Civil / Structural Engineering Design Manager

Overview

As an Engineering Design Manager you will steer multi-disciplinary design on critical infrastructure projects, ensuring buildability, compliance and innovative solutions. You will partner with clients to deliver fit-for-purpose outcomes, shaping design through concept to delivery. You lead design input, coordinate with external consultants, and embed safety and sustainability into engineering solutions. This role sits within the expanding Real Estate team, offering exposure to high-profile projects across sectors like data centres, defence and rail. Join a collaborative, client-focused environment where your technical leadership translates into tangible major-scale impact.

Pay / Benefits

• healthy, productive, and flexible working environment
• equal opportunity employer
• inclusive environment
• opportunity to affect change
• support for work-life balance

Responsibilities

• Manage contracts with external design consultants and contractors via the Project Manager, ensuring duties are discharged
• Lead technical assurance, assess constructability, and manage design interfaces
• Direct multi-disciplinary engineering teams from consultants and partners to deliver project solutions
• Collaborate with technical, operational, maintenance and strategic stakeholders
• Liaise with clients, Engineering/Project Managers, contractors and consultants on project issues and scope changes
• Drive innovative, practical, and sustainable engineering solutions meeting client, operational and regulatory needs
• Embed health, safety and environmental considerations into engineering and design
• Ensure integration across civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical and electrical disciplines
• Ensure constructability, maintainability and reliability across the asset lifecycle

Key requirements

• Minimum 5 years' experience managing design through full lifecycle across sectors and procurement routes
• Strong understanding of integrated design delivery and managing consultant performance
• Knowledge and experience of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and common data environments
• Degree qualified in Civil or Structural Engineering
• Chartered Engineer status preferred
• Experience with CAD (AutoCAD or Revit)
• Excellent communication with clients and staff
• Self-driven, results-oriented with good time management and leadership skills

• strong communication
• collaboration
• problem solving
• Building Information Modelling (BIM)
• AutoCAD
• Revit

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