Design Manager

4 weeks ago


Sutton, United Kingdom Green Scout Full time
Job Description

HV Design Manager 

Salary : £85,000 

Location : South/East England 

We are currently looking to recruit a Design Manager to work with and help lead our Design team. The role will be based in South/ East of England.  

As a Design Manager you will be a part of our Design Team, who support the operational delivery of the 11kV to 132kV Network, refurbishing and building new switchouses and transformer enclosures with associated switchgear, transformers and cabling.

We are delivering substation build and refurbishment works across the East of England including design, project management, cable installation, building construction, jointing, switchgear, bunding, commissioning, decommissioning and demolition.  


As the Design Manager your duties & responsibilities will be:
  • Management of design services utilising internal and external resource.
  • Agree safety, commercial and operational targets with Contract Director
  • Exercise accountability and responsibility for commercial performance
  • Monitor and review regularly performance against agreed internal and external targets
  • Interface with customer and manage and develop the relationship
  • Develop team to provide support to build teams
  • Plan and manage workload in line with customer requirements
  • Preparation of project level design programmes and cost forecasts


Skills & Knowledge Requirements:
  • Senior management experience in a multi-disciplinary engineering /utility /DNO environment
  • Proven staff management abilities and motivational skills gained in senior roles
  • Ideally Chartered Engineer (ie MICE, MIET, MIMechE) or relevant experience
  • Relevant management or professional qualifications
  • Understanding of management systems to ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001
  • Knowledge and understanding of Industry Standards, relevant codes and Systems
  • Knowledge of protection and control schemes on the 11kV to 132kV Distribution Network.
  • Design and design management experience
  • Knowledge & understanding of the CDM Regulations and the role of the Designer under the Regs
  • Proven negotiation skills
  • High degree of commercial and contractual awareness
  • Ideally with experience working in a Joint Venture or Alliance environment


What’s in it for you?
  • 25 days annual leave plus 8 days bank holiday
  • Annual bonus
  • Pension scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Private health care                                           
  • Company car or car allowance and fuel card    


Requirements
5 + years as a Design Engineer ideally working on HV projects.

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