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Design Manager

Job Posted: 3 hours ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Contract
Location: Manchester

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Position: Design Manager
Location: Manchester 
Contract: Contract (outside IR35) or Permanent

Shape tomorrow’s water infrastructure while leading a high-performing, multi-disciplinary design team

PURPOSE
Manage designers and design delivery across multi-disciplinary teams within the water industry ensuring time and quality expectations.

Responsibilities

• Manage, direct and develop engineers, CAD technicians and graduates
• Grow the design team and maintain a positive ethos and attitude within the team
• Lead the design process on multidisciplinary water industry projects
• Challenge, improve and shape formal processes and procedures for design team and ensure work is undertaken using them
• Identify and implement appropriate software packages, and drive the use of BIM and 3D modelling where necessary
• Ensure team produce design deliverables that satisfy safety and quality requirements and are fully integrated
• Ensure team produce design deliverables within agreed timescales and hours
• Ensure team use appropriate standards, best practice and software tools
• Ensure project change for design packages is fully recorded
• Assist with estimating hours required for design packages
Required Qualifications & Experience

10 years’ experience working in the engineering design industry in a regulated sector ideally Water or wastewater projects
Graduate or HND
Good level IT
Experience in regulated water industry
Track record managing multidisciplinary design teams and projects
Experience building teams and capability of junior staff
Driving licence & access to vehicle
Preferred Qualifications & Experience

Chartered engineer or working towards chartership
Company information

At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates.  We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for any Design Manager looking for new employment.

As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included

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