Senior Design Manager, Marine & Coastal Infrastructure

Knights Brown Construction Limited; Ringwood; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Knights Brown Construction Limited in Ringwood/Maidstone seeks a Senior Design Manager to lead development, management and assurance of engineering solutions across marine, coastal and civil infrastructure projects in the UK. Based in Ringwood or Maidstone with occasional travel to project sites, you will drive design from tender through delivery, ensuring safety, buildability, sustainability and value.

You will provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams, coordinate consultants,

Qualifications

• Experience in marine, coastal, river and civil engineering projects.
• Experience in a contractor environment or a consultancy moving into delivery.
• Practical site experience with buildable, safe and efficient engineering solutions.
• Experience managing design on major infrastructure or civil engineering projects.
• Knowledge of CDM Regulations and design risk management principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the design process from project development through to construction delivery.
• Provide technical leadership on design and build projects, contractor-designed elements and complex temporary works.
• Support bid and work-winning teams with design strategy, consultant appointments, technical submissions and construction methodologies.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams to deliver integrated, buildable and cost-effective solutions.
• Ensure designs comply with relevant industry standards, client requirements and statutory obligations.
• Lead engineering assurance activities and manage design risk throughout project delivery.
• Drive value engineering and innovation opportunities to improve affordability, performance and sustainability.
• Champion compliance with CDM Regulations and proactively manage design-related health and safety risks.
• Oversee the performance of external consultants and construction partners to ensure high-quality design outputs.
• Support operational teams in resolving technical challenges during project delivery.
• Promote right-first-time design quality and continuous improvement across projects.
• Contribute to Knights Brown's sustainability objectives and support achievement of Goal13 commitments.
• Mentor graduates and junior staff members

Skills

Design management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Coordination

CDM compliance

Education

Chartered Engineer

Tools

NEC contracts

Job description

Knights Brown Construction Limited in Ringwood/Maidstone seeks a Senior Design Manager to lead development, management and assurance of engineering solutions across marine, coastal and civil infrastructure projects in the UK. Based in Ringwood or Maidstone with occasional travel to project sites, you will drive design from tender through delivery, ensuring safety, buildability, sustainability and value.

You will provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams, coordinate consultants,