Design Lead - SPA

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**About the role**
Mott MacDonald Bentley are recruiting a Design Lead to join the Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA). The 330 km SPA Project by Anglian Water is under construction and will be completed during AMP8. In addition, a further 260 km of water transfer pipelines and associated infrastructure will be delivered in AMP8.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, forecast and resource design activities across your element(s) of the project, monitoring workload and leading the design teams to output in a timely and efficient manner.
• Collaborate with the wider project delivery team, working closely with project management, construction, enabling, planning, commercial and procurement teams.
• Develop close working relationships with AW operational stakeholders to support design decision‑making and client sign‑off.
• Enable good information flow, e.g. via Technical Queries.
• Guide your team in producing designs in accordance with CDM regulations, minimising safety risks in construction, commissioning and subsequent maintenance and decommissioning.
• Ensure survey works are specified in a timely manner to support delivery of the projects, including utilities, ground investigation and existing site surveys.
• Liaise with Temporary Works Design.

Required skills, experience and behaviours

• Educated to degree level in an engineering or related subject.
• Experienced working in multi‑disciplinary teams and have a track record of managing a section of design work.
• Experienced in managing throughout the design phase a section of a project, including civil, mechanical, electrical and control aspects; and experienced in delivering with a production methodology mindset, including modular designs.
• Understanding of the importance of design interactions throughout the project lifecycle.

What we can offer

• Pension matched by employer up to 7%
• Option to purchase, sell and carry over annual leave
• Life assurance / Private Medical Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance and Health Screening options
• 26 weeks maternity leave, enhanced paternity and adoption leave/ Shared parental leave
• Payment of annual professional institution subscription costs
• Gym Membership discounts UK wide
• Cycle to work scheme, interest‑free season ticket loans and discounted dining cards also available

Other information

This is a Mott MacDonald Bentley role, employed by Mott MacDonald. Mott MacDonald Bentley is a joint venture business established in 1999 between civil engineering contractor JN Bentley and global management consultancy Mott MacDonald. This role is employed by Mott MacDonald but will involve working across the joint venture business, both with Mott MacDonald and JN Bentley colleagues.

Location: Peterborough, UK
Contract type: Permanent
Work pattern: Full Time
Discipline: Water
Job Ref: 7172
Recruiter Contact: anna.hickford@jnbentley.co.uk