Design Lead / Project Manager

Project Manager/Design Lead
St Asaph - hybrid working
up to 55k DOE

We are seeking a skilled Project Manager/Design Lead to support the planning, coordination, and delivery of complex water and wastewater projects. This role involves working across multi-disciplinary teams to ensure design excellence, compliance, and timely delivery of project objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Collaborate with the project planner to create, maintain, and update detailed design management schedules.
Develop and oversee the design deliverables plan with the project team, ensuring all upstream and downstream technical requirements are captured.
Support supplier and subcontractor engagement, reviewing tenders for compliance and technical accuracy.
Allocate and manage resources effectively to meet project timelines and deliverables.
Assist in the preparation of scheme tender designs and contribute to cost estimation to ensure timely submission.
Manage design documentation, including tracking design queries and requests for information (TQ/RFI).
Liaise with clients to ensure design solutions meet requirements and comply with CDM regulations.
Facilitate and participate in hazard studies, ensuring appropriate expertise is involved to support robust design decisions.
Maintain and update the design risk register, highlighting key technical risks as they emerge.
Ensure designs prioritize safety and that all health, safety, and CDM considerations are clearly documented.
Stay current with engineering standards, client specifications, British standards, codes, and best practices.
Provide regular technical updates to the project manager, commercial team, and client technical team.
Prepare technical specifications to enable supplier engagement.
Offer governance and guidance to the supply chain, aligning design outputs with client expectations.
Provide direction and engineering oversight to team members as needed.
Contribute to improving departmental processes and procedures to enhance efficiency.
Deliver technical work in line with the design management plan, or ensure suitably qualified personnel complete tasks when specialized skills are required.
Follow company engineering standards, systems, and procedures rigorously.
Assess the competency of internal and external resources to ensure safe and compliant design delivery.
Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (working towards Chartered status).
Experience in water and wastewater engineering.
Proven track record working in multi-disciplinary teams delivering turnkey water and wastewater projects.
Strong knowledge of NEC3/4 contracts and current CDM legislation.
Commercial awareness, including experience managing budgets, risks, and supply chain performance.
Proficiency in Microsoft Project and other project management tools.
Excellent IT skills, with attention to detail and high accuracy.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced and challenging environment
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed