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About the Role
GHD is seeking a Design Manager to lead multidisciplinary teams and shape ambitious water sector programmes during the critical AMP8 delivery period. This role involves bringing clarity and structure to complex projects, influencing decisions, and challenging conventional thinking to achieve successful project outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead multidisciplinary design teams on AMP8 water and wastewater projects.
- Support projects through optioneering, outline design, detailed design and construction support phases.
- Coordinate technical interfaces, design risks, assumptions, decisions, reviews and assurance activities.
- Work closely with clients, contractors, framework partners and specialist suppliers.
- Identify opportunities to improve delivery, reduce complexity and develop practical, sustainable solutions.
- Support project delivery teams in achieving programme, budget and quality objectives.
- Contribute to work winning activities, client relationships and framework development.
- Support and mentor developing engineers, coordinators and technical team members.
Requirements
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams within water, infrastructure, utilities, construction or major project environments.
- Understand how to manage interfaces between disciplines, clients, contractors and delivery partners.
- Can balance technical quality, programme requirements, risk and commercial considerations.
- Experience supporting design governance, risk management, design reviews and assurance activities.
- Communicate effectively with clients, project managers, designers and technical specialists.
- Enjoy collaborating with others and helping teams perform at their best.
- Remain organised and solutions-focused in fast-paced delivery environments.
- Experience working within Design and Build environments, particularly alongside Tier 1 or Tier 2 contractors, would be highly beneficial.
- Water sector experience is advantageous, but candidates from adjacent sectors including infrastructure, utilities, energy, rail, industrial, treatment, environmental or major capital project environments are also welcome.
- Chartered or Incorporated status is welcome, but not essential. Candidates demonstrating relevant experience, technical understanding and strong project delivery capability will be considered.
- Applicants returning from career breaks, changing sectors or bringing experience gained through non-traditional career paths are welcome.
Skills
- Design management
- Leadership
- Coordination
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Risk management
- Quality assurance
- Sustainability
- Constructability
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Mid-level to Senior
Education Level
- Chartered or Incorporated status welcome, but not essential.
About the Company
- GHD is a global network of professional services with expertise in advisory, design, engineering, and construction. They are committed to delivering innovative solutions for water infrastructure and other sectors.