Project Design Manager

FJA are recruiting on behalf of a leading contractor in the UK water sector for an experienced Project Design Manager to join their engineering team based in Peterborough, with hybrid working available.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Design Manager or engineering professional to take technical ownership of major infrastructure projects from initial feasibility and concept design through to detailed design and handover.
 
You will coordinate design delivery across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring solutions are practical, sustainable, cost-effective and delivered in line with programme, quality and safety requirements.
 
Benefits

• Competitive salary package
• Hybrid working
• Car/car allowance (role dependent)
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 additional days
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Health insurance and private medical cover
• Employee benefits including Cycle to Work scheme, Kids Pass, retail discounts and savings
• Excellent opportunities for professional development and career progression
• Opportunity to work on major infrastructure projects within the UK water sector

Project Design Manager role:

• Take technical ownership of major infrastructure projects from feasibility and concept design through to detailed design and project handover.
• Lead and coordinate design delivery across multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Ensure designs are practical, sustainable, buildable and aligned with project cost, programme and quality objectives.
• Act as a key point of contact throughout the project lifecycle, working closely with project leaders, engineers, construction teams and external stakeholders.
• Manage design risks and ensure health and safety considerations are embedded throughout the design process.
• Drive collaboration between engineering disciplines to achieve coordinated and effective project solutions.
• Support the development of junior engineers and designers, promoting a positive culture of learning and technical excellence.

Project Design Manager responsibilities:

• Lead the design process on major capital projects from early concept through to detailed technical development and design assurance.
• Ensure design outputs are fully integrated and meet operational, commercial, environmental and project requirements.
• Undertake Principal Designer responsibilities under CDM regulations where required, ensuring design risks are effectively identified and managed.
• Promote the use of BIM, 3D modelling and digital design processes to improve design coordination and project outcomes.
• Challenge and improve technical standards, encouraging innovative, repeatable, low-carbon and cost-effective design solutions.
• Work closely with project and delivery teams to effectively plan and allocate design resources.
• Monitor technical and design activities to ensure projects remain on programme.
• Build strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including engineers, contractors, operators and other project partners.
• Champion best practice across quality, health, safety and engineering performance.
• Mentor junior engineers and designers, supporting their technical and professional development.
• Encourage collaboration across engineering disciplines to identify efficiencies and maximise value throughout the design process.
• Promote continuous improvement and share technical knowledge and best practice across project teams.

Project Design Manager requirements:

• Degree, HNC or HND in Civil Engineering or a relevant engineering discipline.
• Proven experience within a design management, engineering management or technical leadership role.
• Experience delivering complex infrastructure, water, wastewater, utilities or civil engineering projects.
• Strong working knowledge of CDM 2015 regulations.
• Previous experience undertaking Principal Designer responsibilities or managing design risk would be highly advantageous.
• Strong understanding of multi-disciplinary engineering design and project delivery.
• Experience using digital design tools, BIM workflows and integrated design processes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to lead, influence and collaborate with individuals at all levels.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to mentor and develop junior engineers and designers.
• Commercial awareness with an understanding of cost-effective and buildable design solutions.
• Proactive and solution-focused approach with a commitment to quality, safety and continuous improvement.

If you are looking for an exciting Project Design Manager opportunity and want to join a leading contractor delivering major infrastructure projects within the UK water sector, then click on the ‘apply now’ button.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are not always able to reply to all applications. If you haven’t heard back from us within 2 weeks, then please accept that your application has been unsuccessful for the role we currently have advertised.
 
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job. Finlay Jude Associates Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.