Senior Design Manager

Kier Construction; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Design Manager to join their Natural Resources team. This role involves leading engineering design for significant water and wastewater projects, ensuring optimal design solutions through collaboration with clients and stakeholders. The position offers a blend of remote work and office presence, providing flexibility in how you operate. With a focus on sustainable performance and innovative engineering practices, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful projects in the water sector. Join a company committed to diversity and inclusion while advancing your career in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Tailored benefits package

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer with a degree in an engineering discipline.
• Proven experience in engineering design and project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage engineering design delivery for water projects.
• Engage with clients to ensure design solutions meet needs.

Skills

Engineering Design

Project Management

Water Treatment Processes

Asset Management

Education

Chartered Engineer status

Degree in Engineering

Job description

Join to apply for the Senior Design Manager role at Kier Construction

3 weeks ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Join to apply for the Senior Design Manager role at Kier Construction

We're looking for a Senior Design Manager to join our Natural Resources team, working from home and the Falmer office, East Sussex, you'll be working on our new 7-year, c£1bn framework with Southern Water.

Location: agile working from home and the Falmer office, East Sussex

Contract: Permanent, Full Time – flexible and part time hours may be available if desired, just let us know

Responsibilities

We're looking for a Senior Design Manager to join our NRNN business unit. Working on Water and Wastewater capital projects across the Southern Water patch, this role will lead and manage engineering design delivery for assigned projects. Spearheading and optimising the engineering assurance process for designs prepared by partner at outline design and Capital Delivery partners at tender and construction design.

Your Day To Day Will Include

• Develop strategies including in-depth consideration of various alternatives and options to find the best/preferred solution.
• Ensure that the design solution is fully understood by engaging with the client and then to use your experience of asset management to offer solutions.
• Fulfil the role of main point of contact with the design consultants at director level to ensure the correct level of technical performance.
• Lead and manage engineering design delivery for assigned projects.
• Provide expert engineering support to the design, construction and commissioning process from project definition through to detailed design, construction, commissioning and handover of capital schemes.
  
  

What are we looking for?

This Senior Design Manager is great for you if you have:

• Chartered Engineer status with a degree level qualification (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline.
• Significant, proven relevant engineering design, construction and management experience.
• Experience of managing and driving a multi-discipline technical/engineering team with a proven track record of driving sustainable performance against challenging business targets.
• Significant knowledge of water and wastewater treatment processes.
• Experience in the application of quality procedures and document control in engineering design.
  
  

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here.

There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Construction

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Kier Construction by 2x

Sign in to set job alerts for “Senior Design Manager” roles.

Design Manager/Lead - Energy | Expression of Interest

Brighton, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Worthing, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

Gatwick, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Burgess Hill, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Battle, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Business Development Manager - Interior Design

Little London, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Senior Manager – Strategic Workforce Planning

Crawley, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

Worthing, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

Billingshurst, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Crawley, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

Worthing, England, United Kingdom 3 days ago

Brighton, England, United Kingdom 4 days ago

Brighton, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

Senior Design Manager (Water/Wastewater Engineering) | Expression of Interest

Brighton, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Falmer, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Brighton, England, United Kingdom 4 days ago

Design Manager (Water) | Expression of Interest

Brighton, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Falmer, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Worthing, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

East Sussex, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Crawley, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Worthing, England, United Kingdom 1 hour ago

Pevensey, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Senior Project Manager - Operational Technology

Worthing, England, United Kingdom 3 days ago

Royal Tunbridge Wells, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

Brighton, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Brighton, England, United Kingdom 1 day ago

We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.