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The Opportunity
Do you have a passion for engineering and a desire to make a real difference?
Stantec is working with a number of major water companies to find sustainable solutions to the challenges facing the industry today. Following unprecedented levels of investment into the industry, we are looking to appoint Design Managers to support major regulated water programmes across the South of England.
The Opportunity
Do you have a passion for engineering and a desire to make a real difference?
Stantec is working with a number of major water companies to find sustainable solutions to the challenges facing the industry today. Following unprecedented levels of investment into the industry, we are looking to appoint Design Managers to support major regulated water programmes across the South of England.
This Is Your Chance To
* Lead and develop project teams, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.
* Work on exciting water projects that push boundaries and make a significant impact.
* Partner with top water clients across the UK, shaping the future of the industry.
Right now, we are actively involved in the design and management of major projects across water sector, with significant opportunities coming from our appointment onto Southern Water's AMP 8 Professional Services framework. This has created this opportunity for a Design Manager to join our team, be based from either our Brighton, Ashford, Kings Hill or Southampton offices, with hybrid working allowing for a combination of in-office and home working.
As a Design Manager within our Major Projects community, you will play a key role in ensuring the successful delivery of major projects, bringing together skillsets from multiple disciplines. You will oversee all aspects of delivery across major projects, holding roles that may include delivery of design & build projects, detailed design delivery and owners engineer services – all requiring complex multi-disciplinary collaboration both internally and externally.
You will play a fundamental role within projects to identify innovative and sustainable solutions, work collaboratively with the client and other partner organisations, plan technical delivery, and lead multidisciplinary teams. You will lead the team to deliver best value and client service excellence. You will have access to Stantec’s world-class expertise to help you exceed client expectations.
This represents a great opportunity to join a part of our business with huge growth potential. The opportunity will appeal to those looking to work collaboratively to drive continuous improvements and best practice, and to exceed client expectations. Our UK & Ireland business continues to grow at an impressive pace - this is a great time to join and help develop a mature project delivery offering.
About You
You will have prior experience of working in a role where you have provided design leadership on major projects – either as a Design Manager, Project Manager, Project Engineer or Project Leader. You will most likely be from a technical background – either technical engineering, construction management, environmental or other consulting backgrounds.
You will hold qualifications in engineering or project management with an understanding of large and complex construction / engineering projects, in particular within water or related infrastructure sectors.
Through your previous roles within project delivery you will have experience of achieving a position of trusted partner with clients and other stakeholders, and acting as a mentor for less experienced team members. At all times you will support, promote and maintain our company values, especially in ensuring we put our people & clients first.
Why Join Us
Benefits
This is an exciting time to join Stantec, with the opportunity to tackle challenging new projects across the region and growth plans extending throughout the AMP cycle and beyond. In addition, all employees have access to our company wide benefits, including:
* Work on the challenging & impactful Thames Water framework
* Individualised development plan alongside company wide org structure highlighting pathway for progression, ensuring you always know where your career is heading
* Private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard
* Flexi-working and hybrid working pattern to help you to find the right work life balance for you
* Culture of inclusivity, where we celebrate diversity and put “doing what’s right” at the forefront of everything we do
* Award winning consultancy with a commitment to achieving our ambitious environmental goals
Find out more about why Stantec could be the right next step for you here!
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About Stantec
The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.
Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.
Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.
At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact careers.UK& [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
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