Design manager

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Design Manager with specialist water industry expertise to join a tier-one engineering leader. In this role, you will lead the design function for a major, high-profile water supply works upgrade in the Hampshire area, focused on enhancing local water resilience, pumping stations, and large-scale filtration assets. This is a long-term contract position that can pay outside ir35. The Role As Design Manager, you will take full ownership of the design process from initial concept through to construction handover, ensuring all solutions are innovative, cost-effective, and fully compliant. Your day-to-day will involve: Design Leadership: Managing and coordinating multi-disciplinary design teams (process, civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering) to ensure a fully integrated project delivery. Programme & Delivery: Driving the design programme to meet critical milestones, managing design risks, and ensuring buildability is embedded early in the process. Value Engineering: Reviewing technical solutions to optimize asset performance, reduce carbon impact, and identify cost-saving efficiencies across the works. Change & Compliance: Managing design changes, technical queries (RFIs), and ensuring full alignment with strict client specifications and asset standards. Stakeholder Management: Acting as the primary design interface between the client's engineering teams, operations personn...