Design Manager" or "Head of Design" or "Design Team Manager")

Are you an engineer with the drive and energy to join a growing company in helping drive solutions for our clients? We are looking for an Engineering Design Manager, to lead a team of multidiscipline inhouse designers and manage third party design partners in a broad industrial client base. This is an opportunity to join a company that is growing and is moving to the forefront in delivery in niche markets whilst also delivering for our current client’s and shareholders.
Responsibilities:
· Aiding trainee with learning;
· Overseeing internal and external design teams;
· Tracking and reviewing design documentation;
· Leading project/design review meetings;
· Value engineering of the project;
· Be familiar with, and demonstrate commitment to the requirements of the Health & Safety and Environmental Policies;
· Manage, mentor and develop junior team members and graduate engineers;
· Implement the relevant requirements of the Safety Management System within their area of responsibility;
· Coordination of numerous live projects;
· Prepare and attend tender meetings in a design capacity;
· Assisting the Design Lead(s) in the review of design resources and outputs;
· Internal liaison with the Construction Team, QA team and Cost Control;
· External liaison with Subcontractors / Suppliers and Stakeholders, close co-ordination with the Design Manager required;
· Work with the contracts manager and procurement team.
Requirements:
· Ideally degree qualified and chartered engineer, with a minimum 10 years relevant experience;
· Proven track record of successfully working on major M&E projects;
· A broad knowledge on a cross-discipline basis
· Experience within food, manufacturing, high care, high hazard industries is desirable.
· Experience working on international projects desirable.
· Experience working within a highly regulated environment may be an advantage but not a necessity;
· Know what good looks like in bid submissions and work winning and have hands on experience of delivering work-winning bids in a timely manner;
· Previous experience working in a design management role;
· You have built up realistic experience of how long design tasks take to conceptualise, design and test;
· The ability to identify project risks and recommend appropriate mitigations and contingencies