Design Manager - Water Sector
£60,000 - £80,000 per annum | Permanent | Greater Manchester (Hybrid)
What We're Looking For
* Extensive experience working in engineering design within a regulated sector such as water, rail, oil and gas, nuclear, highways or bridges
* Graduate or HND qualification in engineering
* Strong background managing multidisciplinary design teams and projects
* Proven experience building teams and developing capability of junior staff
* Results‑focused approach with strong technical knowledge
* Excellent communication and problem‑solving skills
* Good level of IT proficiency
* Driving licence and access to vehicle
* Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartership (desirable)
* Experience in the regulated water industry (desirable)
About the Role
This Design Manager – Water Sector position offers the chance to manage designers and design delivery across multidisciplinary teams within the water industry, ensuring time and quality expectations are met. You will work with a friendly and focused civil engineering design team with a growing work bank within both utilities and rail sectors.
As Design Manager – Water Sector, you will lead the design process on water industry projects, manage and develop engineers, CAD technicians and graduates, and grow the design team whilst maintaining a positive ethos. This role offers hybrid working with flexibility to work from home 1–2 days per week.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage, direct and develop engineers, CAD technicians and graduates
* Grow the design team and maintain a positive ethos and attitude within the team
* Lead the design process on multidisciplinary water industry projects
* Challenge, improve and shape formal processes and procedures for the design team
* Identify and implement appropriate software packages, driving the use of BIM and 3D modelling where necessary
* Ensure the team produces design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements and are fully integrated
* Ensure the team produces design deliverables within agreed timescales and hours
* Ensure the team uses appropriate standards, best practice and software tools
* Ensure project change for design packages is fully recorded
* Assist with estimating hours required for design packages
What's On Offer
* Salary: £60,000 – £80,000 per annum (dependent on experience and working arrangements)
* Contract: Permanent, full‑time
* Location: Greater Manchester with hybrid working (1–2 days per week from home). Occasional site visits with travel expenses paid
* Employee benefits scheme
* Workplace pension scheme
* Training and development opportunities
* Safe, just and fair workplace with wellbeing as a core value
* Focus on mental and physical wellbeing of the team
* Growing work bank within utilities and rail
* Friendly and focused civil engineering design team
About the Company
Join an engineering design consultancy that works closely with a wide range of clients across multiple disciplines within the UK rail and utilities industries. Wellbeing is a core value, with a commitment to providing a safe, just and fair workplace that puts the mental and physical wellbeing of the team first.
How to Apply
If you're an experienced Design Manager – Water Sector with the leadership skills, technical knowledge and team development experience we're looking for, we want to hear from you.
Please apply now or contact Ceto Talent for a confidential discussion about this opportunity.
Ceto Talent is committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of background.
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