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Engineering Design Manager

United Utilities 🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom

Full-time Manager

Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary in-house design teams to deliver a portfolio of complex engineering projects from feasibility to handover. Drive technical excellence, innovation, and standardisation while ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary in-house design teams to deliver a portfolio of complex engineering projects from feasibility to handover. Drive technical excellence, innovation, and standardisation while ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

  • Requires significant post-graduate engineering experience and a professional qualification with a proven track record of leading design delivery in complex environments. Candidates must have strong stakeholder management skills and a thorough understanding of CDM and health and safety obligations.

Benefits

  • Annual Bonus
  • Car Allowance
  • 26-30 Days Holiday
  • Industry-leading Pension
  • Comprehensive Healthcare Scheme
  • Enhanced Parental Leave
  • ShareBuy Scheme
  • EV Car Scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Gym And Wellbeing Discounts
  • Financial Wellbeing Support

Key Skills

Engineering design management Multidisciplinary team leadership Project feasibility analysis Hand‑over coordination Technical excellence Innovation implementation Standardisation Safety compliance Regulatory compliance Construction design delivery CDM (Construction Design and Management) Health and safety obligations Stakeholder management Risk assessment Problem solving Technical documentation Mentoring junior engineers Cross‑functional collaboration

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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