Design Manager

The Role

Anderselite are currently working with a main contractor who have successfully won Affinity Water’s AMP8 and AMP9 framework, both Lot 1 Capital Enhancement and Lot 2 Capital Maintenance. This is a 5+5 year framework, where the client have been directly allocated a number of large pipeline schemes (10km+) that will require us to assist our client in both the concept and definitions stages, before moving on to the full design and build submission called the implementation stage.

The Design Manager will report directly to the Framework Manager and will play an instrumental role in growing this new business.

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, Client and Stakeholder 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 Framework Manager, 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.
Audit and Governance

Ensure the clients Code of Conduct is thoroughly understood, adhered to, and promoted across the business to ensure safe, compliant, and consistent working practices.
To operate in an open and even-handed manner with all personnel across the business.
Treat all who we interact with, with courtesy and respect, treating everyone equally and embracing differences.
Encourage everyone to achieve maximum potential.
To proactively contribute to teamwork and cross-functional working.
To listen to each other and share knowledge enables us to willingly combine expertise across the business and with our clients and supply chain.
Behaving with integrity and always demonstrating a professional image.
To take personal responsibility & accountability for actions, constantly striving to improve and exceed expectations ensuring safety and quality are never compromised.

Key Measures and Targets
Accurate internal and external forecasting
Ability to interrogate and challenge designs, reports and survey information
Mitigate design risk, identify and realise opportunities
Work to achieve profit in line with business unit expectations
Maintaining deadlines in line with monthly reporting
Produce high-quality design trackers
Foster and maintain excellent supply chain, stakeholder and client relationships.
Use planning tools to manage design programmes

Key Relationships
Framework Managers, Engineering Managers, Operational Managers, and Contracts Managers
Site Agents and Site team
General Public
Regional HSEQ team
Quality and Technical Assurance Manager
Communication team

About you

Essential
Previous experience in design and management
Portable Water Mains
Working knowledge of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and common data environments
Degree/HNC qualified, or equivalent, in civil engineering
Member of a recognized engineering institution, such as Incorporated Engineer, or Chartered Engineer or working towards a membership
Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise effectively with clients, key stakeholders and staff
Self-driven and results-oriented with a positive outlook
People management, time management, project design management