Design Managers in Stevenage

About The Role

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

We are looking for Design Managers.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Water, we’re at the forefront of delivering innovative design and build sustainable solutions within the water sector across the UK. With a growing portfolio of high-profile water contracts for AMP 8 and beyond, we’re committed to driving technical excellence, sustainability, and cutting-edge engineering to transform the way water services are delivered to our stakeholders and the communities. These roles will be based across the South of the UK.

Want to be a part of it?

We’re seeking passionate and talented design and engineering professionals whatever your level to join us across the UK. Whether you’re an experienced expert or an ambitious newcomer, this is your chance to work on impactful projects that make a real difference to communities and the environment.

Why designing with us is different:

• Be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking team where your ideas matter.
• Work on diverse, challenging projects that showcase your skills and creativity.
• Benefit from continuous learning and development opportunities within a supportive environment.
• Play a key role in shaping sustainable water solutions for the future.

If you want to design with purpose, innovate with impact, and see the tangible results of your work, M Group Water is where your career will thrive together.

Help us develop and deliver essential water and wastewater infrastructure using your engineering expertise!

As a Design Manager, you’ll be leading and managing the design and technical delivery of clean and wastewater infrastructure projects, ensuring that solutions are safe, compliant, cost-effective, and meet client and operational requirements. The role oversees multidisciplinary design teams, coordinates internal and external stakeholders, and manages the full design lifecycle from concept through to construction and handover.

You’ll work closely with the framework manager to ensure the capability and capacity of design staff is available on the specific contract.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing a design team across multiple disciplines.
• Managing the development and delivery of clean and waste water projects, including pumping stations, clean and waste water networks, and associated infrastructure.
• Ensuring designs comply with industry standards, regulatory requirements, health and safety obligations, and client specifications.
• Planning and monitoring design programmes, resources, budgets, risks, and change control processes.
• Acting as the primary technical interface between clients, operational teams, contractors, and external stakeholders.
• Driving innovation, sustainability, and low-carbon solutions within project designs.
• Reviewing and approving technical outputs while maintaining quality assurance and design governance.
• Supporting and mentoring engineers and designers to develop technical capability within the team.
• Managing design approvals and handover processes to ensure successful project delivery.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme
• Recommend a friend get rewarded for introducing people to us!

In addition, this role offers:

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Private health care single cover
• Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Discretionary bonus scheme

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours. We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet. We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations. We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.