Water Design Leader (AMP8) – Senior Design Manager

GHD; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GHD is seeking a Senior Design Manager to shape and lead AMP8 water projects in the UK. You will oversee multidisciplinary design teams to deliver buildable, well-governed outcomes, driving early project shaping and value engineering.

You will mentor design managers and work with clients, contractors and supply chain partners to challenge traditional delivery and pursue smarter, more sustainable solutions. This role focuses on leadership, strategy and delivering complex water infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Lead multidisciplinary design teams on major AMP8 water and wastewater programmes.
• Guide design teams from optioneering and outline design through detailed design and construction support.
• Manage design risk, technical interfaces, assumptions, decisions, reviews and assurance activity.
• Work closely with clients, contractors, framework partners and supply chain specialists.
• Challenge traditional delivery approaches and identify smarter, simpler and more sustainable solutions.
• Support work winning, framework growth, client engagement and early project shaping.
• Mentor Design Managers, coordinators and discipline leads so the team becomes stronger as the work bank grows.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary design teams on major AMP8 water and wastewater programmes.
• Guide design teams from optioneering and outline design through detailed design and construction support.
• Manage design risk, technical interfaces, assumptions, decisions, reviews and assurance activity.
• Work closely with clients, contractors, framework partners and supply chain specialists.
• Challenge traditional delivery approaches and identify smarter, simpler and more sustainable solutions.
• Support work winning, framework growth, client engagement and early project shaping.
• Mentor Design Managers, coordinators and discipline leads so the team becomes stronger as the work bank grows.

Skills

Leadership

Multidisciplinary design

Optioneering

Risk management

Client engagement

Mentoring

Job description

GHD is seeking a Senior Design Manager to shape and lead AMP8 water projects in the UK. You will oversee multidisciplinary design teams to deliver buildable, well-governed outcomes, driving early project shaping and value engineering.

You will mentor design managers and work with clients, contractors and supply chain partners to challenge traditional delivery and pursue smarter, more sustainable solutions. This role focuses on leadership, strategy and delivering complex water infrastructure.