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Location

St Albans, Hertfordshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

Our client is a Tier 1 main contractor and they are looking for a Design Manager from a foul water / wastewater background for projects in the Hertfordshire / Berkshire regions. In this role you will:

• Deliver technical solutions in response to the needs of the company’s programme of work. Take responsibility for the technical compliance, quality and appropriateness of solutions delivered.
• Lead design consultants and multi-discipline engineering teams to deliver the design solutions to schedule and budget.
• Support the project delivery teams by providing concept, basic and detailed design solutions based on client and site-specific requirements for clean water, wastewater and biosolids treatment solutions, pipelines, trunk mains, sewers pumping stations and networks.
• Ensure timely delivery of technical solutions in response to the needs of the project schedule and the company’s programme of work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take ownership and accountability for the technical appropriateness of the project solutions delivered throughout the project life cycle.
• Ensure design work is correct and complies with the customer and statutory standards, regulations, and specifications.
• Manage the agreed contract with external design consultants ensuring that duties are discharged under the contract and if not, that appropriate action is taken.
• Manage the development and delivery of appropriate, robust, reliable, operable, and maintainable asset designs that meet the project objectives.
• Management of multi-discipline teams of Engineers from within the business, consultants, and partner companies in the production of project solutions to the required level of design.
• Production and management of project engineering budgets and schedules for review by the head of engineering before submission to the Project Manager.
• Implement change control processes to track and manage the development of the Engineering element of a project to ensure all budgetary, programme and scope changes are correctly managed.
• Ensure that all engineering outputs provided are following Health and Safety Legislation, documented Business Processes, Quality Management Systems & best practices e.g., checked and verified: calculations, drawings, specifications, and compliance with appropriate standards.
• Evaluate designs and solutions.
• Support supply chain selection for specialists’ input on the design.
• Collaboration with other technical, operational, maintenance, and strategic stakeholders, and design coordinators.
• Liaison with Engineering Managers, Project Managers and consultants concerning project issues, scope changes, risks etc.
• Temporary Works: Understanding of what encompasses Temporary Works and the supporting engineering, understanding of the types of temporary works designs available and what responsibilities the associated roles (designer/coordinator/contractor) have and engagement of internal and external temporary works designers.

Requirements Essential

• Minimum 10 years of design and management experience
• Foul water drainage system
• Portable Water Mains
• Building Information Modeling (BIM) and common data environments
• Degree/HNC qualified, or equivalent, in civil engineering
• Member of a recognized engineering institution, Incorporated Engineer, or Chartered Engineer and or working towards membership
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise effectively with both clients and staff
• Self-driven and results-oriented with a positive outlook
• People management, time management, project design management

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Salary

£75k - £85k per annum