At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead design teams on exciting water and infrastructure projects across the UK.
- Company: Join a leading company in the water sector with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, company car, enhanced leave, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic work environment with opportunities for growth and collaboration.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on essential infrastructure while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in design management and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.
We are looking to recruit an experienced Design Manager within the Yorkshire region to work alongside Site Teams across multiple framework projects within the UK water sector. You will be responsible for managing internal and external design resources, assessing design risk, ensuring buildability and compliance, and delivering technical outputs in line with project requirements, engineering standards, CDM regulations, and health & safety best practice.
You will lead multidisciplinary design teams to achieve successful project outcomes across a portfolio of infrastructure and utility projects.
Key Responsibilities- Develop and maintain design deliverables plans alongside project delivery teams
- Manage design forecasting and commercial design allowances across framework projects
- Coordinate internal design teams and external consultants/resources
- Manage supply chain input and ensure supplier design compliance
- Support tender design development and estimating activities
- Oversee technical queries and upstream/downstream design coordination
- Liaise with clients to ensure design requirements and considerations are fully understood
- Allocate design resource across projects and frameworks
- Maintain and manage design risk registers
- Support project planning and programme development activities
- Strong communication and leadership skills
- Experience within M&E, Civil Design & Build, infrastructure, utilities, or construction environments
- Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams
- Knowledge of Common Data Environments (CDEs) such as SharePoint, ProjectWise, or similar systems
- Understanding of BIM procedures and digital engineering practices
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office applications
- Competitive salary
- Company car or car allowance
- Enhanced annual leave
We think you need these skills to ace Design Manager in Bradford, West Yorkshire
Design Management
Risk Assessment
Buildability Assessment
Compliance Knowledge
Technical Output Delivery
Project Coordination
Multidisciplinary Team Leadership
