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Design Engineering Manager
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Design Manager
Seaway7 has an exciting opportunity for a Design Manager to join our team on a full-time staff basis, based in either our Westhill, Aberdeenshire or Zoetermeer, Netherlands office. In this key leadership role, you will play a vital part in the successful delivery of our offshore wind projects and tenders, leading multidisciplinary engineering and design teams to develop innovative, high-quality solutions. From early concept development through to project execution, you will drive technical excellence, foster collaboration, and help deliver world-class renewable energy projects that are shaping the future of offshore energy.
A key aspect of the role is managing the transition of design responsibility from clients and external engineering partners, ensuring all designs are robust, compliant, and seamlessly integrated into project delivery requirements. Working collaboratively across engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation teams, you will provide strong technical leadership and governance, guiding the development of safe, innovative, and cost-effective solutions. You will be instrumental in ensuring engineering activities are efficiently managed and aligned with project objectives, supporting the successful delivery of complex offshore wind projects throughout their lifecycle.
What will you be doing?
This will be a varied role but some of the main responsibilities include:
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering and design teams across projects and tenders
- Ensure the quality and timely delivery of all engineering and design outputs
- Manage design novation activities, including technical review, risk assessment and transfer of design responsibility
- Ensure design assumptions, risks, interfaces, and obligations are clearly understood and effectively managed
- Maintain engineering governance and technical assurance processes throughout project execution
- Chair design reviews and support project stage-gate approvals
- Lead the management of design changes, technical deviations, and concessions
- Work closely with project teams to ensure designs are practical for procurement, fabrication, transportation, and installation
- Act as the main technical interface with clients, certification bodies, and key stakeholders
- Identify and manage technical risks, opportunities, and lessons learned
- Drive innovation, continuous improvement, and standardisation across projects
- Mentor and support engineers and designers across multiple locations
- Promote the highest standards of safety, quality, and environmental performance
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Please note, if you don’t tick all the boxes below but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience, we’re looking for, please do consider applying. We would encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience.
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- Degree qualification in Engineering, civil, structural, mechanical, or a related discipline
- Chartered Engineer status (or working towards chartership) is desirable
- Experience delivering engineering and design packages on offshore wind, marine, or EPCI projects
- Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Experience managing design novation and engineering responsibility transfer on major projects
- Good knowledge of engineering governance, technical assurance, and design review processes
- Understanding of offshore wind and marine engineering standards and regulations including CDM
- Good commercial awareness and the ability to develop cost-effective engineering solutions
- Good stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience managing technical risk and complex engineering challenges and applying safe by design principles
- Ability to motivate, develop, and mentor engineering teams
Desirable Experience
- Experience with the design, technical assurance, and governance of jacket and monopile foundations for offshore wind projects
- Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering interfaces on large offshore wind developments
- Experience of fabrication, and installation activities on offshore wind projects
- Knowledge of offshore wind bolting and grouted connections
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