Engineering and Design Manager

Our client is a Health and Safety Consultancy and has been working in the Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental industry for over 18 years covering many different sectors. They have a diverse range of clients, and they pride themselves in providing them with a first-class service. They look after organisations and businesses of any shape and size, and they offer practical and innovative solutions keeping them safe, compliant and profitable.

About the Role

Our client is seeking an experienced and proactive Engineering and Design Manager to join their growing team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and coordinating multidisciplinary design activities across major infrastructure projects, ensuring consistent, high-quality engineering delivery throughout the project lifecycle. The role will play a key part in driving design governance, technical assurance, resource planning and continuous improvement while supporting the successful development and delivery of sustainable infrastructure solutions in the utilities sector.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage multidisciplinary engineering and design teams across multiple projects and programmes.
• Represent the design function within project and operational meetings, providing updates on performance, risks and key challenges.
• Facilitate knowledge-sharing initiatives and promote best practice across design teams.
• Develop and maintain design management processes, standards, templates and documentation.
• Oversee design governance, assurance activities and quality audits to ensure compliance with project requirements.
• Support the development of standardised products, processes and technical solutions to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Manage design resources and capacity planning, identifying constraints and supporting resource allocation across projects.
• Maintain and manage design risk registers, ensuring risks are identified, monitored and mitigated.
• Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned, process reviews and quality enhancements.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams, clients, regulators and external stakeholders to support project delivery.
• Provide leadership and oversight to specialist technical functions as required.
• Support the development of technical strategies and design management plans to ensure a consistent approach across all projects.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, collaboration and improved project outcomes.

About You

Our client is looking for a professional who demonstrates strong leadership and collaboration skills, with a proven track record in engineering and design management in complex project environments

Essential:

• Experience leading multidisciplinary design teams within major infrastructure or water sector programmes.
• Experience in wastewater, storm overflow, environmental or wider water-sector programmes.
• Strong design management, governance, assurance and risk management capability. Experience managing resources, workloads and delivery across multiple projects, programmes or design partners.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills across clients, consultants, contractors and operational teams.
• Experience driving standardisation, quality improvement and continuous improvement within a design environment.

Highly Desirable:

• Experience working within an Alliance, framework or integrated delivery model.
• Knowledge of planning, land, environmental and regulatory requirements associated with infrastructure schemes.
• Experience managing specialist technical functions such as hydraulic modelling, geotechnical engineering or nature-based solutions.
• Experience of carbon, OPEX and sustainability reporting.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or equivalent professional qualification.

What They’re Looking For

The successful candidate will:

• Prioritise safety in all actions and decisions.
• Demonstrate integrity and professionalism in all aspects of their work.
• Take ownership of challenges and drive delivery of agreed objectives.
• Build strong relationships and foster collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
• Champion excellence by promoting innovation, consistency and continuous improvement.
• Communicate effectively with a wide range of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Lead by example and support the development of a positive, high-performing team culture.

What They Can Offer You

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Car allowance (where applicable)
• Private medical insurance
• Company pension
• Professional development and training support
• Clear career progression opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements where operationally possible
• Birthday leave
• Annual Staff Wellbeing Day
• Supportive and collaborative consultancy team
• Opportunity to work on complex and varied capital projects
• Ongoing investment in professional qualifications and career development

Apply Now

If you're ready to make a positive impact on the delivery of major infrastructure projects, our client would love to hear from you.