Design Manager

WSP in India; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP India is seeking a Design Manager to lead design projects within the Water sector, coordinating with the Project Director and Project Manager to oversee engineering design activities in line with UK CDM regulations.

The role requires adaptability, an innovative mindset, and collaboration with external clients and multidisciplinary teams across offices, client sites, and project sites to deliver successful outcomes.

Qualifications

• MEng/BEng/BSc or HND/HNC in engineering or related field.
• 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 Regulations.
• Ensure clear communication through collaborating with internal teams and external stakeholders to support project delivery.
• Facilitate and lead discussions in Design Team Meetings, taking minutes and ensuring timely actions.
• Improve and implement project delivery processes, e.g. change control, coordinating disciplines through workshops.
• Deal with RFIs, early warnings, and general communications to reduce project risk.
• Analyse, process, and respond to design transmittals including drawings, specifications, reports, and other documents.
• Reviewing and evaluating quotations to ensure alignment with scope and budget.
• Manage changes/delays and ensure resolution or mitigation.
• Update design delivery programme, resource plans, and instructions; understand project scope.

Education

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

Job description

Job Description

As a Design Manager at WSP, you will lead and manage design projects within the Water sector. Working closely with the Project Director and Project Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing engineering design activities and ensuring compliance with industry best practices and UK regulations.

At WSP, our Design Managers are adaptable professionals who thrive in a variety of situations. They possess an innovative mindset, are willing to take on new challenges, and are comfortable working on significant and complex projects or programmes of work. We collaborate closely with external clients and internal multidisciplinary project teams to deliver successful outcomes.

To ensure effective project delivery, we operate across WSP offices, client offices, and site locations, supporting programmes of strategic regional and national importance.

Joining WSP offers an exceptional opportunity to take the next step in your career. You will have the chance to build on your experience and qualifications, achieve your professional ambitions, and benefit from excellent support for personal development and career growth within both local teams and the wider WSP business.

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.

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.

Background Verification (BGV)

• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (\"BGV\") check conducted by a third‑party agency appointed by WSP India.


• Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner.

About Us

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Earth & Environment, Power & Energy, Resources and Industry sectors, as well as offering strategic advisory services. Our talented people around the globe engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

With approximately 4,000 talented people across 3 locations (Noida, Bengaluru & Mumbai offices) in India and more than 73,000 globally, in 550 offices across 40 countries, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

At WSP we draw on the diverse skills and capabilities of our employees globally to compete for the most exciting and complex projects across the world and bring the same level of expertise to our local communities. We are proud to be an international collective of innovative thinkers who work on the most complex problems. Unified under one strong brand, we use our local expertise, international reach and global scale to prepare our cities and environments for the future, connect communities and help societies thrive in built and natural ecosystems. True to our guiding principles, our business is built on four cornerstones: Our People, Our Clients, Our Operational Excellence and Our Expertise.

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We are

• Passionate people doing purposeful and sustainable work that helps shape our communities and the future.


• A collaborative team that thrives on challenges and unconventional thinking.


• A network of experts channeling our curiosity into creating solutions for complex issues.

Inspired by diversity, driven by inclusion, we work with passion and purpose.

Working with Us

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

Our Hybrid Working Module

• Maximize collaboration.


• Maintain product quality and cultural integrity.


• Balance community, collaboration, opportunity, productivity, and efficiency.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset, and we prioritize a safe work environment. Health, safety, and wellbeing are integral to our culture, with each of us accountable for fostering a safe workplace through our \"Making Health and Safety Personal\" initiative. Our Zero Harm Vision drives us to reduce risks through innovative solutions, earning recognition for our global health and safety practices with the prestigious RoSPA Health and Safety Awards for six consecutive years.

Inclusivity and Diversity

WSP India is dedicated to fostering a sustainable and inclusive work environment where our greatest strength - Our People - feel valued, respected, and supported. We ensure an unbiased approach in hiring, promotion, and performance evaluation, regardless of age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, physical ability, education, social status, or cultural background.

With us, you can.

Join our close-knit community of over 73,300 talented global professionals dedicated to making a positive impact. Together, we can make a difference in communities both near and far.