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Senior Design Manager

Avove Utilities 🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom

$65,000 - $75,000 Full-time Senior

Lead multidisciplinary design teams in delivering complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects safely and within budget. Manage design performance, governance, and stakeholder relationships while mentoring engineers to drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Lead multidisciplinary design teams in delivering complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects safely and within budget. Manage design performance, governance, and stakeholder relationships while mentoring engineers to drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • Requires an engineering degree with Chartered Engineer status and extensive experience in major non-infrastructure water projects. Must have a proven track record in design governance, NEC contracts, and acting as a Principal Designer under CDM regulations.

Benefits

  • Car allowance
  • Discretionary bonus scheme
  • Enhanced pension
  • Family friendly policies
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Life assurance
  • Private GP Helpline & Health Cash Plan
  • Avove Discount Scheme
  • Financial wellbeing programme
  • Employee assistance program
  • Volunteering days
  • Charity matched giving

Key Skills

Design Governance NEC Contracts CDM Regulations Principal Designer Responsibilities Multidisciplinary Team Leadership Stakeholder Management Mentoring Engineers Project Budget Management Risk Management Water Infrastructure Design Wastewater Infrastructure Design Design Performance Monitoring Continuous Improvement Strategic Planning Communication Skills Agile Project Management Technical Documentation

About Avove Utilities

Transforming utilities for communities We are an expert, responsible and agile partner, providing vital services to the UK’s utilities networks. We design, build and maintain the UK’s utilities infrastructure to help transform local communities for the better. We embrace the future, creating sustainable utility infrastructure solutions that help improve people’s lives, grow the economy and transform communities. We are passionate about the areas where we work and live, and aim to support them by leaving a positive legacy, engaging with our colleagues, clients and communities along the journey so they feel proud of what we do every day. Our name is a blend of advance and evolve, which signifies our mission to meet the changing demands of society by anticipating change and always seeking to innovate. We play a crucial role in helping to keep the water running, the lights on and people connected.

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