Design Manager - Civil Engineering - Water
Posted 5 days ago by Manpower UK Ltd
£65 Per hour
Inside
Undetermined
London
Summary: The Design Manager - Civil Engineering - Water role involves leading a team in delivering technical design work for multi-disciplinary projects in the water sector. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure high-quality outputs while adhering to project timelines and budgets. The ideal candidate will possess strong engineering expertise and leadership skills, contributing to innovative solutions for critical UK infrastructure. This role offers opportunities for career development within a dynamic and supportive environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate or manage a team of engineers for delivery of technical design work on multi-disciplinary projects.
- Drive and oversee the production and review of technical deliverables such as design reports, drawings, calculations, and scopes of work.
- Provide technical input into project design deliverables and manage time and budgets to meet project milestones.
- Collaborate with clients and team members on operational and project activities.
- Mentor less experienced colleagues and enhance local engineering capabilities.
- Work independently with minimal guidance and solve complex problems.
- Support bid proposals with technical and delivery expertise.
- Deliver integrated design solutions in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams.
- Adhere to quality assurance standards in design and review processes.
Key Skills:
- A degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
- Preferably Chartered or Incorporated Civil Engineer.
- Proven experience in managing engineering design delivery teams in a consultancy environment.
- Strong knowledge in risk assessment, quality control, change management, and commercial awareness.
- Practical knowledge of current design codes, standards, and industry best practices.
- Ability to work independently with minimal guidance.
- Experience in the Water market.
- Strong communication skills for conveying technical concepts effectively.
- Proactive and motivated mindset with a collaborative approach.
Salary (Rate): £65/hour
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Engineering
Job Title: Design Manager - Civil Engineering - Water
Location: National - Priority is Epsom, London, Peterborough, Cambridge
Pay Rate: £65 per hour via Umbrella
Contract Length: 12 Month contract
Are you a Design Manager who is passionate about making the world a better place?
Are you ready to take up a vital role in some of the UK's most exciting and innovative projects?
We are looking for an energetic and experienced Design Manager to join our team within the Design & Advanced Technology (D&AT). You'll be part of a talented, multi-disciplinary team delivering cutting edge, iconic projects to our Water market clients.
As a key member of our team, you'll play a vital role in delivering transformational programmes for critical UK infrastructure, with opportunities to work on landmark engineering projects both domestically and internationally. We're committed to providing industry-leading solutions throughout the project lifecycle, adding value through client-side and construction-phase support.
Your Role
The role will offer a challenging and rewarding opportunity to apply knowledge, experience, and problem-solving skills whilst providing good opportunities for career development.
As a Design Manager in the D&AT practice you will have the following responsibilities:
- Coordinate or manage a team of engineers for delivery of technical design work on multi-disciplinary projects following relevant national and project specific design codes and standards, and to high-quality levels in areas such as hydraulics, wastewater and clean water infrastructure, water reuse, and pipelines.
- Responsible for driving and overseeing the production and reviewing of technical deliverables such as design reports, drawings, calculations, and scopes of work with defined scope and ensuring consistency.
- Driving the technical input into project design deliverables for aspects of complex multi-disciplinary projects and work with the project management team to successfully manage time and budgets to key project milestones and programmes.
- Collaborate with client, operational, project, or service activities within your immediate team.
- Provide mentorship to less experienced colleagues and help to grow the Engineering capabilities within the local team.
- Work independently with minimal guidance. Exercise personal judgement to solve difficult problems where appropriate and provide guidance to junior team members.
- Provide technical and delivery support for bid proposals
- Work closely with a multi-disciplinary team in the UK and overseas to deliver integrated design solutions.
- Adhere to quality assurance standards in design including check and review of own work as well as others.
About You
The ideal candidate would be a well-rounded and versatile individual who exemplifies the following key skills and attributes:
- A degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent
- Preferably Chartered or Incorporated Civil Engineer
- Proven experience in coordinating or managing an engineering design delivery team for a design consultancy including within a multi-disciplinary environment, collaborating with Contractors, and the ability and knowledge to deliver across the full project lifecycle.
- Takes broad perspective to identify innovative solutions to design problems. Requires strong knowledge and practical experience in risk assessment, quality control, change management, commercial awareness, design management and collaboration with key disciplines involved in water infrastructure design and delivery, eg MEICA, structures, geotechnics.
- Practical knowledge of current design codes and standards as well as industry best practices including CDM Regulations, Eurocodes, regulatory bodies, water utility standards, NEC, etc.
- Ability to work independently with minimal guidance
- Experience in Water market is necessary
- Demonstrates strong communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly and effectively within diverse multi-disciplinary teams.
- A proactive, highly motivated mindset with a collaborative approach to drive teamwork and shared success across projects.