Overview
Senior Design Manager role at Costain Group PLC. The Anglian Water Strategic Pipeline Alliance (SPA) project involves planning, design and construction of approximately 320 km of new strategic, large diameter, clean water interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure across Anglian Water’s region. The SPA Alliance is also responsible for future interconnector pipelines, a further 260 km of strategic interconnector pipelines and associated infrastructure.
Responsibilities
* Lead the core technical input through SPA Discipline Heads (System, Process, Mechanical, EICA, Civil Infra and Non-Infra, CAD, Geotech, Quality, Carbon) across a significant programme of major potable water transfer projects (total value ~£1,800M).
* Work collaboratively with the Head of Engineering, Design Manager and Senior Designers to understand design needs.
* Collaborate with Delivery teams, including construction, procurement, enabling, planning and commercial, to ensure the design is delivered to a high quality and consistent with constructability requirements.
* Ensure the Engineering Disciplines are resourced with sufficient competence and capacity to maintain robust engineering quality processes.
* Lead the Disciplines in driving process improvement and standardisation of design activities, driving innovation and efficiency across the programme.
* Drive and support resolution of complex technical challenges.
Responsibilities (Continued)
* Lead the SPA Discipline technical teams ensuring engineering outputs are of suitable quality and consistency.
* Support onboarding of new design staff and development of existing design staff, with technical training and guidance to set SPA design expectations.
* Oversee production and ownership of Standard Products, Standard Details and Design Guides to drive efficiency and consistency of outputs; ensure these outputs are shared and incorporated into wider Anglian Water Standards.
* Drive improvement, innovation and efficiency across the Engineering team to support SPA programme performance.
* Represent the SPA engineering team in key technical meetings and support programme decision making for multi-functional technical outputs.
* Work closely with SPA partners and supply chain to ensure engineering functions are resourced to support the SPA programme.
* People Management for the SPA Discipline Heads, including performance management, mentoring and development to reach their potential.
Essential Qualifications, Knowledge, and Experience
* A high level of training and experience in your field of expertise, with the ability to listen to and understand others’ expertise.
* High level of experience in the technical leadership of large and complex engineering programmes.
Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree / Engineering or management apprenticeship with industry experience.
* Chartered member of a professional institute (MICE/IMechE/MCIOB, etc.).
Desirable
* Master’s / postgraduate degree.
* Other secondary professional qualifications and training (e.g. MAPM, MCIarb, MICW, etc.).
* Project Management training / skills.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
Industries
* Civil Engineering
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