CPR Looking for Design Manager (Utilities) at Manchester Full Time

Design Manager – Utilities

Highways

We are currently working with a major engineering consultancy who are looking to expand their highways team in Northern England in either Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Altrincham, or Newcastle by recruiting a Design Manager (Utilities).

You will work within our highways team on a range of projects which currently include: 

• National Highways – Delivery in Partnership
• National Highways – TA2 Schemes
• Transport for Scotland
• Innovative rapid transit concepts
• Bus Rapid Transit Projects (guided and unguided)
• Transport Hubs
• Highway projects with national contractors
• Local Authority highway promoted schemes
• Town/City Centre improvements
• Network Rail
• TfGM

As Utilities Design Manager your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Managing Utility design/diversion as part of highway & public transport infrastructure.
• Maintaining a general knowledge of technical engineering codes and NRSWA, HAUC and NJUG.
• Compliance in accordance with the various utility companies’ standard requirements.
• Promoting and ensuring adherence to our health and safety policy and procedures.
• Managing discrete design packages and multi-disciplinary design teams and client facing activities.
• Provide support to build up a network of clients and undertake regular business development activities.
• Assisting in the training and development of other team members.
• Showing technical leadership and providing technical expertise and advice.
• Controlling task programme and budgets.
• Presenting technical advice to clients and stakeholders.
• Assisting Project Directors with project management and business development.
• Line Management, motivation, and performance of early career staff.

Job requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (Hons) in Civil Engineering, or equivalent.
• Professional membership in the highways sector e.g., Institution of Civil Engineers, CIHT etc.
• Proven experience working within an engineering profession.
• Must be able to demonstrate a track record in people skills and commercial awareness, with some business development.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD; Civils 3D; Navisworks; AutoDesk Infraworks; Bentley Open Roads and Projectwise.
• Competent in key highway disciplines to be able to independently check the work of others.
• Experience with identifying, managing and resolving multi-disciplinary interfaces
• Ability to identify bespoke engineering solutions in reducing scope of utility diversions
• Ideally involved in projects from assessing feasibility, concept design and detailed design.
• Experience of UK highway design codes and standards (Design Manual for Roads & Bridges, Manual of Contract Documents for Highways Works etc).
• Experience applying CDM requirements in the role of designer.
• Provide input into bids where utilities present a major risk into project delivery
• Knowledge of NRSWA, including responding the challenges to its application.
• Understanding of cost savings under the Act
• Ability to manage delivery of utility diversions from C2 to C9 process
• Available to travel for short assignments when required to other UK and possibly overseas offices.

As mentioned, this role is based in the North in either the Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Altrincham, or Newcastle offices. If this position is of interest, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Erin at Critical Project Resourcing.