Design Manager - Anglian Water

Design Manager
Location: East Anglia, with travel to project sites as required
Sector: Civil Engineering | Water and Wastewater Infrastructure | Major Projects
Great design is about more than technical solutions. It's about bringing people together, solving complex challenges and creating infrastructure that works safely, efficiently and sustainably for the communities that depend on it.
Are you a motivated and collaborative Design Manager lookigng to support the delivery of major water and wastewater infrastructure projects across East Anglia for Anglian Water?
This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of design coordination and delivery across complex infrastructure schemes, working alongside engineering specialists, project teams, external consultants and the client. You'll help turn design concepts into practical, buildable solutions, ensuring that technical requirements, programme milestones and project objectives remain aligned.
You'll have the opportunity to influence how projects are delivered, contribute to innovative engineering solutions and build strong relationships across the project team. If you're passionate about engineering, enjoy tackling challenges and want to see your work make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you.
What you'll be doing
As a Design Manager, you'll coordinate design activities throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring that information is developed, reviewed and delivered in line with project requirements.
Working closely with Project Managers, construction teams, commercial colleagues, designers and other stakeholders, you'll help ensure that design decisions support safe, efficient and successful project delivery.
Your responsibilities will include:
·Coordinating design activities from early development and design planning through to construction and project completion.
·Managing design programmes, tracking deliverables and ensuring information is provided in line with project milestones.
·Working with internal engineering teams, external consultants and specialist designers to coordinate design inputs across multiple disciplines.
·Collaborating with construction teams to ensure designs are practical, buildable and aligned with proposed construction methodologies.
·Supporting the integration of civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and other relevant engineering disciplines.
·Monitoring design progress, identifying potential delays and helping implement solutions to keep activities on track.
·Identifying and managing design risks, technical interfaces, constraints and outstanding information requirements.
·Facilitating design reviews, technical meetings and coordination workshops to resolve issues and maintain progress.
·Supporting value engineering and design optimisation initiatives to improve efficiency, reduce waste and deliver value for the client.
·Ensuring design deliverables comply with project specifications, relevant standards, regulatory requirements and quality expectations.
·Working with construction teams to respond to technical queries, resolve design issues and coordinate changes as projects progress.
·Supporting the management of design changes and assessing their potential impact on programme, cost, quality and delivery.
·Promoting health, safety and environmental considerations throughout the design process, including effective design risk management.
·Building positive working relationships with the client, supply chain partners, consultants and wider project stakeholders.
·Contributing to continuous improvement by sharing lessons learned, identifying better ways of working and supporting effective design management practices.
What we're looking for
Are you an organised, proactive and collaborative professional who can coordinate complex design activities, communicate effectively across disciplines and keep design delivery moving forward?
You'll ideally bring:
·Experience in Design Management, design coordination or a relevant engineering role within civil engineering, construction, infrastructure or utilities.
·Experience coordinating design activities and deliverables across multiple project disciplines.
·A good understanding of civil engineering design principles, construction methodologies and buildability.
·Experience working with design consultants, engineering teams and construction delivery teams.
·Strong programme management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
·The ability to identify technical issues, manage design interfaces and work collaboratively to develop practical solutions.
·An understanding of design risk management, health and safety, quality assurance and relevant technical standards.
·Commercial awareness and an interest in value engineering, design optimisation and efficient project delivery.
·Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to build effective working relationships.
·A proactive, solutions-focused approach and a commitment to continuous improvement.
·A degree-level qualification in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
Experience in water and wastewater infrastructure projects would be advantageous, particularly within a multidisciplinary design and construction environment.
Professional accreditation, such as CEng, MICE or equivalent, would be beneficial, as would working towards chartership.
You don't need to meet every requirement to be considered. If you have relevant engineering or design coordination experience, a willingness to learn and the drive to deliver great outcomes, we'd encourage you to apply.
Why join the team?
You'll join a growing team delivering major infrastructure projects for Anglian Water, contributing to investment that supports communities, protects the environment and helps meet the region's future water needs.
Our benefits include:
·Competitive salary.
·Competitive annual leave, plus an additional day off on your birthday.
·The option to buy additional annual leave.
·Private medical care.
·Pension scheme.
·Life assurance.
·Cycle to Work scheme.
·Shopping, restaurant vouchers, rewards and discounts.
·Training and development opportunities, including comprehensive skills-based training.
·Family-friendly policies, including enhanced maternity benefits.
·Flexible working opportunities.
·Employee Assistance Programme.
·Mental, physical and financial wellbeing support.
·24/7 virtual GP service.