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Principal Design Manager

Costain Group Plc šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§ Camberley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Full-time Principal

As Principal Design Manager, you will lead a design management team and oversee design and engineering management for high-value projects. You will establish collaborative relationships with clients and ensure adherence to design management processes.

Responsibilities

  • As principal design manager, you will be responsible for a design management team
  • Establish collaborative working relationships with the client, design teams, construction staff and supply chain
  • Oversee all design and engineering related management on behalf of the Contract Leader
  • Build strong interpersonal connections within the wider Costain Engineering functions
  • Set out our design and engineering needs for your project and check they are clearly defined and understood by the wider team

Requirements

  • Significant post-graduate design, engineering or management experience
  • Demonstrable track record of achievement
  • Practical approach, logical thought process and a methodical way of working
  • A creative and innovative approach to problem-solving
  • Be a thought leader in the field of design and design management
  • Extensive experience of setting up and/or running design and assurance process on large projects or frameworks

Key Skills

Design management Technical expertise Leadership Communication skills Stakeholder management Collaboration Problem-solving Lateral thinking Time management Resource allocation Health and Safety Continuous improvement

About Costain Group Plc

Costain helps to improve people’s lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet thrive. We shape, create and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We are organised around our customers anticipating and solving their challenges and helping to improve performance. By bringing together our unique mix of construction, consulting and digital experts we engineer and deliver sustainable, efficient and practical solutions. Our ambition is to become a net zero business by 2035, while enhancing biodiversity and natural capital, and we have plans in place to deliver this. We are committed to procure responsibly and to be an inclusive and accessible business for all, enabling us to be our best while focusing on the outcomes that we deliver for people and planet. At Costain, we have a vibrant, challenging and growing business – a

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