Design Manager

We're looking for a Design Manager to join our Anglian Water team based in Lincoln / Norfolk.

Location: Lincoln / Norfolk
Hours: 45 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

We're seeking a skilled Design Manager to join our dynamic and growing team. You'll manage the design phase of construction projects, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. You'll play a key role in leading engineering support, ensuring design excellence, and managing design stakeholders and deliverables across the Anglian Water portfolio of non-infrastructure and wastewater projects within the IOS Framework.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Design Manager, you'll be working within the Anglian Water team, supporting them in delivering design assurance and ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. Your day to day will include:

• Optimising the engineering assurance process for designs developed by design partners
• Managing design change and serving as the primary point of contact for technical queries during both construction and design phases
• Collaborating with the client to understand and deliver their specific requirements
• Ensuring adherence to design quality procedures and the 'right-first time' philosophy
• Ensuring compliance with Construction Design & Management (CDM) regulations and managing design-related health and safety risks

What are we looking for?

This role of Design Manager is great for you if:

• You hold a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in an engineering discipline or related field
• You have demonstrable experience working on complex technical projects and supporting delivery for time, cost, and quality
• You possess strong organisational, planning, and time-management skills along with excellent communication abilities
• You're proficient in design software (e.g., AutoCAD, Revit, BIM) and have strong IT literacy
• You hold a Full driving licence for travel to various offices and sites

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.

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.