Lead the Design of Critical Water Infrastructure Projects Shaping the Future of the UK Water Sector
Our Client has a requirement for a Design Manager, who will be required to work on a contract basis in Newcastle (Hybrid Working).
Role Purpose:
- Lead the design delivery of major water infrastructure projects within a long-term framework programme.
- Manage multidisciplinary design teams and design partners to achieve project objectives.
- Drive the delivery of safe, efficient, buildable, and low‑carbon engineering solutions.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards, quality requirements, and project governance procedures.
- Support the successful planning, coordination, and execution of design activities from concept through delivery.
Job Role Responsibilities:
- Identify design scope and deliverables.
- Support the development and agreement of design scopes, programmes, and budgets.
- Manage allocated design partners and project teams to deliver against agreed design deliverables, programmes, and budgets.
- Manage design contracts and coordinate reporting requirements.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and project requirements, securing necessary derogations where required.
- Challenge design solutions to ensure safe, efficient, buildable, and low‑carbon outcomes.
- Hold and record regular design meetings to actively manage progress and coordination.
- Coordinate and manage design risk, buildability, carbon, and DfMA workshops.
- Coordinate and manage design reviews, technical assurance reviews, and CDM reviews.
- Ensure design is implemented and managed in line with project BIM strategies.
- Support interfaces between design partners and wider project teams.
- Maintain awareness of current health and safety legislation relevant to project activities.
- Promote the business professionally to internal and external stakeholders.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships across design, delivery, commercial, and client teams.
- Support procurement decision‑making activities for design and delivery packages.
- Adhere to project governance requirements relating to design management and project delivery.
Experience / Skills / Knowledge / Qualifications:
- Civil Engineering qualification with practical delivery experience.
- Strong organisational skills.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Passion for improving performance through best practice, process improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ability to work and learn quickly in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
- Commitment to delivering high‑quality work and exceeding expectations.
- Previous experience managing complex and sensitive programmes.
- Practical experience working with NEC4 contracts.
- Positive and proactive approach to work.
- Thorough understanding of:
- Design procurement
- Design management
- Design control
- Quality assurance
- BIM to ISO 19650
- NEC4 suite of contracts
- Experience working within the water sector in Mechanical, Electrical, ICA, Civils, maintenance, design, or capital delivery environments.
- Water industry experience.
- Chartered Engineer status with a relevant professional institution.
Qualifications
- SMSTS.
- CSCS Card.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
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