Technical Design Manager

→ About Us

Hubber is building the next generation infrastructure ecosystem for commercial electric transport in cities, delivering high powered sites for fleets, from ride-hailing and parcel delivery to field services, rental and autonomous vehicles.

Founded in 2024 by an ex-Tesla team, Hubber has secured over £60m of capital, announced a partnership with Uber and already delivered 10+ projects. The next two years take it from a handful of sites to hundreds, and this role is a rare chance to join a company making the jump from start-up to scale-up.

→ The Role

Every site is a design problem before it is a construction project: what fits on a tight urban plot, what planning will accept, how the vehicles turn, and what a contractor can price. Get it wrong and it lands months later as a refusal, a variation or a site that energises late.

You are our lead designer, from the first look at the land through planning and tender into construction, and you carry the design responsibility in-house. You lead the civils and electrical designers, govern how the Hubber Design Guide is applied, and tell the founders early when a site does not work. Get this right and every site is faster and cheaper than the last. Get it wrong and we pay for it on site.

This role is for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has an obsessive attention to detail. We prefer an architectural background.

→ Core Responsibilities

• Lead the design on every site: own the responsibility matrix and hold consultants to scope, fee and programme.
• Appraise sites during acquisition: concept layouts, constraints, vehicle tracking and swept paths, and a design risk register from Stage 1.
• Produce the planning set and Stage 4 package from one coordinated design, applying the Design Guide.
• Coordinate and check the civils and electrical packages, and issue a tender pack a design and build contractor can price to a fixed sum.
• Own design risk: designer risk assessments, pre-construction information, and CDM and Building Safety Act advice.
• Hold the design through construction: RFIs, contractor design review, change control, as-built drawings and the health and safety file.

→ What We Value

• Attention to detail. You catch the wrong level, the missing kerb detail and the out-of-date drawing revision before a contractor does.
• Buildable over beautiful. You design what gets consented, priced and built, and cheaper than the last one.
• Technical depth. You know when a consultant’s answer is wrong, and you can show why.
• Commercial judgement. You know what your design costs, and you take cost out before tender, not after.
• Ownership. The design is yours, including the liability. No drawing is issued without your check.
• Credibility in both rooms. You hold your own with a planning officer and a groundworks contractor on the same day.

→ What We Require

• Design competency to Stage 4 packages you personally issued and took through UK planning, ideally on multi-site rollouts.
• Fluency in AutoCAD, Revit and vehicle tracking software. ARB, CIAT or chartered engineer. Full UK driving licence.
• Principal Designer experience under CDM 2015 or Building Regulations is a plus, not a requirement.

Apply with a CV via LinkedIn or to [email protected]