Design Manager

Overview

As Design Manager, you will steer the design delivery for potable water non-infrastructure projects within Skanska’s Anglian Water programme. You will lead cross-functional design teams, manage plans and resources, and ensure safe, compliant, high-quality outcomes. You’ll drive value, sustainability, and timely delivery across the project lifecycle while fostering innovation and low-carbon design. This role sits at the heart of a large-scale water infrastructure effort and offers meaningful impact through collaboration and continuous improvement.

Pay / Benefits

• 24/7 digital GP service
• Financial wellbeing and employee assistance
• Professional development
• Enhanced family benefits
• Inclusion and diversity
• Flexible working

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering design delivery for potable water non-infrastructure projects
• Manage project plans and resources across scope, programme, cost, risk, and technical delivery
• Collaborate across teams and supply chain to drive value, affordability, sustainability, and timely delivery
• Ensure health, safety, and CDM compliance through effective risk management and design assurance
• Lead and develop teams while driving innovation, continuous improvement, digital adoption, and low-carbon design

Key requirements

• Chartered or working towards Chartered status in a relevant engineering discipline
• Proven experience in the water sector, ideally on potable water non-infrastructure treatment projects
• Good knowledge of UK water industry regulations
• Strong people management skills with a collaborative and adaptable communication style
• Focused on quality, risk, and opportunity management, with a right-first-time approach and awareness of programme impacts

• Collaborative and adaptable communication style
• People leadership and coaching
• Team collaboration
• Design management
• Risk management
• CDM compliance

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