Senior Project Lead for Infrastructure Design

3 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom AtkinsRéalis Full time
Job Description

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Project Lead for Infrastructure Design to join our team at AtkinsRéalis in Manchester.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Engineering / Design Manager to take on a leadership role and oversee the delivery of infrastructure projects from inception to completion.

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a multi-disciplinary design team, coordinating with clients and stakeholders, and ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

Key Responsibilities
  • Author and maintain a robust Design Management Plan, drawing contributions from discipline leads in accordance with governance processes.
  • Contribute to the production and development of the Project Execution Plan.
  • Ensure all discipline leads have contributed to the production and development of the project BIM Execution Plan appropriately, and implement an agreed platform for project collaboration.
  • Distribute the Basis of Design.
  • Evaluate Technical Quality Assurance/Control processes.
  • Develop, manage, and track the list of deliverables.
  • Establish effective technical delivery processes to improve the production of design deliverables to time/cost/quality.
  • Capture all key design decisions and requirements through agreed tools or forms.
Stakeholder Engagement
  • Collaborate with the Project Manager and discipline leads in communicating with client stakeholders where additional scope occurs.
  • Act as the first point of contact to coordinate the resolution of technical issues.
  • Host stakeholder meetings to ensure full involvement in the developed design process and integrate operational requirements into the design.
  • Lead and facilitate meeting actions and close out.
People Management
  • Lead, motivate, and mentor the multi-disciplinary design team.
  • Provide multi-disciplinary linkage between the delivery teams.
  • Ensure effective communications occur within the team, with proportionate use of Teams, in-person workshops, etc.
  • Liaise regularly with discipline leads to effectively manage resources and coordinate with the Project Manager.
  • Input to annual performance reviews for multi-discipline staff within the team.
Commercial Management
  • Contribute to the identification of commercial and technical risks.
  • Evaluate the scope and level of design information execution.
  • Agree programmes and identify key milestones and model release.
  • Coordinate commercial arrangements with teams, document them, and instruct.
  • Monitor resource requirements and ensure discipline leads have access to adequate and appropriate resources to deliver the project.
  • Ensure delivery to programme and monitor/control budget for their designated part of the works.
  • Pursue additional workflows to increase revenue while working with the Project Manager to ensure contract commercial coverage and programme adjustments are agreed before the start of the project.
  • Collaborate with the Project Manager to establish a change control process.
Technical/Delivery
  • Requirements capture.
  • Ensure assessment of technical competencies have practice sign-off.
  • Ensure multi-disciplinary compliance with the design brief and contribution towards designated parts of the works.
  • Apply and reinforce standard designs and products across contracted work scopes.
  • Rigorously challenge teams to drive efficiency in the design programmes.
  • Convene regular cross-team technical meetings to ensure multi-disciplinary coordination and consistency of output across the project.
  • Lead multi-disciplinary technical and CDM reviews for designated parts of the works.
  • Ensure multi-disciplinary coordination of design and consistency of output for designated parts of the works.
  • Undertake technical assurance with necessary discipline sign-off.
  • Distribute design reviews; internally and to clients and project stakeholders.
  • Maintain Configuration Control over the project.
  • Review multi-disciplinary output from delivery teams for quality and consistency, providing sign-off within agreed Delegation of Authority (DoA).
  • Awareness of sustainable design and Net Zero principles.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary: £70,000 - £90,000 per annum depending on experience.
  • Benefits package including pension scheme, life insurance, and annual leave.
  • Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
  • Flexible working arrangements, including remote work options.
  • A supportive and inclusive work environment.


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