Senior Design Manager

Kier Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Design within Kier Group's Assured Delivery team is seeking a Senior Design Manager / CEM to lead design management on multidisciplinary rail and aviation projects nationwide.

You will oversee design programmes, manage interfaces between design and construction teams, and ensure engineering assurance and CDM 2015 compliance across programmes.

The role offers 42 hours per week with some flexibility, and clear opportunities to progress within a supportive, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Masters or Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
• CEng/IEng with appropriate institution or working towards.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary or complex projects.
• Knowledge of CDM 2015 and health and safety risk management.
• Full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead design management and engineering assurance of multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Manage interfaces between design teams, construction teams and stakeholders throughout the lifecycle.
• Oversee tendering, ECI and budgets while maintaining design schedules.
• Ensure CDM compliance and regulatory/technical requirements are met.
• Support career development and progression within a collaborative environment.

Skills

Multi-disciplinary project leadership

CDM 2015 knowledge

Stakeholder management

Design management

Engineering assurance

Driving licence

Education

Masters or Bachelor's degree in engineering

CEng/IEng candidate / working towards

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Design Manager / CEM to join our Assured Delivery team based Nationwide within theTransportation Rail team. Kier Design are a highly regarded Tier 1 Contractor, with a 750 plus strong design consultancy team, recognised as a Top 30 employer on Glassdoor.

Are you…

• Holding a Masters or Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in an engineering discipline
• CEng/IEng with appropriate institution or working towards
• Experienced in leading multi-disciplinary projects or complex engineering and construction projects
• Knowledgeable in CDM 2015 and design-related health and safety risk management
• In possession of a full driving licence
• Haveundertaken the Network Rail CEM role, undertaken a deputy CEM role or have been a CRE on multidisciplinary schemes and ready to step up into the CEM role

Location: Nationwide ( 1 role North / North West England and 1 role South / Midlands)
Hours: 42 Hours - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Design Manager, you'll be working within the Assured Delivery team, supporting them in leading design management and engineering assurance of multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.You'll work across a diverse range of projects in the Transportation sector in Rail and Aviation, providing management and delivery of design and technical engineering support for projects and tenders. You'll be ensuring design programmes, engineering and quality standards are met whilst managing interfaces between stakeholders, design teams and construction teams throughout the project lifecycle.

This role offers the chance to work on meaningful projects that make a real difference, with plenty of scope to develop your skills and progress your career in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Your day to day will include:

• Leading tender and Early Contractor Involvement with technical support and management of design for innovative, compliant and value engineered solutions
• Managing technical aspects of design and maintaining control of design budgets and team utilisation
• Owning the engineering deliverables schedule and ensuring timely production and approval of engineering deliverables
• Leading engineering assurance for design and construction, ensuring compliance to CDM, relevant legislation and technical requirements
• Managing interfaces between design and construction teams throughout project development lifecycle

Whether you are an experienced railway engineer who undertakes the CEM role or an Engineer / Design Manager acting as a CRE / Deputy CEM looking to make the next step up we would love to hear from you.

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. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

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