Mechanical Engineering Design Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead design input for multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects, ensuring buildability, compliance, and sustainability. You will work closely with clients and cross-functional teams to deliver fit-for-purpose designs that meet regulatory and operational needs. The position combines strategic thinking with hands-on design leadership, shaping solutions from early concept through delivery. This is a chance to influence high-profile projects across sectors while upholding safety and quality standards.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working environment
• focus on work-life balance
• inclusive workplace
• equal opportunity employer

Responsibilities

• Manage external design consultants and contractors under the contract, ensuring duties are fulfilled and issues escalated
• Lead technical assurance, review constructability, and oversee 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 project issues and scope changes
• Drive development of innovative, practical, and sustainable engineering solutions that meet client and regulatory 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 asset lifecycle

Key requirements

• Minimum 5 years experience managing design through full project lifecycle across sectors and procurement routes
• Strong understanding of integrated design delivery and consultant performance management
• Knowledge and experience of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and common data environments
• Chartered Engineer status with CIBSE, IMechE or similar (Preferred)
• Experience with CAD (AutoCAD or Revit)
• Excellent stakeholder liaison and communication skills
• Self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook
• People management and time management skills
• collaboration
• communication
• self-motivation
• BIM
• CAD (AutoCAD, Revit)
• design coordination

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