Assistant Design Manager

Kier Group plc; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and engineering firm is seeking an Assistant Design Manager to support water and wastewater projects. The role focuses on managing design processes from inception to construction and involves coordinating teams and maintaining compliance with health and safety regulations. Ideal candidates will hold a degree in engineering and possess strong communication and organizational skills. This position offers a chance to grow in a collaborative and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Wide variety of benefits

Qualifications

• Experience supporting design activities in engineering projects.
• Understanding of design management processes.
• Awareness of health and safety requirements in the water industry.

Responsibilities

• Manage design processes from concept through to construction support.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary design inputs and support technical assurance.
• Build relationships with design consultants, construction teams, and stakeholders.
• Ensure design outputs integrate effectively with construction methodology.

Skills

Collaborative working

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of water industry

Organizational skills

Education

Degree in engineering or related field

Job description

About the role

As an Assistant Design Manager, you'll play a vital role in delivering water and wastewater projects within our Thames Water Framework. Working collaboratively with our design and construction teams, you'll help ensure our solutions are safe, compliant and buildable. This role offers a supportive pathway to develop your design management career in an engaging and inclusive environment.

Responsibilities

As an Assistant Design Manager, you'll be working within the Thames Water team, supporting them in delivering safe, efficient and compliant non-infrastructure wastewater projects. Your day to day will include:

• Managing design processes for allocated projects from concept through to construction support
• Coordinating multi-disciplinary design inputs and supporting technical assurance
• Building relationships with design consultants, construction teams and client stakeholders
• Ensuring design outputs integrate effectively with construction methodology and site constraints
• Contributing to innovation and value engineering while developing your pathway to Design Manager

What are we looking for?

This role of Assistant Design Manager is great for you if:

• You have a degree in engineering or related field with experience supporting design activities
• You enjoy collaborative working with a good understanding of design management processes
• You're organised with excellent communication skills and care about building relationships
• You have knowledge of the water industry and health and safety requirements
• You're keen to develop your career in a supportive and inclusive environment

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-CH1

Job Specification Assistant Design Manager (documentation removed)