Water Design Manager — Hybrid, Large-Scale Projects

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

WSP My Hour

Flexible benefits (Gymflex)

Job summary

WSP in the United Kingdom & Ireland is looking for a Design Manager to lead and manage design projects within the Water sector. You will work with the Project Director/Manager to oversee engineering design work and ensure compliance with best practices and UK regulations.

This role requires leadership in design delivery on mid-scale to complex projects and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, including clients.

Qualifications

• MEng/BEng/BSc or HND/HNC in an Engineering, Environmental or numerate science related subject.
• A member of an appropriate professional institute (Chartered or working towards).
• Experience in an infrastructure programme and project delivery environment, with experience of delivering complex projects.
• Significant experience in Project and contract management including knowledge of H&S standards and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead design management for mid-scale and complex projects, managing resources, timelines, and budgets from concept through to completion.
• Ensure projects comply with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Manage client relationships and collaborate with engineering teams to deliver effective, integrated solutions.
• Lead client and project meetings, reporting on progress, financials, and addressing technical challenges.
• Drive "Safety by Design" practices and ensure compliance with UK CDM (Construction Design & Management) Regulations.
• Ensuring clear communication through collaborating effectively with both internal WSP teams and external stakeholders to support the delivery of projects.
• Facilitating and leading any discussions in Design Team Meetings (DTMs), taking clear and concise minutes and ensuring timely completion of actions by the design team.
• Ensuring project delivery processes are consistently improved and implemented, e.g. change control. Coordinating relevant disciplines through target led workshops, enabling critical design issues to be resolved in a timely manner.
• Dealing with RFIs, early warnings, and general communications to reduce project risk and ensure a successful project delivery.
• Analysing, processing, and responding to design transmittals consisting of drawings, specifications, reports, and other project related documents.
• Reviewing and evaluating quotations to ensure they align with the project’s scope, budget and client requirements.
• Managing changes and delays that have affected the project and ensuring these are resolved or mitigated accordingly.
• Updating the design delivery programme, resource, and instructions. Have a thorough understanding of project scope and design responsibility.
• Itemising scope of services, client briefing schedules, documentation and regular assessment against industry standards to help ensure a better set of deliverables.
• Instigate efficiency, appropriate use of innovation, buildability whilst factoring the different design stages with the wider design team.
• Understanding of the design process, roles and responsibilities and be able to coordinate across all disciplines internal and external, ensuring quality and add overall value to the project.
• Multiple package delivery responsibility and team management, reporting to Senior Project Leads.

Skills

Project management

Contract management

Leadership

Communication

Education

MEng/BEng/BSc or HND/HNC in an Engineering, Environmental or numerate science related subject

Job description

WSP in the United Kingdom & Ireland is looking for a Design Manager to lead and manage design projects within the Water sector. You will work with the Project Director/Manager to oversee engineering design work and ensure compliance with best practices and UK regulations.

This role requires leadership in design delivery on mid-scale to complex projects and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, including clients.