Civil / Structural Engineering Design Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead multi-disciplinary engineering design across critical infrastructure projects, ensuring builds are compliant, innovative and constructible. You’ll work closely with clients and project teams to shape design input from concept through delivery, aligning with safety, sustainability and regulatory standards. This is a strategic, collaborative position within the Real Estate team that blends technical leadership with stakeholder management to drive value and quality. You will join a growth-focused firm delivering high-impact projects and shaping design solutions at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working environment
• healthy, productive work culture
• focus on work-life balance
• inclusive environment
• equal opportunity employer
• opportunity for career growth

Responsibilities

• Manage external design consultants and contractors to ensure contract duties are fulfilled
• Lead technical assurance, assess constructability, and govern design interfaces
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver project solutions
• Collaborate with technical, operational, maintenance, and strategic stakeholders and design coordinators
• Communicate with Clients, Engineering Managers, Project Managers, Contractors and Consultants on issues, scope changes, and risks
• Drive development of innovative, practical, and sustainable engineering solutions that meet client and regulatory requirements
• Embed health, safety and environmental considerations in all design work
• 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 the 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 in Civil or Structural Engineering (Bachelor) or equivalent
• Chartered Engineer status with ICE, IStructE or similar (preferred)
• Passion for construction and customer satisfaction with high standards
• Experience with CAD (AutoCAD or Revit)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder liaison skills
• Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook
• People management, time management and project design management skills

• communication
• stakeholder management
• self-motivation
• BIM
• common data environments
• design coordination

Full job description from WhatJobs. Apply for this role →