General information
City/town: Peterborough Job field: Construction External closing date: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 Type of contract: Permanent ID: 5893
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 Design Manager to join our Infrastructure Water team in Peterborough.
What you'll do:
1. Lead and manage engineering design delivery for a portfolio of water treatment projects.
2. Develop, implement and manage Engineering Project Plans to control scope, schedule, cost, risk and resources.
3. Guide Senior Discipline Engineers (Process, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil) on appropriate design methods.
4. Assess project complexity and assign suitably competent engineering resources using a “best for task” approach.
5. Work with Senior Discipline Engineers and BIM Programme Manager to implement and monitor design quality procedures (right-first-time).
6. Support engagement, selection, contracting, management and integration of supplier and subcontractor design input.
7. Ensure designs consider health & safety, environmental impacts, construction, procurement, customer needs and Anglian Water operations.
What you'll bring to the role:
8. An engineering, or equivalent, degree is preferable.
9. Preferably chartered, or working towards, chartered status.
10. Preferable experience of water-sector assets and capital projects.
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.