SYSTRA Brasil
Senior Design Manager – MEPH
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Senior Design Manager - MEPHFC
Location: West London Discipline: Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Role Type: Full-time, Permanent Reports To: Design Delivery Manager
About the Role
SYSTRA is a global consultancy specialising in mass transit and mobility solutions. Our Mechanical & Electrical (MEPHFC) engineers plan, design, and deliver transport infrastructure projects relied upon by over 50 million people daily.
This full-time opportunity is for a Senior Design Manager - MEPHFC within our high-profile rail infrastructure project based in West London. You'll manage MEPHHC design judgment, supporting construction packaging health, safety, reliability, and cost registries to ensure a compliant design is delivered and tested on schedule.
The role balances delivery accountability, stakeholder coordination, and cross-discipline collaboration while navigating timeline and budget constraints.
Responsibilities
Design Verification & Design Stage
- Review and approve Consultant’s program and cost reporting specific to MEPHFC.
- Resolve interacial challenges between MEPHFC and other disciplines/design packages.
- Support Design team from a delivery perspective to ensure compliance.
- Escalate and resolve Construction Change Directives (GCs), Engineering Words (EWs), Requests for Information (RFIs), Early and Construction Exceptions (EIs/CEs) to MEPHFC design from both supply chain and employer.
- Manage changes related to evolving HS2 and Network Rail rail systems.
- Maintain client liaison to ensure MEPHFC deliverables meet project requirements.
- Coordinate design submittals from designers and subcontractors and ensure completeness and constructability reviews prior to submission.
- Review for quality, interface consistency, and design efficiency.
- Facilitate value engineering opportunities via approved processes.
- Manage technical changes in line with formal change control procedures.
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Construction Stage
- Serve as the system integrity point of contact for MEPHFC design from subcontractors to Commercial, Planning, Controls, Delivery, and Consultant teams.
- Coordinate subcontractor design compatibility assessments against permanent works design intent.
- Review, comment, and approve subcontractor proposals with emphasis on quality, interfacing, and integration.
- Align with Package delivery teams to determine optimal methods for delivering detailed design and technical coordination.
- Lead programme coordination for structural, architectural, and MEPHFC suppliers.
- Monitor compliance of MEPHFC scope through subcontractor’s Schemes of Arrangement.
- Oversee compliant substitute designs and alternative proposals not meeting RIBA Stage 4 design.
- Escalate and respond to construction ચಂದರೆquipe-related GCs, EWs, RFIs, Technical Queries (TQs), and Expeditious Responses (ER).
- Manage subcontractor design coordination between Consultant, Construction Partner, subcontractors, and suppliers.
- Implement changes through subcontractor’s technical assurance process.
- Oversee the RIBA 5 Site Support Team outputs.
- Manage change & variations, anticipating alterations before or after formal instruction.
- Provide value engineering support to the Package team.
- Act as a key interfacing point for all MEPHFC discipline-related queries across Design Managers, Construction, Subcontractors, Division Heads, and wider project teams.
- Lead field change processes including consultant approval phase and IFC documentation/model amendments.
- Manage mandatory design records and as-built information capture.
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Profile & Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or higher-level certification within a relevant engineering discipline.
- Chartered Engineer or membership in an appropriate professional body.
- Practical experience on rail projects, covering London Underground, Network Rail, Crossrail, and TFL.
- Strong understanding of MEPFHC systems and their integration within large projects.
- Direct experience in construction delivery and subcontractor or contractor-side implementation.
- Exposure to coordinating designer input, construction teams, subcontractors, and end clients.
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage competing demands while operating independently.
- Engages efficiently with a multitude of stakeholders across the construction lifecycle.
- Demonstrates perseverance in achieving challenging targets.
- Analytical problem-solving ability, adept at navigating complex delivery challenges.
- Adaptable to shifting priorities, balancing multiple demands with strategic context.
Desirable
- Experience in a similar role within a project management team.
- Proficient in IT tools (e.g., 3ds Max, AutoCAD, data manipulation).
- In-depth knowledge for the 2015 Construction Design and Management Regulations.
- Commitment to upskilling as an industry leader and within your team.
- Willingness to accept ownership of deliverables and handle varied operational demands.
- Ability to lead problem investigation and resolution within a professional problem-solving framework.
- NEC3 contract experience.
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