Senior Multi-Utility Designer - Variations

Senior Multi-Utility Designer - Variations

Job Reference SMUD028.2

Number of Positions: 1

Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time

Standard Working Pattern: Monday-Thursday 08:30-17:00 and Friday 08:30-16:00

Competitive

Working Hours: 37

Location: Glasgow | London | Stonehouse | Warrington

Closing Date: 31/07/2026

Job Category: Design

Company: Design & Build

Contractual Base: Office-Based

Job Introduction

Senior Multi-Utility Designer - Variations

Join a leading utilities company that champions innovation and service excellence. At Last Mile, we take pride in delivering high-quality solutions across the multi-utility sector. Our team is growing, and we're excited to welcome a talented Senior Multi-Utility Designer - Variations to join us.

As a Senior Multi-Utility Designer - Variations, you will be responsible for managing and coordinating all design variation requests received from clients, the internal Operations team and external stakeholders, overseeing the process from formal change request through to construction. You will also line manage a team of designers and support trainees through their development programmes.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership, Coaching and People Management: Provide effective line management to Designers, Intermediate and Trainee Designers, offering day to day coaching, technical guidance and operational support while managing people related responsibilities and developing team capability.
• Design Variation Assessment and Design Updates: Review Design Variation Orders, assessing technical and commercial impacts, creating DVO records in simPRO and producing updated designs and documentation with full traceability.
• Quotation Updates and Commercial Documentation: Prepare revised quotation documentation including BOQs, FS1s and DVO quotations, ensuring technical scope, cost adjustments and commercial terms are accurately reflected and recorded.
• Technical Validation, Commercial Approval and Client Issue: Coordinate technical validation and commercial approval of updated designs and documentation, incorporating feedback and issuing final DVOs to clients through to acceptance and construction handover.
• Design Approvals, Compliance and Project Handover: Prepare and manage updated design approval packs for electricity, gas and water networks, ensuring compliance with GIRS, NERS and WIRS requirements, issuing Approved for Construction drawings and supporting a smooth handover to construction teams.

Qualifications

• Multi-Utility Design Experience

The successful candidate will be resilient, adaptable, and results-focused, with strong IT literacy and experience using Microsoft Office tools. They will demonstrate excellent attention to detail, strong written and verbal communication skills, and a proven ability to manage competing priorities effectively.

At Last Mile, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We consider all applications solely on the basis of skills and experience and actively encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.