Senior Design Manager

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About the role We're looking for a Senior Design Manager to join our Thames Water Framework team working on the Maple Lodge, Rickmansworth project. Location: Maple Lodge, Rickmansworth - remote working available, occasional travel to Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Hours: 45 hours per week, flexible if needed. Certificates of sponsorship: No sponsorship offered. We are looking for an experienced Senior Design Manager to lead design solutions for water and wastewater infrastructure, ensuring technical compliance whilst driving cost efficiency and sustainability. You'll work closely with our project teams and design partners to deliver innovative, outcome‑focused solutions that meet regulatory commitments and client objectives. This project at Maple Lodge will be one of the biggest on our framework with an ECI phase of roughly £9m and a final cost of over £200m. Responsibilities
Leading and supporting your design team to deliver high‑quality, compliant designs on time and within budget. Managing design partners and consultants, ensuring collaborative working and right‑first‑time submissions. Overseeing technical design reviews, quality assurance processes and ensuring compliance with client standards. Identifying value engineering opportunities and driving efficiencies while maintaining project outcomes. Building trusted relationships with clients, clearly communicating technical solutions and managing project approvals.
Requirements
Degree in engineering (preferably chartered) with proven experience as a Design Manager or Principal Engineer in the water industry. Strong people and project management skills, with experience leading design teams and managing consultants. Knowledge of multidisciplinary design coordination and water/wastewater infrastructure projects. Ability to communicate technical solutions clearly to varied audiences and build collaborative relationships. Full UK driving licence.
Benefits and Rewards We offer a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Diversity and Inclusion We are a Disability Confident employer and will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview. We look forward to receiving your application. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Location:
Gerrards Cross
Job Type:
FullTime

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