SENIOR DESIGN MANAGER
Water and Wastewater Engineering
We are recruiting a Senior Design Manager to lead complex multidisciplinary engineering design programmes across water and wastewater non-infrastructure frameworks.
The opportunity
This is a senior delivery leadership role with accountability for multiple projects and workstreams. You will set design strategies, manage programme performance and provide the key interface between operational teams, clients, technical specialists and external delivery partners.
You will also lead and mentor Design Managers while supporting the development of a high-performing regional design function.
Key responsibilities
* Lead multidisciplinary design delivery across complex programmes, portfolios and major projects.
* Establish design strategies, delivery plans, governance arrangements and clear project accountabilities.
* Own design performance across safety, quality, programme, cost, resources and contractual commitments.
* Coordinate civil, mechanical, electrical, ICA, process and associated design disciplines.
* Lead Design Managers,



technical leads and geographically dispersed engineering teams.
* Act as a senior interface with clients, framework leaders, operational teams and delivery partners.
* Provide clear design information and early visibility of programme, technical and commercial risks.
* Lead design reviews, gateway approvals, technical assurance and programme-level risk management.
* Forecast engineering resource requirements and optimise team utilisation.
* Manage specialist consultants, external design partners and supply-chain relationships.
* Mentor and develop team members while supporting recruitment, succession planning and professional registration.
* Drive continuous improvement, innovation and stronger integration between engineering and project delivery.
About you
* A degree or equivalent experience in engineering or a related discipline.
* Typically ten to twenty years of experience delivering complex

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