Job Description

FJA are recruiting on behalf of a leading service provider in the utilities industry for an experienced Design Manager Senior to strengthen their team.
 
This role is based in Cambridge.
 
Benefits

• A competitive salary
• Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
• Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
• Contribution Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Health Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• And many more benefits including – cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc

Design Manager Senior role:

• Take charge of successfully delivering non-infrastructure projects, making sure they stay on track with scope, schedule, and budget.
• Manage and coordinate the final planning and detailed design for construction, ensuring high-quality and innovative engineering solutions.
• Manage the design delivery according to the plan and brief, ensuring it meets client needs, budget, schedule, design standards, responsibilities, BIM strategy, and contract terms.
• Track and report on design progress weekly and monthly, taking proactive measures to ensure timely delivery, cost control, and adherence to efficiency, quality, and safety standards.
• Lead and inspire a team of professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Identify technical risks and take action to reduce them and solve challenges effectively.
• Make sure the solution’s scope is clearly defined and agreed upon by all parties, with the design meeting the client brief, contract, laws, regulations, and all technical requirements.
• Develop new ways of working to reduce carbon, increase biodiversity, address climate change, and embrace innovations and new digital technologies.  
• Oversee the Technical deliverables ensuring they are produced within the required timescales, technical costs are properly managed, and technical change is tightly controlled.
• Ensure all engineering outputs meet industry-leading standards and client expectations.

Design Manager Senior requirements:

• Engineering degree, preferably with chartered engineer status or actively working towards it.
• Experience in designing multi-disciplinary capital projects in the water industry, from initial solution to detailed design.
• Experience or a solid understanding of construction, procurement, and commissioning, along with a strong knowledge of CDM regulations and practical experience in their application.
• Proven experience in successfully managing the final optioneering phase and detailed design for construction.
• Ability to work collaboratively with partners and motivate a team to deliver top-tier engineering results.
• Skilled in using project management software and other relevant technical tools.

If you are looking for a fantastic Design Manager Senior opportunity and want to work for a leading national contractor with opportunities to progress, then click on the ‘apply now’ button.
 
Due to the high volume of applications, we receive we are not always able to reply to all applications. If you haven’t heard back from us within 2 weeks, then please accept that your application has been unsuccessful for the role we currently have advertised.
 
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person’s gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job. Finlay Jude Associates Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers