Design Manager

Asset Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Asset Recruitment is seeking a Design Manager for a global EPCM client delivering semiconductor projects across Ireland. You will apply your design management expertise to the technical delivery and leadership of multidisciplinary teams.

With 10+ years in engineering design or project engineering, you will drive planning, budgeting, and client collaboration, ensuring regulatory alignment and successful project execution from conception to handover.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent qualification and experience.
• 10+ years of experience in engineering design, design management, or project engineering, ideally within a complex project environment.
• Proven experience in design management and technical leadership on large-scale projects.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven leadership experience in a design engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Planning, scheduling, estimating, and budgeting throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitoring project progress and performance; initiating corrective actions as required.
• Provide process-specific technical leadership to the team.
• Lead scope development, ensuring client-specific requirements are included, with emphasis on gas and chemical delivery and storage requirements.
• Ensure coordination across licensing, permitting, and regulatory requirements, and implement into the engineering design and construction.
• Establish effective communication and provide feedback on performance; coordinate with other disciplines.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Design Manager

Our client is a global EPCM company with operations and projects across Ireland. They are currently looking for a passionate Design Manager and Project Management professional who is driven by collaboration and exceeding expectations, and who can apply their project design management knowledge and experience to the technical delivery of Semiconductor projects.

Key Responsibilities

Planning, Scheduling, Estimating and Budgeting

• Planning, scheduling, estimating, and budgeting throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitoring project progress and performance.
• Initiating and supervising corrective actions, as required.

Technical Supervision

• Provide process-specific technical leadership to the team.
• Lead scope development, ensuring client-specific requirements are included and understood, with particular emphasis on gas and chemical delivery and storage requirements.
• Ensure coordination across all relevant licensing, permitting, and other legislative requirements, and ensure these are understood and implemented into the engineering design and construction.

Project Planning

• Complete and ensure compliance with the Project Execution Plan (PEP), Quality Plan, and Project Initiation Checklist or Roadmap.
• Manage the main scope of the project.
• Manage change control for scope, schedule, and budget.

Project Organisation

• Ensure the right people are assigned to the right roles.
• Establish effective communication and provide feedback on performance.
• Provide direction to the design team and ensure coordination with all other disciplines.

Client & Stakeholder Communication

• Effective communication is key to the successful delivery of the project.
• Ensure client stakeholders are kept up to date on all technical, financial, and scheduling matters.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent qualification and experience.
• 10+ years of experience in engineering design, design management, or project engineering, ideally within a complex project environment.
• Proven experience in design management and technical leadership on large-scale projects.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proven leadership experience in a design engineering environment.