Westlakes Recruit is recruiting for a Design Manager on a permanent basis in Leeds.
In this role you will support the full life cycle of our projects from development and design, through to construction and commissioning.
You will manage external and internal design teams to ensure buildable designs that mitigate construction and operational risks, execute energy savings and deliver solutions on time.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
* Ownership of the customer journey from development opportunity to the completion of technical delivery.
* Provide technical support to the project manager throughout the construction phase.
* Act as the single point of contact with major clients for all technical status and coordination topics.
* Oversee a portfolio of projects in the region varying from £100k feasibility opportunities through to £30m energy performance contracts.
* Maintain all relevant project documentation in line with document control processes.
* Manage survey and design programmes in conjunction with the Project Managers and external planning resource.
* Record and manage technical risks as part of the overall project risk management process.
* Work in conjunction with the centre of excellence to maintain processes and governance.
* Ensure that schemes are designed within budget.
* Coordinate internal technical resources to produce scopes of requirements to design consultants and subcontractors, review external consultant deliverables, analyse options against cost and safety considerations, and deliver designs to the correct scope and detail.
* Resolve project challenges, produce workable solutions within the team, and sustain project programme.
* Develop client opportunities for additional revenue to formal proposals, liaising with project, technical, commercial and procurement colleagues.
* Report status, actions and escalations to the regional Project Director.
* Manage external design consultants to produce designs for major packages such as heat pump, boiler, chiller, energy centre, borehole, and high voltage infrastructure designs.
* Coordinate and align technical packages and design outputs to remove gaps and omissions before tendering and construction.
* Provide high-level commercial oversight of the managed works, including risks and opportunities, handling variations, and basic progress reporting.
* Coordinate construction stage support to facilitate progress, resolve clashes and issues, and manage change.
(This list is not exhaustive and can change due to business requirements.)
Knowledge, Skills, Education & Experience
* Demonstrable experience in M&E design in a project delivery environment – Essential.
* Line management experience of a small team – Essential.
* Hands‑on experience working on engineering projects from conception through delivery, working with large-scale heating systems (2‑10 MWt) and technologies such as heat pumps, boilers, CHP, chillers, heat exchangers and air‑handling units – Essential.
* Planning and organisational skills to manage multiple projects simultaneously – Desirable.
* Awareness of regulatory compliance associated with industrial projects, including planning, building control, fire, environmental permitting, noise assessments and electrical connections – Essential.
* Exposure to energy-saving measures and initiatives from conception through delivery, such as building fabric, solar PV, LED lighting, ECDC fans, and BMS upgrades – Essential.
* Project Management experience – Essential.
We would welcome the opportunity to discuss this role informally.
Why We're Different
Westlakes Recruit is a people solutions business that understands the complexities of nuclear and the importance of our clients’ mission‑critical objectives.
Smarter, faster, more agile – we have a laser focus on nuclear, with deep sectoral knowledge. We develop nuclear talent pools before you know you need them! We do Nuclear. We only do Nuclear. We do all of Nuclear.
Equal Opportunities
As an equal opportunities business, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and abilities.
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