Design Manager

Job Description

Overview

Our Project Delivery Practice is looking for an experienced Design Manager to join our Epsom and South East team. You will coordinate defined design work packages, single-discipline teams on larger projects or smaller multidisciplinary projects from inception through to completion.

Working closely with the Project Manager, discipline leads, clients and delivery partners, you will help establish clear design requirements, coordinate technical interfaces, manage design risk and change, and support safe, buildable and assured outcomes to agreed programme, cost and quality requirements within your assigned scope.

You will have opportunities to work across our infrastructure markets, with the current project pipeline particularly focused on Water, Nuclear, Defence and Energy

Your role

• Coordinate the delivery of defined design work packages, single-discipline teams on larger projects or smaller multidisciplinary projects from inception through to completion, within the assigned scope.
• Contribute to the Design Management Plan for the assigned scope and implement agreed updates, obtaining appropriate input and sign-off from discipline leads and supporting its alignment with the Project Execution Plan.
• Support confirmation of the design requirements, scope, deliverables, interfaces and responsibilities for the assigned scope, and support agreement of programme milestones and model release dates.
• Support the development and coordination of the Basis of Design, multidisciplinary deliverables, technical interfaces, design reviews and approvals, securing the required discipline input and sign-off and maintaining appropriate records and configuration control.
• Apply agreed quality assurance and quality control processes, ensuring outputs for the assigned scope comply with the design brief, client requirements, contractual obligations and applicable standards.
• Identify and monitor technical, safety, commercial and programme risks within the assigned scope, support their management through relevant design risk processes and escalate complex or significant matters to senior colleagues.
• Monitor progress, resource demand and expenditure for the assigned scope, identify emerging issues and provide clear delivery information to support Project Manager decisions and timely corrective action.
• Identify scope change and potential commercial or programme impacts early, supporting timely assessment, notification and management under the relevant contractual arrangements, including NEC3 or NEC4 where applicable.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with clients, stakeholders, contractors, delivery partners and multidisciplinary colleagues, facilitating decisions and ensuring actions are closed promptly.
• Coordinate discipline input to the BIM Execution Plan and promote effective use of the agreed common data environment, digital tools, models and project information.
• Support construction-stage delivery by coordinating responses to technical queries, design change, non-conformances, commissioning, handover and as-built information.
• Promote health, safety, wellbeing, sustainable design and Net Zero principles throughout design and delivery.
• Contribute technical content to bids and proposals, identify opportunities for additional work and capture evidence of innovation, improvements and lessons learned.
• Mentor junior colleagues, share good practice and contribute to capability development and continuous improvement across the Project Delivery Practice.
• Travel to client offices and project sites across the UK may be required, depending on assignment needs.
• Full-time, part-time and flexible working arrangements may be considered, subject to role and project requirements.

About you

Essential

• Relevant experience in design management, engineering management, technical coordination or a comparable infrastructure delivery role.
• Experience leading defined design work packages, single-discipline teams or smaller multidisciplinary projects across a range of project or design stages.
• Broad technical competence in your own discipline and a sound understanding of multidisciplinary interfaces, systems integration and technical assurance.
• Experience coordinating design deliverables, reviews, approvals, requirements, interfaces and technical information.
• An understanding of project scope, programme, budget, risk, quality, change and commercial arrangements, with the judgement to escalate matters outside your authority.
• Experience building effective relationships with clients, stakeholders, contractors and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Strong organisational, written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical matters clearly.
• A collaborative leadership style, good judgement and the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining safety, quality and delivery requirements.
• A relevant professional qualification, with good progress towards professional recognition.
• The ability to travel to client offices and project sites across the UK when required.

Desirable

• Chartered status in a relevant profession.
• Experience working under NEC3 or NEC4 contracts and managing design-related early warnings, change and programme impacts.
• Experience in one or more of water, nuclear, defence, energy, aviation, rail stations or urban development.
• Knowledge of BIM, common data environments, digital collaboration and 3D model-based design coordination.
• Practical experience of the Construction Design and Management Regulations and design risk management.
• Experience supporting construction, commissioning, operational readiness or project handover.
• Experience contributing to bids, fee estimates, resource plans or technical proposals.
• Experience working with distributed teams, delivery partners or global delivery centres.
• Your development.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.