Engineering Design Manager

Summary

The Engineering Design Manager will lead a team of multidiscipline designers and manage third-party partners to deliver industrial projects. The role involves overseeing design documentation, mentoring junior staff, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.

Engineering Design 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.

Humberside Based, salary negotiable, pension, car allowance, medical insurance if they ask.

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