Design Manager
Kier Group plc., Wisley, Surrey
Design Manager
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Kier Group plc., Wisley, Surrey
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 3 weeks ago, 14 Oct | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 9ff2a7b2cc9249babfbdedcb75080b98
Location ref: Wisley, Surrey
Full Job Description
We're looking for a Senior Design Manager to join our Thames Water Capital Frameworks team based in Hogsmill, Surrey., Location: Hogsmill, SurreyHours: 45 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
As a Senior Design Manager, you'll play a key role in delivering technically compliant, cost-effective, and environmentally considerate solutions for water infrastructure projects. Working as part of our Thames Water Capital Frameworks partnership, you'll guide design teams through concept and detailed design phases, ensuring schemes meet regulatory commitments and client objectives. This is an opportunity to make a real impact on essential infrastructure while working collaboratively with clients, partners, and multidisciplinary teams.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Senior Design Manager, you'll be working within the Thames Water Capital Frameworks team, supporting them in delivering design and build services for water and wastewater infrastructure. Your day to day will include:
-Leading and performance managing design teams, ensuring delivery on time, cost, quality, and safety standards
-Managing design programmes and coordinating with partners to ensure deliverables meet project milestones
-Conducting technical design reviews and implementing quality assurance procedures to achieve right-first-time outcomes
-Communicating technical solutions clearly to clients and stakeholders, building trust through timely and accurate information
-Identifying value engineering opportunities and driving innovation to deliver cost-effective, outcome-based solutions
This role of Senior Design Manager is great for you if:
-You hold a Full driving licence
-You have significant experience in the water or wastewater industry, with a strong background in design management
-You're a degree-qualified engineer, ideally chartered, with proven people and project management capabilities
-You have demonstrable experience managing consultants and contractors' designers, with an understanding of BIM
-You understand how technical disciplines interact and can foster collaboration across multidisciplinary teams