Design Lead - to be a manager in Rickmansworth

We are looking to strengthen our Engineering team with a Senior Design Manager and a Design Manager based at our North West Thames office with hybrid working available. You will report directly to the Regional Discipline Lead and your role will lead projects through their design phases for a portfolio of projects.

To ensure cost-effective, technically compliant, and buildable solutions are delivered in line with all stakeholder requirements, as well as in line with programme expectations and in accordance with the project delivery process and engineering design procedures.

Be committed to excellence in Health & Safety (H&S) in design, complying fully with relevant local specifications, codes, rules, regulations and requirements and all relevant H&S legislation. To ensure that H&S hazards are identified and managed and that all residual risks are communicated effectively to all stakeholders.

To lead the Design team in delivery of their responsibilities and to ensure a focused approach to meet customer requirements and project objectives. To be accountable for the expenditure, drive efficiency and manage the overall outturn costs for design by producing design deliverables within the allocated resource hours and by key dates.

To organise all elements of design, documenting it in the Design Management Plan and preparing monthly status update reports as necessary. To attend and contribute to all relevant programme, project, and technical meetings.

To ensure that the technical solution is produced to outperform on costs, whilst maintaining quality standards and delivery on time. To provide, where required, technical support during construction, assembly, and commissioning stages.

To ensure that all technical work is undertaken to the correct standards and specifications, following the appropriate systems of work and quality assurance. To communicate and work effectively with people from other partner organisations, backgrounds, and disciplines, utilising their knowledge and experience and add to this with your own experience and knowhow.

Undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required, and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role.

Extensive experience of multi-disciplinary design management, in a design-build environment. APM Project Fundamentals Qualification. Must be delivery-driven with the ability to set targets and manage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives. Extensive experience in large-scale project delivery. Strategic, operational, technical and management skills. Good general knowledge of all aspects of water treatment e.g., Working towards or have obtain APM Project Management Qualification. Experience in the Water/Wastewater Treatment Industry. Knowledge of BIM procedures and techniques.

A competitive salary ~ Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent) ~ Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent) ~ 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy) ~ Contribution Pension scheme ~ Life Assurance ~ Health Insurance ~ Private Medical Insurance