Design Manager" or "Head of Design" or "Design Team Manager")

Are you an engineer with the drive and energy to join a growing company in helping drive solutions for our clients? We are looking for an Engineering Design Manager, to lead a team of multidiscipline inhouse designers and manage third party design partners in a broad industrial client base. This is an opportunity to join a company that is growing and is moving to the forefront in delivery in niche markets whilst also delivering for our current client’s and shareholders.

Responsibilities

• Aiding trainee with learning;
• Overseeing internal and external design teams;
• Tracking and reviewing design documentation;
• Leading project/design review meetings;
• Value engineering of the project;
• Be familiar with, and demonstrate commitment to the requirements of the Health & Safety and Environmental Policies;
• Manage, mentor and develop junior team members and graduate engineers;
• Implement the relevant requirements of the Safety Management System within their area of responsibility;
• Coordination of numerous live projects;
• Prepare and attend tender meetings in a design capacity;
• Assisting the Design Lead(s) in the review of design resources and outputs;
• Internal liaison with the Construction Team, QA team and Cost Control;
• External liaison with Subcontractors / Suppliers and Stakeholders, close co-ordination with the Design Manager required;
• Work with the contracts manager and procurement team.

Requirements

• Ideally degree qualified and chartered engineer, with a minimum 10 years relevant experience;
• Proven track record of successfully working on major M&E projects;
• A broad knowledge on a cross-discipline basis
• Experience within food, manufacturing, high care, high hazard industries is desirable.
• Experience working on international projects desirable.
• Experience working within a highly regulated environment may be an advantage but not a necessity;
• Know what good looks like in bid submissions and work winning and have hands on experience of delivering work-winning bids in a timely manner;
• Previous experience working in a design management role;
• You have built up realistic experience of how long design tasks take to conceptualise, design and test;
• The ability to identify project risks and recommend appropriate mitigations and contingencies