About The Role
Right across infrastructure, theres a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage youre at in your career, with us youll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. Were problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role will be within ourMEICA and capital maintenance team. Our Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Control & Automation (MEICA) experts offer a one-stop solution, including ongoing operation and maintenance services.
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What will you be doing?
As our Design Manager you'll have the opportunity to: Design Leadership and Management: Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary in-house or external design teams (including civil, MEICA, process, and geotechnical engineers) to ensure projects are produced on time, within budget, and to the correct specifications.
Technical Compliance and Quality Assurance: Ensure all designs comply with technical standards, client requirements, and relevant UK legislation, including theCDM 2015 Regulations(Construction Design and Management).
Design Processes and Procedures: Working with Leadership to ensure that the correct processes and procedures are in place to provide design teams with the right tools to delivery right first-time designs.
Project and Financial Management: Work closely with Delivery teams to plan the technical deliverables, manage design schedules, control change, mitigate risks, and oversee resourcing and forecasting related to the design.
Stakeholder and Client Engagement: Manage client expectations, lead stakeholder engagement, and act as the primary technical interface, ensuring operational requirements are embedded in the design process.
Innovation and Sustainability: Drive a culture of innovation, championing sustainable development, and identifying cost-effective, low-carbon solutions that minimise environmental impact.
Mentoring and Development: Provide technical and pastoral mentoring to junior staff, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment for professional growth.
Health and Safety: Embrace the importance of Health & Safety in all circumstances, ensuring risks are minimised during the design process and clearly communicated for the construction phase.
What youll bring A degree (or equivalent) in an engineering or scientific discipline (e.g., Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, or Process Engineering).
Significant experience in design and management within the water or a related infrastructure sector.
Proven track record of project leadership and successful delivery of complex, multidisciplinary projects.
In-depth knowledge of UK Health and Safety and design regulations, particularly CDM 2015.
Excellent communication, leadership, and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage and motivate diverse teams.
Commercially astute with experience in managing project finances, risks, and change control.
Experience of working within a joint venture or alliance environment.
Whats in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include; Matched or contributory pension scheme
Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Employee assistance programme
My Rewards portal, access to 1000s of retail discounts
Life assurance
Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers; Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
Private health care for youand your family plus health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
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Personal Accident Cover
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. Were one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours. Were responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
Were open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
Were together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
Were ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether youre a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
Its an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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