Senior Design Manager

Lanesra Technical Recruitment; Hattersley; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Design Manager to oversee multi-disciplinary design projects in the water sector. The role involves ensuring cost-effective and compliant solutions, managing design teams, and adhering to Health & Safety standards. Candidates should have extensive design management experience and relevant qualifications. This position offers a competitive salary and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car/car allowance

Bonus

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Contribution Pension scheme

Health Insurance

Private Medical Insurance

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of multi-disciplinary design management.
• Delivery-driven with the ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strategic, operational, and technical management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects through their design phases for a portfolio of projects.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety regulations.
• Manage overall costs for design and produce deliverables on time.

Skills

Multi-disciplinary design management

Team management

Technical proposal presentation

Knowledge of CDM regulations

Understanding of water treatment processes

Education

Degree in an engineering-related discipline

Chartered Engineer

APM Project Fundamentals Qualification

Job description

Position

Senior Design Manager

Location

Hyde or Preston with hybrid working available

Salary

£75-90k (Neg DOE), car/allowance, bonus and excellent benefits package

Our Client

Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,000 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting six long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.

The Role

Reports directly to the Regional Engineering Lead and the role will lead projects through their design phases for a portfolio of projects. Ensure cost-effective, technically compliant, and buildable solutions are delivered in line with all stakeholder requirements, as well as in line with programme expectations and in accordance with the project delivery process and engineering design procedures.

Responsibilities

• Be committed to excellence in Health & Safety (H&S) in design, complying fully with relevant local specifications, codes, rules, regulations and requirements and all relevant H&S legislation.
• Ensure that H&S hazards are identified and managed and that all residual risks are communicated effectively to all stakeholders.
• Lead the Design team in delivery of their responsibilities, ensure a focused approach to meet customer requirements and project objectives.
• Be accountable for the expenditure, drive efficiency and manage the overall outturn costs for design by producing design deliverables within the allocated resource hours and by key dates.
• Organise all elements of design, documenting it in the Design Management Plan and preparing monthly status update reports as necessary.
• Attend and contribute to all relevant programme, project, and technical meetings.
• Ensure that the technical solution is produced to outperform on costs, whilst maintaining quality standards and delivery on time.
• Provide, where required, technical support during construction, assembly, and commissioning stages.
• Ensure that all technical work is undertaken to the correct standards and specifications, following the appropriate systems of work and quality assurance.
• Contribute to achieving sustainability targets, particularly by reducing embodied and operational carbon footprints of solutions.
• Communicate and work effectively with people from other partner organisations, backgrounds, and disciplines, utilising their knowledge and experience.

Experience

• Extensive experience of multi-disciplinary design management, in a design and build environment.
• Degree in an engineering-related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer in an engineering-related discipline.
• APM Project Fundamentals Qualification.
• Delivery-driven with the ability to set targets and manage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives.
• Working knowledge of CDM regulations and construction Health & Safety.
• Extensive experience in large-scale project delivery.
• Strategic, operational, technical and management skills.
• Good general knowledge of all aspects of water treatment e.g., related process, civil and MEICA engineering aspects.
• Ability to present technical proposals clearly, confidently, and convincingly.

Desirable

• Working towards or having obtained APM Project Management Qualification.
• Experience of working for a global organisation.
• Experience of working with remote/dispersed teams.
• Experience in the Water/Wastewater Treatment Industry.
• Ability to embrace collaborative and innovative working.
• Knowledge of BIM procedures and techniques.

Package includes

• A competitive salary
• Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
• Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
• Bonus
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
• Contribution Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Health Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• And many more benefits including cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc