Engineering Design Manager

We’re looking for an Engineering Design Manager to lead a team of multidiscipline inhouse designers and manage third-party design partners in a broad industrial client base. This is an opportunity to join a company that is growing and is moving to the forefront in delivery in niche markets, whilst also delivering for our current clients and shareholders.

Responsibilities:

• Aiding trainees with learning
• Overseeing internal and external design teams
• Tracking and reviewing design documentation
• Leading project/design review meetings
• Value engineering of the project
• Be familiar with, and demonstrate commitment to the requirements of the Health & Safety and Environmental Policies
• Manage, mentor and develop junior team members and graduate engineers
• Implement the relevant requirements of the Safety Management System within their area of responsibility
• Coordination of numerous live projects
• Prepare and attend tender meetings in a design capacity
• Assisting the Design Lead(s) in the review of design resources and outputs
• Internal liaison with the Construction Team, QA team and Cost Control
• External liaison with Subcontractors / Suppliers and Stakeholders, close co-ordination with the Design Manager required
• Work with the contracts manager and procurement team

Requirements:

• Ideally, a degree-qualified and chartered engineer with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
• Proven track record of successfully working on major M&E projects
• A broad knowledge on a cross-disciplinary basis
• Experience within food, manufacturing, high care, and high-hazard industries is desirable
• Experience working on international projects is desirable
• Experience working within a highly regulated environment may be an advantage, but not a necessity
• Know what good looks like in bid submissions and work-winning, and have hands-on experience of delivering work-winning bids in a timely manner
• Previous experience working in a design management role
• You have built up a realistic experience of how long design tasks take to conceptualise, design and test
• The ability to identify project risks and recommend appropriate mitigations and contingencies

Benefits:

• Free parking
• On-site parking

Education:

• Bachelor's (preferred)

Experience:

• chartered engineer: 10 years (preferred)
• Team management: 3 years (preferred)
• Mechanical and Electrical project: 5 years (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person