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Design Manager (Project Engineer)

United Utilities 🇬🇧 Kendal, England, United Kingdom

Full-time Senior

Lead and coordinate the design process for water infrastructure projects from initial requirements through to completion and capital delivery. Manage multi-disciplinary teams and external consultants while ensuring designs are safe to build and operate within time, cost, and quality drivers.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coordinate the design process for water infrastructure projects from initial requirements through to completion and capital delivery. Manage multi-disciplinary teams and external consultants while ensuring designs are safe to build and operate within time, cost, and quality drivers.

Requirements

  • Requires a degree-level engineering qualification or equivalent experience, along with proven leadership in project engineering and CDM Principal Designer experience. Professional membership with APM or a Chartered/Incorporated Engineer grade is expected or planned.

Benefits

  • Annual leave package of 26 to 30 days
  • Bank holidays
  • Competitive pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution
  • Life cover
  • Performance-related bonus scheme
  • Recognition awards
  • Comprehensive healthcare plan
  • Flexible and hybrid working

Key Skills

Design Management Water Infrastructure Design Project Engineering CDM Principal Designer Multi‑disciplinary Team Leadership Risk Management Cost Management Quality Assurance Design Coordination Construction Standards AutoCAD Revit Civil Engineering Hydraulic Engineering Stakeholder Management Regulatory Compliance Project Scheduling Budget Control Communication Problem Solving

About United Utilities

Water keeps the North West moving. From morning brews to hospital wards, school runs to factory floors, it's an essential part of everyday life and the businesses that power our region. At United Utilities, we supply 1.8 billion litres of clean water to 8 million people across the North West, supporting around 3 million households and 200,000 businesses every day. We also take away and treat wastewater, helping to protect public health, support communities and care for the environment we all share. But our role goes beyond the services we provide. Behind every drop of water is a vast network that spans the North West. From 184 reservoirs and 57,000 hectares of catchment land to 575 wastewater treatment works and more than 42,000 km of water pipes, we're responsible for infrastructure that stretches from Cumbria to Cheshire and supports millions of people every day. As our region faces some of its biggest challenges, from population growth to increasingly extreme weather, we're helpi

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