Design Manager

Overview

In this role you lead design activity to deliver on time and within budget, supporting construction and operation teams. You will chair design reviews, manage interface meetings, and ensure health, safety, environment and quality are integrated across design stages. You’ll steer the design deliverables schedule and collaborate with clients and external parties. The position offers significant impact through robust design governance and cross‑functional coordination in a permanent capacity.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Car allowance 6000
• Permanent role
• Onsite work
• 40 hours per week

Responsibilities

• Complete design on time and within budget across reviews, stage gates, and hazard/risk reduction procedures
• Provide technical support on the project
• Embed HSEQ considerations into design decisions and communicate them to construction/operation teams
• Manage and chair design reviews/interface meetings with Client and external parties
• Prepare and manage the design deliverables schedule to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery

Key requirements

• Engineering degree in a relevant discipline
• 5–10 years of civil engineering or related design/construction experience
• Understanding of construction methods/outputs and design procedures
• Awareness of commercial and contractual interfaces (NEC 3/NEC 4)
• Desirable: professional qualifications (APM, Prince2)
• Eligibility to obtain SC clearance

• stakeholder management
• clear communication
• team collaboration
• design management
• design reviews and hazard/risk assessment
• NEC 3/NEC 4 contracts

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