Design Manager - Civil Engineering - Water

Design Manager - Civil Engineering - Water in London | Manpower Search Search These jobs were popular with other job seekers Associate Director (Buildings Structures) ALDWYCH CONSULTING LTD The City, City of London (EC2), EC2R 7AR £70000 - £85000 per annum 3 days ago design manager Fawkes & Reece Devizes (SN10) £400 - £450 per day 6 hours ago NEW Design Director Major Building and Infrastructure North London (N1) Competitive 5 days ago Director – Substations (Primary Design) - UK Grid Network Jacobs London Competitive 1 month ago Construction Design Manager Speyhawk Limited City of London (EC1) Up to £90,000 + travel, package & bonus 2 weeks ago Design Manager Major Building and Infrastructure North London (N1) Competitive 3 days ago Design Manager LJB & Co Portugal From £85,000 to £95,000 per annum €85k - €95k + package 2 days ago Architecture Director - Aviation AECOM London Competitive 2 weeks ago Project Manager - Central and Local Government Turner & townsend London Competitive 1 day ago Design Manager Atkins London Competitive 1 week ago Associate Director (Buildings Structures) ALDWYCH CONSULTING LTD The City, City of London (EC2), EC2R 7AR £70000 - £85000 per annum 3 days ago design manager Fawkes & Reece Devizes (SN10) £400 - £450 per day 6 hours ago NEW Design Director Major Building and Infrastructure North London (N1) Competitive 5 days ago Director – Substations (Primary Design) - UK Grid Network Jacobs London Competitive 1 month ago Construction Design Manager Speyhawk Limited City of London (EC1) Up to £90,000 + travel, package & bonus 2 weeks ago Design Manager Major Building and Infrastructure North London (N1) Competitive 3 days ago Design Manager LJB & Co Portugal From £85,000 to £95,000 per annum €85k - €95k + package 2 days ago Architecture Director - Aviation AECOM London Competitive 2 weeks ago Project Manager - Central and Local Government Turner & townsend London Competitive 1 day ago Design Manager Atkins London Competitive 1 week ago Design Manager - Civil Engineering - Water Manpower View Profile London; City of London; East London; Central London; South East London; West London; Canary Wharf; South West London; North London; Greenwich; Stratford Contract Published: 5 days ago £60 - £65 per hour Design Manager - Civil Engineering - Water Manpower Job Title: Design Manager - Civil Engineering - Water Location: National - Priority is Epsom, London, Peterborough, Cambridge Pay Rate: £65 per hour via Umbrella Contract Length: 12 Month contract Are you a Design Manager who is passionate about making the world a better place? Are you ready to take up a vital role in some of the UK's most exciting and innovative projects? We are looking for an energetic and experienced Design Manager to join our team within the Design & Advanced Technology (D&AT). You'll be part of a talented, multi-disciplinary team delivering cutting edge, iconic projects to our Water market clients. As a key member of our team, you'll play a vital role in delivering transformational programmes for critical UK infrastructure, with opportunities to work on landmark engineering projects both domestically and internationally. We're committed to providing industry-leading solutions throughout the project lifecycle, adding value through client-side and construction-phase support. Your Role The role will offer a challenging and rewarding opportunity to apply knowledge, experience, and problem-solving skills whilst providing good opportunities for career development. As a Design Manager in the D&AT practice you will have the following responsibilities: Coordinate or manage a team of engineers for delivery of technical design work on multi-disciplinary projects following relevant national and project specific design codes and standards, and to high-quality levels in areas such as hydraulics, wastewater and clean water infrastructure, water reuse, and pipelines. Responsible for driving and overseeing the production and reviewing of technical deliverables such as design reports, drawings, calculations, and scopes of work with defined scope and ensuring consistency. Driving the technical input into project design deliverables for aspects of complex multi-disciplinary projects and work with the project management team to successfully manage time and budgets to key project milestones and programmes. Collaborate with client, operational, project, or service activities within your immediate team. Provide mentorship to less experienced colleagues and help to grow the Engineering capabilities within the local team. Work independently with minimal guidance. Exercise personal judgement to solve difficult problems where appropriate and provide guidance to junior team members. Provide technical and delivery support for bid proposals Work closely with a multi-disciplinary team in the UK and overseas to deliver integrated design solutions. Adhere to quality assurance standards in design including check and review of own work as well as others. About You The ideal candidate would be a well-rounded and versatile individual who exemplifies the following key skills and attributes: A degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent Preferably Chartered or Incorporated Civil Engineer Proven experience in coordinating or managing an engineering design delivery team for a design consultancy including within a multi-disciplinary environment, collaborating with Contractors, and the ability and knowledge to deliver across the full project lifecycle. Takes broad perspective to identify innovative solutions to design problems. Requires strong knowledge and practical experience in risk assessment, quality control, change management, commercial awareness, design management and collaboration with key disciplines involved in water infrastructure design and delivery, eg MEICA, structures, geotechnics. Practical knowledge of current design codes and standards as well as industry best practices including CDM Regulations, Eurocodes, regulatory bodies, water utility standards, NEC, etc. Ability to work independently with minimal guidance Experience in Water market is necessary Demonstrates strong communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly and effectively within diverse multi-disciplinary teams. A proactive, highly motivated mindset with a collaborative approach to drive teamwork and shared success across projects. In Short Industry Recruitment Founded 1948 Location UK Company size 5000+ ABOUT US Manpower has been a global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions for over 70 years. Since 1948, our purpose has remained consistent - we connect people with meaningful and sustainable work. Whilst our purpose remains constant, the world of recruitment is evolving fast. Technology innovations are reducing traditional value. We see people and unemployment at scale and witness first-hand the trends which are changing the world of work around us. We help organisations nationwide develop and maintain their workforce to respond to changing business demands, market fluctuations and keep pace as the future of work evolves. Fast Fulfilment: our teams are experts in their markets, and through our strong global brands they have access to a vast talent pool of compliant and ready to work candidates. Agile approach: we have the insights, expertise and experience to create a workforce to provide clients and candidates with the right match to help them go further. Precision performance: we invest in our people. Through robust training and our development programme, MyPath, we develop our people with the skills critical to their job today and for the jobs of tomorrow. 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