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Senior Design Manager

Rullion 🌍 Remote

Remote Full-time Senior

Lead multidisciplinary design teams on major water and wastewater programmes from optioneering through to construction support. Manage design risks, technical interfaces, and governance while mentoring junior design managers and coordinators.

Responsibilities

  • Lead multidisciplinary design teams on major water and wastewater programmes from optioneering through to construction support. Manage design risks, technical interfaces, and governance while mentoring junior design managers and coordinators.

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading multidisciplinary design teams in water, infrastructure, or major capital programmes. Must demonstrate strong leadership, judgement, and the ability to balance technical quality with commercial and programme pressures.

Key Skills

Team leadership Multidisciplinary design coordination Water and wastewater infrastructure knowledge Design risk management Technical interface management Governance and compliance Mentoring junior designers Project planning Stakeholder communication Budget awareness Schedule coordination Problem solving Decision making under commercial pressure Remote collaboration Agile methodology Design review facilitation Quality assurance Contract documentation Change management Cross‑functional collaboration

About Rullion

Whether you're hiring or job hunting, we’re here to help you get work done and unlock your potential. At Rullion, we create workforce solutions for critical infrastructure sectors like Energy, Fusion, Rail, IT & Data Services, Nuclear, Utilities, and Transport. Since 1978, we’ve supported businesses to build future-ready teams and helped thousands of people find meaningful careers. Our services span the full talent journey: Find, Develop, Deliver, and Manage. That includes Recruitment (perm & temp), Executive Search, MSP, RPO, Background Screening, and our game-changing Train to Deploy programmes. We’re remote-first, people-first, and big believers in doing the right thing. We are not about the quick buck because true success in business is measured in more than just profit. Our clients value our flexibility. Our candidates value our honesty. And everyone loves our cookies. Looking to hire? Ready for your next move? Interesting in joining Rullion? Let’s talk 👉 www.rullion.co.uk

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