Senior Design Manager

COSTAIN GROUP; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Peterborough is seeking a technical leader to oversee engineering teams on significant potable water transfer projects. You'll work in a hybrid model requiring two days in the office weekly, focusing on maintaining high-quality engineering outputs and managing team performance. Ideal candidates possess a Bachelor's in Engineering and significant experience in leading complex engineering programmes.

Qualifications

• High-level training and experience in engineering and management.
• Experience in technical leadership of large and complex engineering programmes.

Responsibilities

• Lead SPA Discipline technical teams ensuring quality outputs.
• Support onboarding and training of new design staff.
• Oversee production and ownership of Standard Products.
• Drive improvement and efficiency in the Engineering team.
• Represent SPA engineering in key technical meetings.
• Support resolution of complex technical issues.
• Ensure engineering functions are suitably resourced.
• Manage performance and development of SPA Discipline Heads.

Skills

Technical leadership

Engineering quality processes

Process improvement

People management

Collaboration and communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Chartered member of professional institute (MICE/IMechE/MCIOB)

Job description

Job Description

The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project currently involves the planning, design and construction of circa 320km of new strategic, large diameter, clean water interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure across Anglian Water's region. The SPA Alliance is also taking on responsibility for the future interconnector pipelines, a further 260km of strategic interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure.

• Leading the core technical input through SPA Discipline Heads (System, Process, Mechanical, EICA, Civil Infra and Non-Infra, CAD, Geotech, Quality, Carbon) across a significant programme of major potable water transfer projects (total value ~£1,800M)
• Work collaboratively with the Head of Engineering, Design Manager and Senior Designers to understand design need.
• Work collaboratively with Delivery teams, including construction, procurement, enabling, planning and commercial, to ensure the design is delivered to a high quality and consistency in accordance with constructability requirements.
• Ensure the Engineering Disciplines are suitably resourced with sufficient competence and capacity to ensure Engineering quality processes are robust
• Lead the Disciplines in driving process improvement and standardisation of design activities driving innovation and efficiency across the programme
• Drive and support resolution of complex technical challenges

The role will be hybrid with a requirement of attending the office 2 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead the SPA Discipline technical teams ensuring engineering outputs are of a suitable quality and consistency
  
• Support onboarding of new design staff and development of existing design staff, with technical training and details to set out SPA design expectations
  
• Oversee production and ownership of Standard Products, Standard Details and Design Guides to drive efficiency and consistency of outputs. Ensure these outputs are shared and incorporated into wider Anglian Water Standards
  
• Drive improvement, innovation and efficiency across the Engineering team to support SPA programme performance
  
• Represent the SPA engineering team in key technical meetings and support programme decision making for multi-functional technical outputs
  
• Drive and support the engineering teams with resolution of complex technical issues
  
• Work closely with SPA partners and supply chain to ensure engineering functions are suitably resourced to support SPA programme
  
• People Management - undertake for the SPA Discipline Heads, including performance management, mentoring and development to reach their potential.
  

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential

• A high-level of training and experience in your field of expertise, together with the ability to listen to and understand others' expertise
• High-level of experience of technical leadership of large and complex engineering programmes

Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor's degree / Engineering or management apprenticeship with industry experience
• Chartered member of professional institute (MICE/IMechE/MCIOB etc)

Desirable

• Master's / post graduate degree
• Other secondary professional qualifications and training (e.g. MAPM, MCIarb, MICW etc)
• Project Management training / skills

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