Mechanical Engineering Design Manager

Overview

As an Engineering Design Manager, you lead design input on multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects to ensure buildable, compliant and innovative solutions. You collaborate with clients, project managers and design teams to steer the design process from concept to delivery, embedding safety and sustainability. You will shape practical engineering approaches across civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical and electrical disciplines. This role offers exposure to prestigious projects and a chance to influence design quality and project outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• great place to work
• healthy, productive, and flexible working environment
• work-life balance
• inclusive environment

Responsibilities

• Manage external design consultants and contracts with the project manager to ensure proper delivery under contractual terms
• Lead technical assurance, assess constructability, and manage design interfaces to guide the process
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering teams across consultants and partner companies
• Collaborate with technical, operational, maintenance and strategic stakeholders and design coordinators
• Liaise with clients, engineering managers, project managers, contractors and consultants on issues, scope changes and risks
• Drive development of innovative, practical and sustainable engineering solutions meeting client, operational and regulatory requirements
• Embed health, safety and environmental considerations into all design solutions
• Ensure integration across civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical and electrical functions; ensure constructability, maintainability and reliability across asset lifecycle

Key requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing design through full project lifecycle across sectors and procurement routes
• Strong understanding of integrated design delivery and managing consultant performance
• Knowledge and experience of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and common data environments
• Degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or Building Services Engineering (or equivalent)
• Chartered Engineer (Preferred) with CIBSE, IMechE or similar
• Practical knowledge of construction work types, methods and design solutions
• Experience with CAD (AutoCAD or Revit)
• Excellent communication skills with clients and staff
• Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook
• People management, time management and project design management skills

• excellent communication
• self-driven
• people management
• Building Information Modelling (BIM)
• AutoCAD
• Revit

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