General information
City/town: Peterborough Job field: Construction External closing date: Thursday, January 29, 2026 Type of contract: Permanent ID: 5430
Description and requirements
Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
We are looking for a Project Design Manager to join our Infrastructure Water team in Peterborough. You will create and develop value-driven solutions that achieve our capital investment programme outcomes and manage delivery of the project design
What you'll do:
1. Lead and manage engineering design delivery for projects.
2. Develop and oversee Engineering Project Plans covering scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resources.
3. Collaborate with discipline leads to define design methods and approve outputs.
4. Assess design complexity and allocate competent resources accordingly.
5. Implement and monitor design quality procedures to ensure right-first-time delivery.
What you'll bring to the role:
6. Engineering or equivalent degree preferred.
7. Chartered status preferred or working towards it.
8. Experience in water-sector assets and capital project delivery preferred.
9. Design & Build environment experience desirable but not essential.
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
Flexible working
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
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Closing date
The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.
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