Electrical Engineering Design Manager

Overview

In this Engineering Design Manager role, you steer design input for multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects, ensuring buildability, compliance and innovation. You will work with clients and internal teams to deliver fit-for-purpose designs across sectors such as data centres, rail, defence and heavy industry. The role blends technical leadership with strategic collaboration to drive sustainable solutions and safe, efficient project delivery. You will lead design interfaces and embed HSE and lifecycle considerations to shape outcomes that align with clients’ goals.

Pay / Benefits

• equal opportunity employer
• flexible working environment
• focus on work-life balance
• supportive team culture
• opportunity to work on prestigious infrastructure projects
• healthy, productive workplace

Responsibilities

• Manage contract with external design consultants and contractors to ensure duties are discharged under contract
• Lead technical assurance, evaluate constructability, and guide design interfaces
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary engineering teams and consultants to deliver design solutions
• Collaborate with clients, engineering managers, project managers, contractors, and consultants on project scope, risks and changes
• Drive development of innovative, practical, and sustainable engineering solutions meeting requirements
• Embed health, safety and environmental considerations into all engineering and design work
• Ensure integration across civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical and electrical functions
• Ensure constructability, maintainability and reliability across asset lifecycle

Key requirements

• Strong experience managing design through full project lifecycle
• Understanding of integrated design delivery and consultant performance management
• Knowledge of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and common data environments
• Degree qualified, or equivalent, in engineering discipline Electrical Engineering
• Chartered Engineer (Preferred) with CIBSE, IET or similar
• Experience with CAD (AutoCAD or Revit)
• Excellent communication skills with clients and staff
• Self-driven and results-oriented
• People management, time management, and project design management skills

• communication
• collaboration
• problem solving
• BIM
• CAD (AutoCAD or Revit)
• design management

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