We’re looking for a Water Design Manager to join our Utilities team based in Falmer, Brighton to lead and manage engineering design delivery for assigned water projects on our new 7-year, c£1bn framework with Southern Water.
Location: Falmer Brighton - remote working available, with weekly travel to the office required
Contract: Permanent, Fulltime
Salary: £75k - £78k + car allowance + private healthcare + benefits
Responsibilities
As a Design Manager, you’ll provide expert engineering support to the design and construction of the Southern Water portfolio of non-infrastructure, water and wastewater projects. Services covering the counties of Kent, Sussex and Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight.
Your day to day will include:
* Spearhead and optimise the engineering assurance process for designs prepared by partner at outline design and Capital Delivery partners at tender and construction design
* Ensure that the Engineering design team, design consultants and construction partners develop technically and economically proficient engineering solutions
* Implement design quality procedures to ensure right-first-time philosophy adherence
* Seek opportunities to enhance affordability and value throughout the design process
* Ensure compliance with Construction Design & Management (CDM) Regulations, managing design-related health and safety risks
What are we looking for?
This role of Design Manager is great if you have:
* Chartered Engineer status with a degree level qualification (or equivalent) in an engineering discipline
* Experience of managing and driving a multi-discipline technical engineering team with a proven track record of driving sustainable performance against challenging business targets
* Significant knowledge of water and wastewater treatment processes
* Full valid UK driving licence
Rewards and benefits
We’re proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
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