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Design Manager (Water Projects)

Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Leicester, City of Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Full-time Manager

Lead design management for water-sector infrastructure projects, overseeing multidisciplinary teams, resources, schedules, budgets, and delivery from concept to completion. Manage client and stakeholder relationships, ensure compliance with safety, environmental, quality, and UK CDM requirements, and coordinate design reviews, changes, risks, and project communications.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design management for water-sector infrastructure projects, overseeing multidisciplinary teams, resources, schedules, budgets, and delivery from concept to completion. Manage client and stakeholder relationships, ensure compliance with safety, environmental, quality, and UK CDM requirements, and coordinate design reviews, changes, risks, and project communications.

Requirements

  • Applicants should have an MEng, BEng, BSc, HND, or HNC in engineering, environmental studies, or a numerate science subject, and be a member of an appropriate professional institute or working toward membership. They should have experience delivering complex infrastructure projects and significant project and contract management experience, including knowledge of health and safety standards and regulations.

Benefits

  • Hybrid Working
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Health And Wellbeing Programme
  • Virtual GP Service
  • Workplace Adjustments
  • Gym Membership Discount
  • Menopause Support
  • Flexible Working Arrangements
  • Additional Leave Purchase
  • Training And Mentoring
  • Chartership Support

Key Skills

Project Management Design Management Multidisciplinary Team Leadership Resource Planning Schedule Management Budget Management Risk Management Stakeholder Communication Client Relationship Management Regulatory Compliance Health and Safety Standards Water‑Sector Infrastructure Knowledge Design Review Coordination Change Management Contract Management Problem Solving Decision Making Leadership Mentoring Cross‑functional Collaboration Quality Assurance Technical Documentation

About Wsp In The Uk & Ireland

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering, science and infrastructure solutions firms, uniting multidisciplinary expertise to shape communities and advance humanity. Operating in over 50 countries, WSP employs approximately 83,000 professionals worldwide, known as Visioneers. In the UK and Ireland, our team of more than 12,100 professionals pioneers solutions and delivers innovative projects across the transportation, infrastructure, environment, building, energy, water, and mining and metals sectors. WSP is publicly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WSP).

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