Design Manager

Company Description

At Severn Trent, we understand the fundamental role of water in everyday life and businesses. We deliver clean water and safely remove wastewater, ensuring that communities thrive. Our commitment goes beyond service delivery; we are recognized as a Glassdoor Top 50 Company, highlighting our dedication to our employees' well-being. We actively take steps to protect our environment and support our local communities.

We have a brilliant opportunity to join our Capital and Commercial Services directorate as a Design Manager in our Water Treatment Design Team.

Role Description

Reporting directly to the Design Business Leader, the Design Manager will play a key role in ensuring the successful delivery of our biggest ever Capital Programme. This is s full timerole based in Coventry.

Accountable for a direct team, you will lead an integrated team of staff and consultants to develop engineering and process solutions. The Design Manager will oversee the design process, ensuring that projects meet quality standards and deadlines. Responsibilities include coordinating with cross-functional teams, managing design budgets, and maintaining compliance with industry regulations. The role also entails innovating and improving design methodologies and ensuring we deliver the best solution for our customers.

Ideally qualified in a technical engineering or design related discipline you will be an experienced engineer with a strong background in design, leading successful design teams in a highly regulated industry such as water, Petrochem, pharmaceutical or power. You will have a strong background working with standards and codes of practice, with experience of providing designs and specifications for commercial negotiations.

A strong team manager, with excellent planning and implementation skills, you will have experience of leading design projects to ensure designs are delivered to time, cost and quality. You will have extensive experience of implementing CDM regulations in the design process and strong understanding of risk management in construction and operational design. You will have experience working with a diverse team of different skillsets and building capacity and mentoring other engineers.

You will have excellent internal and external stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships with a diverse range of people. You will be a forward-thinking innovator, capable of anticipating challenges and responding to change in a rapidly evolving environment. You will be able to make educated judgments and decisions in the face of ambiguity, and have a good grasp of the bigger picture, seeking opportunities to controbute to tge wider agenda.

If you think you are ready to build an amazing career in a leading water company while making a real difference to our customers and delivering a long standing legacy for generations to come please contact me, I can’t wait to hear from you.