Job Description
Position: Design Manager (Multiple locations, Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Work as part of a team in the delivery of one or more projects at any one time, embracing the ethos of a “one team” culture.
- Ensure Health, Safety, Environmental & Sustainability standards, policies and procedures are developed into the proposed designs.
- Work closely and collaboratively with all key stakeholders including clients, client representatives and third-party agencies.
- Ensure a positive experience for the client and their representatives instilling an ethos of collaboration and cooperation.
- Lead the design team and any appointed consultants in all aspects of the design scope.
- Develop a design budget at outset and monitor expenditure going forward against the budget.
- Represent the company at design review workshops and HAZOPs, ensuring all resulting actions are closed in a timely manner.
- Co‑ordinate the role of PSDP for the design phase, ensuring best practice principles of prevention are adopted; coordinate all designers and ensure all designs are risk assessed and any residual risks are communicated to the PSCS.
- Ensure best practice design management ensuring the design programme is developed at the start of each project and monitored throughout, adjusting as necessary to meet the desired project outcomes.
- Monitor project performance including risk and opportunities; mitigate/reduce risk where possible and manage opportunities.
- Report on the monthly performance of your projects to the framework manager including performance against programme, key milestones and workshop stages.
- Prepare costed proposals for final design or at intervals as may be required under the Contract; ensure all engineering disciplines are consulted to ensure an accurate and complete project cost build‑up.
- Provide a review of final design and contract documentation and provide feedback on red‑line documents.
- Build and promote industry‑leading teams by providing training and mentoring of staff, including setting out development plans for your team.
- Provide an active involvement in resource management and recruitment within your team as a hiring manager.
- Respond to and address any client and stakeholder complaints in a timely manner; obtain client satisfaction surveys and provide any feedback on how to improve our client satisfaction.
- Seek to improve the design delivery process by providing lessons‑learned feedback and innovative solutions for adoption on future projects.
- Keep appraised of the latest standards and technology through continuous professional development (CPD).
- Other duties as required from time to time.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in a similar role, preferably in the water and wastewater industry.
Career Level
Equal Opportunity Statement
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
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