At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead design processes, manage queries, and ensure compliance on exciting construction projects.
- Company: Join a thriving national construction business with a focus on growth and innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, car allowance, pension matching, private medical insurance, and generous annual leave.
- Other info: Exceptional career development opportunities in a dynamic and supportive environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the construction industry while advancing your career.
- Qualifications: Experience in design and construction, with strong leadership and communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 85000 - 88000 £ per year.
Location: Inverness
Salary: £85,000 - £88,000 + £6,325 Car Allowance
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave - plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP
Overview: First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Design Engineering Manager on a permanent basis due to growth based at either their Inverness depot.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage the process, resolution and communication of all design queries as part of the project.
- Review contract requirements and ensure compliance with requirements.
- Raise requests for further information internally and externally from the whole project team.
- Collaborate in the preparation of design programmes.
- Manage communication with the Client design representative throughout the contract period.
- Produce monthly reports on design progress and any other design specific elements.
- Manage and update the design deliverable schedule.
- Review all design deliverables and ensure that they are completed to the expected standard.
- Challenge and resolve when not.
- Manage and chair design reviews with project team.
- Manage and chair all design interface meetings with external parties.
- Review designs for compliance with contract requirements and tender intentions.
- Ensure compliance with design approval processes required by the contract.
- Routinely monitor report on progress of the design and explain any necessary actions.
- Collaborate with the engagement of external suppliers/subcontractors.
- Ensure document register is completed by designers correctly and issued periodically.
- Manage provision of drawings to project team - document control.
- Establish technical query procedure.
- Review all design communications and collaboratively resolve queries.
- Agree changes with Project team in accordance with project authority protocol.
- Issue of instructions to Designer in accordance with project authority protocol.
- Implement change order management.
- Approve designer's quality management system.
- Lead Design Reviews with approval and acceptance bodies. TAA, NR, LUL etc.
- Support Assurance functions with design specific requirements.
Skills and Experience:
- Wide-ranging understanding and working knowledge of construction methods and outputs and can coach others.
- Must have spent 12 months completing designs as part of a consultancy or temporary works design department.
- Will have both substantial construction and design experience desirable in hydro pump storage schemes and/or large projects.
Design Engineering Manager employer: American Society of Civil Engineers
As a Design Engineering Manager at our Inverness location, you will join a dynamic national construction business that prioritises exceptional career development and offers a supportive work culture. With competitive benefits including a generous salary, car allowance, private medical insurance, and the opportunity to buy/sell annual leave, we are committed to fostering employee growth and well-being in a collaborative environment.
Contact Details:
American Society of Civil Engineers Recruitment Team
