Senior Design Manager - Derby

BALFOUR BEATTY; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company is seeking a Senior Design Manager for their Power Transmission and Distribution team in Derby. This role involves managing a portfolio of engineering projects from design to completion, along with mentoring a team of engineering professionals. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership qualities and experience in the UK HV Substations sector. A hybrid work model offers flexibility, alongside comprehensive benefits including generous leave and family-friendly policies.

Benefits

25 days paid annual leave

Maternity/adoption leave with full pay

Paternity leave with full pay

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience in UK HV Substations and highly regulated industries.
• Proven ability to manage multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams.
• Strong technical grounding and engineering delivery experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design management for timely project delivery.
• Hire, train, and motivate team members.
• Manage engineering budgets across multiple projects.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Team management

Technical skill

Budget management

Job description

About the role

Balfour Beatty are currently looking for a Senior Design Manager to join their rapidly growing team within Power T&D. The role will be based in Derby on a hybrid working pattern.

Role Purpose

The Senior Design Manager is accountable for a portfolio of Power Transmission and Distribution Engineering projects and their design delivery, management and engineering governance, from initial opportunity, through bid development and contract negotiation, mobilisation and delivery, and finally project completion and archiving.

They will lead, manage, mentor and develop a team of Design and Engineering Managers, Assistant Engineering Managers, Graduates, Apprentices and Trainees.

They are expected to work closely with the Project Director, or Head Of OPS, and lead positive engagement with internal and external stakeholders to manage the scope risks and programme of their portfolio of projects designs.

The Senior Design Manager has responsibility for the way the team works, leading the selection of the right methods of engagement and processes used on their projects.

Balfour Beatty welcomes applications from both full‑time and part‑time candidates, including those interested in job‑sharing arrangements. Additionally, the company offers a flexible working policy to support a healthy work‑life balance.

What you'll be doing

Accountabilities

• Design management for safe, quality delivery of projects on time and budget
• Hire, train and motivate your team
• Created a culture of innovation and collaboration among engineers
• Scope and Technical change management
• Monthly project reporting
• Seeking opportunities to deliver safer, better, faster and more profitably
• Technical input to contract negotiations
• Producing and maintaining key project documents
• Ensuring compliance with BB Governance and customer requirements whilst developing and executing engineering strategies to support business objectives

Financial and Resource Allocation

Budget responsibility for portfolio of projects designs of allocated Projects

Manage engineering budgets effectively for a portfolio of allocated project designs

Projects Make recommendations for strategy to follow during the resource allocation to optimize engineering outcomes

Who we're looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Supporting teams to deliver programs safely, on time, on budget and to a high quality
• Interfacing with internal and external stakeholders
• Good technical grounding, experience and engineering delivery
• Project leadership at a management level, delivering a range of projects from Standard to complex projects
• Experience of working in the UK HV Substations sector and within highly regulated industries
• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life.

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on‑going maintenance, our in‑house experts, flexible resources and industry‑leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long‑term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/