Assistant Design Manager

We're looking for an Assistant Design Manager to join our Southern Water Services team based in Falmer, Brighton / Chatham, Kent / Chichester, West Sussex.

Location: Falmer, Brighton / Chatham, Kent / Chichester, West Sussex
Hours: 40 hours per week - 3 days a week are expected to be in the office or on a site location. 

Join our team supporting engineering design delivery on exciting water and wastewater projects as part of Southern Water's £3.1bn Strategic Development Partnership Framework. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to meaningful work that enhances water safety, quality, and resilience across the region, serving millions of households. You'll be part of a collaborative environment where your skills and ideas will help shape sustainable solutions for our communities.

What will you be responsible for?

As an Assistant Design Manager, you'll be working within the Southern Water Services team, supporting them in delivering engineering design excellence across water and wastewater projects. Your day to day will include:

• Supporting the management of engineering design delivery for assigned projects, ensuring quality and compliance
• Collaborating with engineering teams and design consultants to develop technically sound and economically efficient solutions
• Contributing to Engineering Project Plans covering scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resources
• Working with project teams to identify opportunities for innovation, affordability, and sustainable design
• Supporting compliance with CDM Regulations and managing design-related health and safety considerations

What are we looking for?

This role of Assistant Design Manager is great for you if:

• You're working towards a professional qualification (Chartered Engineer) with a degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience
• You have relevant engineering design, construction, and management experience
• You possess excellent communication skills and can explain complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences
• You're passionate about environmental improvement and driving technical innovation
• You hold a Full driving licence

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here. There's never been a better time to get involved, register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-JB4.