the option to base from offices in Manchester, Chester, Leeds, Guildford, London, Nottingham or Newcastle.

You will guide optioneering through detailed design, manage design risk and interfaces, and collaborate with clients, contractors and the supply chain to deliver clear, buildable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Lead multidisciplinary design teams on major AMP8 water and wastewater programmes.
• Strong governance, risk and interface management experience.
• Proven ability to mentor managers and drive delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary design teams on major AMP8 water and wastewater programmes.
• Guide design from optioneering and outline design through detailed design and construction support.
• Manage design risk, interfaces, assumptions, decisions and assurance activity.
• Collaborate with clients, contractors and supply chain specialists.
• Promote smarter, simpler and more sustainable delivery approaches.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Design management

Water industry knowledge

Job description

Hybrid working (2 days per week from home)

CAN BE BASED FROM ANY OFFICES - MANCHESTER, CHESTER, LEEDS, GUILDFORD, LONDON, NOTTINGHAM, NEWCASTLE

AMP8 is underway, and the UK water sector is entering one of its most important delivery periods in decades. Water companies are investing in resilience, environmental improvement, asset performance, spill reduction and future water security.

My client is looking for a Senior Design Manager who can bring technical teams together, cut through complexity and help turn ambitious programmes into clear, buildable and well governed outcomes.

What you will do

• Lead multidisciplinary design teams on major AMP8 water and wastewater programmes.
• Guide design teams from optioneering and outline design through detailed design and construction support.
• Manage design risk, technical interfaces, assumptions, decisions, reviews and assurance activity.
• Work closely with clients, contractors, framework partners and supply chain specialists.
• Challenge traditional delivery approaches and identify smarter, simpler and more sustainable solutions.
• Support work winning, framework growth, client engagement and early project shaping.
• Mentor Design Managers, coordinators and discipline leads so the team becomes stronger as the work bank grows.
• Design management is treated as a leadership discipline, not an administrative function.
• You will have room to influence projects, teams and clients rather than simply report progress.
• You will work within major UK water frameworks while drawing on wider technical, environmental, digital and delivery capability.

We are looking for people who

• Have led multidisciplinary design teams in water, infrastructure, utilities, rail, construction or major capital programmes.
• Can show judgement, leadership and delivery ownership. You do not need to have followed a traditional consultancy career path to be considered.
• Understand how to manage interfaces between disciplines, clients, contractors and delivery partners.
• Can balance technical quality, commercial awareness, programme pressure and buildability.
• Are confident in design governance, risk management, change control, design reviews and assurance.
• Can communicate clearly with senior clients, technical specialists and project teams.
• Care about developing people and building resilient teams.