Design Manager
Posted 3 days ago by First Recruitment Group
Negotiable
Outside
Undetermined
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Design Manager role involves leading a multi-disciplinary design team within the water industry, focusing on managing design delivery and ensuring quality and time expectations are met. The position requires overseeing engineers and CAD technicians, driving the use of BIM and 3D modeling, and improving design processes. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in engineering design, particularly in regulated sectors like water or wastewater. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of water infrastructure while fostering a positive team environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage, direct and develop engineers, CAD technicians and graduates.
- Grow the design team and maintain a positive ethos and attitude within the team.
- Lead the design process on multidisciplinary water industry projects.
- Challenge, improve and shape formal processes and procedures for the design team.
- Identify and implement appropriate software packages, and drive the use of BIM and 3D modelling.
- Ensure team produces design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements.
- Ensure team produces design deliverables within agreed timescales and hours.
- Ensure team uses appropriate standards, best practice and software tools.
- Ensure project change for design packages is fully recorded.
- Assist with estimating hours required for design packages.
Key Skills:
- 10 years’ experience working in the engineering design industry in a regulated sector, ideally water or wastewater projects.
- Graduate or HND.
- Good level IT skills.
- Experience in the regulated water industry.
- Track record managing multidisciplinary design teams and projects.
- Experience building teams and capability of junior staff.
- Driving licence & access to a vehicle.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Position: Design Manager
Location: Manchester
Contract: Contract (outside IR35) or Permanent
Shape tomorrow’s water infrastructure while leading a high-performing, multi-disciplinary design team
PURPOSE
Manage designers and design delivery across multi-disciplinary teams within the water industry ensuring time and quality expectations.
Responsibilities
- Manage, direct and develop engineers, CAD technicians and graduates
- Grow the design team and maintain a positive ethos and attitude within the team
- Lead the design process on multidisciplinary water industry projects
- Challenge, improve and shape formal processes and procedures for design team and ensure work is undertaken using them
- Identify and implement appropriate software packages, and drive the use of BIM and 3D modelling where necessary
- Ensure team produce design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements and are fully integrated
- Ensure team produce design deliverables within agreed timescales and hours
- Ensure team use appropriate standards, best practice and software tools
- Ensure project change for design packages is fully recorded
- Assist with estimating hours required for design packages
Required Qualifications & Experience
- 10 years’ experience working in the engineering design industry in a regulated sector ideally Water or wastewater projects
- Graduate or HND
- Good level IT
- Experience in regulated water industry
- Track record managing multidisciplinary design teams and projects
- Experience building teams and capability of junior staff
- Driving licence & access to vehicle
Preferred Qualifications & Experience
- Chartered engineer or working towards chartership
Company information
At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates. We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for any Design Manager looking for new employment. As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.