Lead Design Manager

4 weeks ago


England, United Kingdom NRL Full time

NRL have an exciting new opportunity for a Lead Design Manager, to work with one of our clients who do work in the civil nuclear industry. This would be based in Capenhurst, Cheshire.

About the role:
  • To set the overall technical direction for complex multi-disciplinary projects and act as a key decision maker, ensuring a suitable balance between all potentially conflicting drivers is achieved.
  • To oversee the development of design delivery schedules, ensuring all relevant disciplines are accounted for, and to manage the interface between these disciplines throughout the design development.
  • To represent the project from a technical perspective at key stakeholder meetings, having overall oversight of the basis for key design decisions, and a detailed understanding of the technical position of the project.
  • To maintain oversight of the design managers who report into you.
  • Accountable for the identification of proportionate and appropriate design solutions
  • Accountable for ensuring appropriate stakeholder engagement in projects
  • Ensuring a balanced approach between engineering disciplines is achieved.
  • Ensuring logical, achievable, integrated cross-discipline schedules are developed.
  • Accountable for monitoring delivery of the technical aspects of projects in line with the agreed scope and schedule. Ensuring any deviance is appropriately justified, understood and managed.
  • Accountable for prioritizing where conflicts of resource exist, based on an understanding of the impact on design development
  • Ensuring configuration control throughout the project lifecycle
  • Accountable for ensuring CAD support is available to support the project requirements
What you will need:
  • Degree in relevant Engineering discipline.
  • Chartered member of a relevant Engineering Institute.
  • A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the management and development of complex design packages
  • Experience of leading teams to deliver technical packages of work.
  • Good cross discipline technical knowledge and appreciation.
  • Thorough knowledge of and experience applying robust engineering processes, ideally within the nuclear industry.
  • Thorough appreciation of international and UK standards, legislation and regulations relating to engineering and design.
  • Sound knowledge of current health and safety legislation.
  • Excellent IT skills, including Windows and Microsoft applications, Documentation and SAP.
  • Ability to maintain and develop own technical knowledge to ensure the best, cost effective and safe solutions are proposed and implemented.
  • Skilled in exercising authority in the control of contractors and suppliers.
What’s in it for you:
  • Permanent role with competitive salary
  • High profile work
  • Career progression & development

The NRL Group connect global engineering companies with the right people to bring their projects to life. Supporting contracting companies with their energy transition plans and working with our clients to build a cleaner, greener future.

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