Project Design Manager

1 week ago

Peterborough, Peterborough, United Kingdom MWH Treatment Full time £60,000 - £90,000 per year


We are looking to strengthen our engineering team with a Project Design Manger at our @One Alliance, Peterborough office with hybrid working available. 
 
 As a Project Design Manager, you'll take technical ownership of major infrastructure projects from initial feasibility through to detailed design and handover. You'll coordinate design delivery across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring designs are practical, sustainable, and aligned with cost, time, and quality expectations.

You'll act as a key point of contact across the project lifecycle, working closely with project leaders, engineers, construction teams, and external stakeholders to ensure seamless delivery. It's a hands-on, highly collaborative role that puts you at the centre of some of the most important infrastructure work happening in the region


Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Leading the design process on major capital projects, from early concept through to detailed technical development and design assurance.

  • Ensuring design outputs are fully integrated, meeting the operational, commercial, and environmental objectives of the wider project.

  • Acting as Principal Designer under CDM regulations, managing design risk and ensuring that safety is considered at every stage.

  • Driving digital design excellence, supporting the use of BIM and 3D modelling to improve coordination, data integration, and project outcomes.

  • Challenging and improving technical standards, encouraging innovation and the use of repeatable, low-carbon, and cost-effective solutions.

  • Liaising with project leaders and delivery teams to plan and allocate design resources effectively, ensuring all technical aspects remain on track.

  • Building strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that designs reflect the needs of operators, contractors, regulators, and the community.

  • Championing best practice across quality, health and safety, and performance – both within your own team and the wider Alliance.

  • Mentoring junior engineers and designers, creating a positive learning culture and helping others grow their skills and confidence.

  • Driving collaboration across disciplines, promoting a one-team mindset and helping to unlock value at every stage of the design process.



About You

  • A degree, HNC or HND in civil engineering or a related discipline.

  • Proven experience in a design or engineering leadership role within complex infrastructure or water-related projects.

  • A working knowledge of CDM 2015 regulations, with prior experience acting as Principal Designer or managing design risk.

  • A strong understanding of project delivery in a multi-disciplinary environment, ideally within an alliance or joint venture.

  • Experience with digital design tools, BIM workflows, and integrated design processes.

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills – able to influence, lead, and work collaboratively at all levels.

  • A proactive, solution-focused mindset with a commitment to quality and continuous improvement.



About Us

MWH Treatment is an integrated design and build provider working in the water sector. With over 1400 staff working across eight regional centres, supporting six long-term water sector frameworks and two recently won frameworks, operating both as a sole contractor but also in joint ventures and alliances. 

At MWH Treatment we believe that people matter. We know to build successful, creative teams we need a diverse workforce that can deliver innovative ways of thinking. We provide an environment where you will have the freedom to develop and grow to your full potential, creating opportunity by inviting, embracing, and celebrating difference, our goal as an employer is to motivate, and develop our employees. By fostering a diverse range of talents and perspectives we ensure we have the breadth of viewpoints, experiences, and skills needed to succeed. Embracing diversity of all kinds enables us to provide a work environment and culture that plays a key role in attracting and retaining the right people with the right skills. 

As signatories to the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant, we have made a promise to support our forces, working with the CTP to help ex veterans find work in the civilian world. We also support Mates in Mind, a charitable programme to improve and promote positive mental health in the workplace. We don't just tick boxes; we live these values every day. 

What MWH offer 

Packages include -  

A competitive salary 

Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent) 

Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent) 

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy) 

Contribution Pension scheme 

Life Assurance 

Health Insurance 

Private Medical Insurance 

And many more benefits including – cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc 

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