Senior Design Manager — Water/Wastewater Delivery Lead

MWH Treatment; Brandon; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

MWH Treatment is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead and shape design delivery for major water and wastewater projects, ensuring safe, buildable and compliant outcomes.

Based in the Northern Region with flexible working, you will guide multidisciplinary teams, drive collaboration with clients and suppliers, and maintain regulatory and safety standards throughout the design lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Multidisciplinary design-management experience.
• Engineering degree and Chartered Engineer status.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety, CDM, design assurance.
• Water/wastewater sector experience beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and design delivery across projects from scope definition through handover.
• Ensure designs meet health and safety, quality, technical, environmental, sustainability and governance requirements.
• Collaborate with designers, technical specialists, suppliers, construction teams and clients to deliver outcomes.
• Manage design plans, deliverables, risks, decisions, change control and monthly reporting.
• Support a culture of open communication, constructive challenge, shared learning and continuous improvement.

Skills

Design management

Stakeholder collaboration

Leadership

Regulatory understanding

Education

Engineering degree

Chartered Engineer

Job description

MWH Treatment is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead and shape design delivery for major water and wastewater projects, ensuring safe, buildable and compliant outcomes.

Based in the Northern Region with flexible working, you will guide multidisciplinary teams, drive collaboration with clients and suppliers, and maintain regulatory and safety standards throughout the design lifecycle.