Design Manager in London

We are ambitious!! That's why we need people like you to help us. Our Design team is recruiting. Are you an experienced Engineer with a passion for leading high-impact projects? If so, keep reading as we're seeking a skilled Design Manager to join our team in either Fareham or Brighton.

As a Design Manager, you will take a leading role in managing and coordinating the design process on contractor led waste and water infrastructure projects. Working as part of the project delivery team, you will drive design from tender through to construction and handover, ensuring solutions are safe, buildable, compliant, cost effective and aligned with programme constraints. Projects may include water and wastewater treatment works, pumping stations, pipelines and rising mains, storage assets and complex MEICA installations delivered within live operational environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the contractor led design process from tender stage through detailed design and construction support.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams including civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, ICA and process designers.
• Act as the primary interface between design, construction, commercial and planning teams, ensuring design solutions support safe and efficient delivery.
• Plan and manage design deliverables, information release schedules and design programmes to support construction sequencing and key milestones.
• Chair and lead design coordination and design review meetings, ensuring timely decision making and closure of actions.
• Ensure designs meet contractual requirements, client specifications, regulatory standards and water industry best practice.
• Drive buildability, operability and maintainability reviews, challenging design solutions where necessary to optimise delivery and whole life performance.
• Manage and control design development and design change, including assessment of impacts on cost, programme, risk and construction methodology.
• Coordinate design risk management, ensuring hazards are identified and mitigated through design in collaboration with construction and CDM teams.
• Work closely with the Principal Designer to ensure health and safety considerations are embedded within the design process and supported in Pre Construction Information.
• Support resolution of site based technical queries, RFIs and design related construction issues.
• Attend site regularly to engage with delivery teams and maintain alignment between design intent and construction.
• Produce progress updates and reports for project leadership and client teams.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering waste and water infrastructure projects, ideally within regulated water frameworks.
• Strong understanding of construction methodologies, temporary works, and sequencing in live operational environments.
• Experience managing external consultants and in-house designers to deliver coordinated, high‑quality design outputs.
• Knowledge of CDM 2015 and the role design plays in managing construction and operational risk.
• An engineering qualification in Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, or Process Engineering (minimum HNC or equivalent NVQ Level 4).
• Professional membership (e.g. ICE, IMechE, CIHT, or equivalent) is desirable.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to understand design impacts on cost and programme.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• High level of IT literacy, including Microsoft Office and design coordination systems.
• A full UK driving licence.

Benefits

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well‑known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury's, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.

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