Design Manager - Brighton
3 days ago
Job description
Right across infrastructure, there's a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you're at in your career, with us you'll have an opportunity to grow and develop.Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We're problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role will be within our water and wastewater capital project delivery team. Our teams deliver large-scale capital programmes aimed at keeping water infrastructure resilient for the long-term while protecting the environment.
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What will you be doing?
In this role, you'll take the lead and coordinate multidisciplinary in‑house and external design teams to deliver high‑quality projects on time and within budget.
You'll help shape and maintain effective design processes, working closely with senior leadership and collaborating with delivery teams on technical outputs, programmes, risk management, and resourcing.
You'll act as the key technical interface for clients and stakeholders, ensuring operational and buildability requirements are embedded throughout the design lifecycle.
You'll manage design delivery from concept to handover, champion innovative and low‑carbon solutions, and provide mentoring to junior staff while maintaining a strong focus on health and safety.
You will also maintain clear design records, secure design approvals, coordinate final points of connection, participate in project handovers, ensure compliance with the Design Management Plan, and manage temporary works suppliers as part of the design process.
We're seeking an experienced engineering professional who is qualified to HND or Degree level in a relevant Engineering discipline.
You'll bring hands‑on design experience across infrastructure projects, including civils and wastewater assets, along with proven project management and costing experience within the multi‑utilities sector.
You'll have a strong understanding of current legislation, technical standards, and specifications, and be confident coordinating remote specialist design teams such as Structures, Geotechnical, and MEICA disciplines.
A solid knowledge of the construction industry, NRSWA requirements, Health and Safety practices, CDM 2015 Regulations, industrial hazards, and process safety is essential.
We're looking for someone with excellent communication, leadership, and project coordination skills—someone who can motivate and manage diverse teams while delivering high‑quality outcomes.
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
Matched or contributory pension scheme
Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Employee assistance programme
My Rewards portal, access to 1000's of retail discounts
Life assurance
Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
Private health care for you and your family plus health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us
Personal Accident Cover
About Us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference.
Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.We're responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We're open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We're together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We're ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you're a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
Please note:
Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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