Mechanical Engineering Design Manager

Overview

In this Engineering Design Manager role, you lead design input on multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects, ensuring buildability, compliance, and sustainability. You collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions across civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical and electrical domains. You drive innovative engineering approaches while embedding health, safety and environmental considerations. The position offers exposure to prestigious sectors and a path to strategic influence within a supportive team.

Pay / Benefits

• great place to work
• flexible working environment that respects work-life balance
• equal opportunity employer and inclusive environment

Responsibilities

• Manage contracts with external design consultants and contractors with the Project Manager
• Lead technical assurance, assess constructability, and coordinate design interfaces
• Lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams across consultants and partner companies
• Collaborate with technical, operational, maintenance, and strategic stakeholders and design coordinators
• Liaise with Clients, Engineering Managers, Project Managers, Contractors and Consultants on issues, changes, risks
• Drive development of innovative, practical, and sustainable engineering solutions that meet requirements
• Embed health, safety and environmental considerations into all designs
• Ensure integration across civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical and electrical functions
• Ensure constructability, maintainability and reliability across the asset lifecycle

Key requirements

• Minimum 5 years' experience managing design through full project lifecycle
• Strong understanding of integrated design delivery and consultant performance management
• Knowledge and experience of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and common data environments
• Degree qualified, or equivalent in engineering (Mechanical Engineering or Building Services Engineering)
• Chartered Engineer (Preferred) status with CIBSE, IMechE or similar
• Experience with CAD (AutoCAD or Revit)
• Excellent communication skills for client and staff liaison
• Self-driven and results-oriented with a positive outlook
• People management, time management, and project design management skills

• excellent communication
• self-motivated
• results-oriented
• BIM
• common data environments
• AutoCAD

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