Mechanical Engineering Design Manager

Turner & Townsend · Glasgow, Scotland ·

Last confirmed by our partners on 16 Oct 2026.

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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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