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Design Manager
Job Posted: 5 hours ago
Salary: £ 80,000 - 90,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: GU21, Woking, Surrey
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Design Manager – Water Sector (MEICA & Civil)
Thames Region Projects
Salary: £80,000 to £90,000
Why Apply
• Hybrid working with genuine flexibility
• Annual performance bonus
• Private Healthcare
• 25 days holiday increasing with service
• Death in Service cover
• Strategic role at the centre of water-sector design delivery
• Clear progression within a growing multi discipline team
The Opportunity
We are representing a specialist engineering consultancy delivering integrated MEICA and civil design solutions for water companies across the Thames region. They are seeking a Design Manager to lead and coordinate design delivery across clean water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
This is the ideal role for someone who enjoys leading multi discipline teams, shaping design strategy and driving high-quality, buildable engineering outputs.
What You Will Be Doing
• Leading and managing design teams across civil, mechanical, electrical and process disciplines
• Overseeing design delivery from concept through to detailed design, ensuring outputs meet client standards, regulatory requirements and programme timelines
• Coordinating design reviews, technical approvals and design assurance processes
• Working closely with project managers to plan, resource and prioritise design workloads
• Reviewing drawings, calculations, technical documents and multidisciplinary interfaces
• Supporting the development of design scopes, project estimates and technical documentation
• Engaging directly with clients, suppliers and delivery partners to ensure alignment, clarity and smooth project progression
• Providing technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to engineers and CAD teams
• Ensuring that safety, buildability and operational considerations are embedded into every design
• Supporting construction and commissioning teams by responding to technical queries and design changes
Person Overview
This role suits someone who:
• Has experience leading multidisciplinary design teams in the water or utilities sector
• Understands civil and MEICA interfaces and can coordinate across multiple engineering streams
• Communicates clearly and confidently with internal teams, clients and site personnel
• Can manage programmes, workloads and design risk effectively
• Enjoys improving processes, strengthening quality and lifting technical standards
Next Steps
If you are an experienced design manager ready to take ownership of multidisciplinary design delivery across major Thames-region water projects, we would be keen to speak with youBefore You Apply
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