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Senior Design Manager

Jacobs 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

Full-time Senior

Lead multidisciplinary detailed design teams on major water and wastewater programmes, coordinating engineering and construction disciplines to deliver safe, buildable designs ready for construction and commissioning. Own design scope, programme, interfaces, assurance, and change while developing teams, strengthening client relationships, and improving value and whole-life performance.

Responsibilities

  • Lead multidisciplinary detailed design teams on major water and wastewater programmes, coordinating engineering and construction disciplines to deliver safe, buildable designs ready for construction and commissioning. Own design scope, programme, interfaces, assurance, and change while developing teams, strengthening client relationships, and improving value and whole-life performance.

Requirements

  • Candidates should bring technical leadership in the design and project management of large-scale infrastructure, multidisciplinary engineering and construction integration expertise, and experience with NEC3/4 contracts, change control, and CDM processes. They should also demonstrate strong communication, autonomous judgement across complex projects, problem-solving and innovation, and the ability to develop high-performing teams.

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary
  • Flexible Work Arrangements
  • Enhanced Pension Contributions
  • Medical Coverage
  • Digital GP Service
  • Family Planning Support
  • Enhanced Parental Leave
  • Life Assurance
  • Wellbeing Apps
  • Professional Membership Fees
  • Continuous Professional Development
  • Charity Matched Funding
  • Paid Volunteering Time

Key Skills

Multidisciplinary detailed design Water and wastewater programme leadership Engineering and construction coordination Design scope management Program scheduling Interface management Design assurance Change management Client relationship building Team development Value engineering Standardisation improvement Whole‑life performance optimization Technical leadership Project management NEC3/4 contract knowledge CDM processes Problem solving Innovative design solutions Stakeholder communication Risk management Design review Cross‑functional collaboration Construction readiness

About Jacobs

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow – delivering outcomes and solutions for the world's most complex challenges. With a team of approximately 45,000, we provide end-to-end services in advanced manufacturing, cities & places, energy, environmental, life sciences, transportation and water. From advisory and consulting, feasibility, planning, design, program and lifecycle management, we're creating a more connected and sustainable world.

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