Design Manager

About Us

Peter Duffy Limited is part of United Infrastructure, a dynamic and rapidly expanding business delivering critical infrastructure projects across the UK.

With a strong heritage and reputation built over decades, Peter Duffy Limited specialises in civil engineering, utility, and infrastructure services. Our teams deliver high-quality, safe, and innovative solutions for clients across water, wastewater, and broader utility networks.

As part of United Infrastructure, Peter Duffy Limited combines local expertise and trusted delivery with the scale, resources, and investment of a national group. Together, we are strengthening communities, supporting the UK’s critical infrastructure, and building a skilled workforce for the future.

Role Overview

As design manager you will be responsible for the direct management of an in-house team of designers. You will oversee, promote and develop our design processes using technical expertise to ensure compliance with quality standards and to deliver a first class design service.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake the Principal Designer (CDM 2015) duties on behalf of the company. Embrace the importance of Health & Safety in all circumstances and lead by example.
• Performing and coordinating internal and external activities associated with civil and infrastructure design, in line with client, specifications, and design standards.
• Duties will include:
  • Managing and coordinating the preparation of design solutions at various stages of a project.
  • Preparation of drawings, reports, specifications, and estimates.
  • Document management.
  • Attendance at meetings and checking the work of other team members to ensure accuracy.
• Co-ordination of a wide range of discipline inputs; monitoring and protecting our client relationships; planning and programming; commercial management and presenting projects for audit.
• Maintaining ongoing communication with relevant Project Managers and clients when required to ensure effective communications on matters relevant to the project. This also includes managing the overall design team workload and providing monthly updates to the Engineering Director and Framework Managers.
• Contributing to the resolution of technical issues on projects and providing technical guidance to other team members, such as junior engineers, technicians, and apprentices.
• Working in collaboration with other design disciplines to ensure the integrity of the overall design within required timescales and cost.
• Promoting and developing the technical capability of other team members and where required assisting with their professional development.
• Promoting innovative and entrepreneurial thinking and behaviour through continual professional development and keeping up to date with innovations and developments.
• Performing other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time by your line managers, project managers or by the business.
• Ensure our people work to the company values and respect the public and their surroundings.
• Maintain quality and environmental control procedures in accordance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.
• Create and maintain strong relations with clients, design teams, and neighbours as well as any other stakeholders.