NRL have an exciting new opportunity for a Lead Design Manager, to work with one of our clients who do work in the civil nuclear industry. This would be based in Capenhurst, Cheshire.
About the role:
To set the overall technical direction for complex multi-disciplinary projects and act as a key decision maker, ensuring a suitable balance between all potentially conflicting drivers is achieved.
To oversee the development of design delivery schedules, ensuring all relevant disciplines are accounted for, and to manage the interface between these disciplines throughout the design development.
To represent the project from a technical perspective at key stakeholder meetings, having overall oversight of the basis for key design decisions, and a detailed understanding of the technical position of the project.
To maintain oversight of the design managers who report into you.
Accountable for the identification of proportionate and appropriate design solutions
Accountable for ensuring appropriate stakeholder engagement in projects
Ensuring a balanced approach between engineering disciplines is achieved.
Ensuring logical, achievable, integrated cross-discipline schedules are developed.
Accountable for monitoring delivery of the technical aspects of projects in line with the agreed scope and schedule. Ensuring any deviance is appropriately justified, understood and managed.
Accountable for prioritizing where conflicts of resource exist, based on an understanding of the im...