Senior Design Manager
Possible
Sponsorship likelihood
This employer issued few or no visas recently
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£51,900
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2127 (83% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £51,900, and Rullion is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
We pick the code from the advert's text, so it is our best guess, not the employer's. Each code it could be has its own likelihood:
- Possible 2127 (Engineering project managers and project engineers) · 83% match
- Possible 1122 (Production managers and directors in construction) · 8% match
New graduate or PhD holder? Pick one of the lower rates.
What each route needs for this job
| Occupation code | New entrant 70% of going rate | STEM PhD 80% of going rate | Relevant PhD 90% of going rate | Standard rate 100% of going rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2127 Engineering project managers and project engineers Most likely code | £36,300 | £41,500 | £46,700 | £51,900 |
1122 Production managers and directors in construction Also possible | £37,400 | £42,700 | £48,100 | £53,400 |
We use the lowest threshold across the plausible codes. Likelihood is Possible at most when the pay clears only a lower rate, or only under a less likely code. How the Home Office picks the code
About the role
Senior Design Manager – Water (AMP8)
Hybrid working (2 days per week from home)
CAN BE BASED FROM ANY OFFICES - MANCHESTER, CHESTER, LEEDS, GUILDFORD, LONDON, NOTTINGHAM, NEWCASTLE
AMP8 is underway, and the UK water sector is entering one of its most important delivery periods in decades. Water companies are investing in resilience, environmental improvement, asset performance, spill reduction and future water security.
My client is looking for a Senior Design Manager who can bring technical teams together, cut through complexity and help turn ambitious programmes into clear, buildable and well governed outcomes.
What you will do
- Lead multidisciplinary design teams on major AMP8 water and wastewater programmes.
- Guide design teams from optioneering and outline design through detailed design and construction support.
- Manage design risk, technical interfaces, assumptions, decisions, reviews and assurance activity.
- Work closely with clients, contractors, framework partners and supply chain specialists.
- Challenge traditional delivery approaches and identify smarter, simpler and more sustainable solutions.
- Support work winning, framework growth, client engagement and early project shaping.
- Mentor Design Managers, coordinators and discipline leads so the team becomes stronger as the work bank grows.
- Design management is treated as a leadership discipline, not an administrative function.
- You will have room to influence projects, teams and clients rather than simply report progress.
- You will work within major UK water frameworks while drawing on wider technical, environmental, digital and delivery capability.
We are looking for people who
- Have led multidisciplinary design teams in water, infrastructure, utilities, rail, construction or major capital programmes.
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Where this offer sits in the market
Engineering project managers and project engineers (SOC 2127) · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · basic pay · ~68k in sample- Middle half £42,848–67,132
- Median £51,324
- Going rate £51,900
- Threshold £41,700
- New entrant £36,300–46,700
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2127 going rate of £51,900. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.