Design Management Lead

Overview

In this contract role, you will oversee multidisciplinary design delivery for water and wastewater infrastructure projects, coordinating with external consultants, project managers, and commercial teams to ensure safe, on-time, and cost-effective outcomes. You’ll drive design programme monitoring, technical approvals, and design risk management while promoting BIM and sustainable solutions. You will work closely with construction, clients, and commercial stakeholders to align design with project goals. This position offers a chance to shape design delivery across a portfolio and influence value engineering and standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate design activities across multiple projects
• Manage external design consultants, deliverables and design changes
• Monitor design programmes, technical approvals and project milestones
• Ensure compliance with CDM 2015 and safety-in-design requirements
• Support value engineering, buildability reviews and cost management
• Promote BIM, digital engineering, design standardisation and sustainable solutions
• Work collaboratively with construction teams, clients and commercial stakeholders

Key requirements

• Experience in Design Management, Engineering Management or Design Delivery within construction, infrastructure or utilities
• Background in civil engineering, water infrastructure or a related engineering discipline
• Knowledge of multidisciplinary design coordination and external consultant management
• Understanding of CDM 2015, design risk, programme management and commercial considerations
• Experience with BIM, 2D/3D design environments and Common Data Environments
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills
• A relevant degree or equivalent qualification; professional membership is desirable
• Proof of right to work in the UK

• leadership
• communication
• stakeholder management
• BIM
• 2D/3D design environments
• Common Data Environments

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