Finlay Jude Associates Ltd
Design Manager
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FJA Recruitment for Design Manager
FJA are recruiting on behalf of a leading service provider in the water and wastewater sector for an experienced Design Manager to strengthen their Engineering team at their Rickmansworth office, with hybrid working available.
Benefits
- A competitive salary
- Hybrid working available
- Car/car allowance (role dependent)
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
- Contribution Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Health Insurance
- Private Medical Insurance
- Employee discounts and savings schemes
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Career development and progression opportunities
Design Manager Responsibilities
- Lead projects through the design phase for a portfolio of water and wastewater projects, ensuring solutions are technically compliant, cost-effective, buildable, and aligned with stakeholder requirements.
- Manage and coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams to ensure project objectives are delivered to agreed quality, cost, and programme targets.
- Champion Health & Safety throughout the design process, ensuring compliance with CDM regulations, industry standards, and all relevant legislation.
- Identify and manage design-related risks and ensure residual risks are effectively communicated to all project stakeholders.
- Manage design budgets and resources, ensuring deliverables are produced within allocated hours and key project milestones.
- Develop and maintain Design Management Plans and provide regular progress and status reports.
- Attend and contribute to programme, project, client, and technical meetings.
- Drive value-led engineering solutions that optimise cost, quality, sustainability, and programme delivery.
- Provide technical support during construction, installation, commissioning, and project handover stages.
- Ensure all design activities are carried out in accordance with approved procedures, specifications, quality standards, and engineering best practice.
- Support sustainability objectives by reducing embodied and operational carbon within design solutions.
- Build strong working relationships with clients, partners, suppliers, and internal teams to deliver successful project outcomes.
- Promote a positive, collaborative, and solution-focused culture across project teams.
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Design Manager Requirements
- Degree qualified in an Engineering or related discipline.
- Chartered Engineer status within a relevant engineering discipline.
- APM Project Fundamentals Qualification (PFQ).
- Extensive experience in multi-disciplinary design management within a design-and-build environment.
- Proven track record of delivering large-scale infrastructure or water sector projects.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and manage multi-disciplinary teams.
- Excellent understanding of CDM regulations and construction Health & Safety requirements.
- Strong strategic, operational, technical, and commercial awareness.
- Good understanding of water and wastewater treatment processes, civil engineering, and MEICA disciplines.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to present technical solutions confidently to clients and stakeholders.
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Desirable
- APM Project Management Qualification or working towards achieving it.
- Experience working within a global organisation.
- Experience managing remote or geographically dispersed teams.
- Previous experience within the Water and Wastewater Treatment Industry.
- Knowledge of BIM procedures, standards, and techniques.
- Experience driving collaborative and innovative project delivery approaches.
If you are looking for a fantastic Design Manager opportunity and want to work for a leading organisation delivering major water infrastructure projects across the UK, then click on the ‘Apply Now‘ button.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are not always able to respond to every applicant. If you have not heard from us within 14 days, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed solely on their merits, qualifications, and ability to perform the duties of the role.
Finlay Jude Associates Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.
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