Mechanical Engineering Design Manager

In this role you lead multidisciplinary design input on critical national infrastructure projects, ensuring buildable, compliant and innovative solutions. You will coordinate with clients, project managers and design teams to drive design quality from concept to delivery, embedding safety and sustainability. The position sits in the Real Estate team, contributing to high‑impact projects across sectors like data centres, rail and manufacturing. This is a strategic design leadership role with a strong focus on collaboration and delivering fit-for-purpose outcomes.

• equal opportunity employer
• flexible working environment
• focus on work-life balance
• professional development opportunities

• Manage external design consultants and contractors under the contract with project governance and escalation when needed
• Lead technical assurance, assess constructability, and manage design interfaces across disciplines
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams of engineers and partner companies to deliver project solutions
• Collaborate with technical, operational, maintenance, and strategic stakeholders and design coordinators
• Liaise with clients, Engineering Managers, Project Managers, Contractors and Consultants on scope changes and risks
• Drive innovative, practical and sustainable engineering solutions meeting client, operational and regulatory requirements
• Embed health, safety and environmental considerations into all design solutions
• Ensure integration across civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical and electrical functions; ensure lifecycle constructability, maintainability and reliability

• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing design through full project lifecycle across sectors and procurement routes
• Strong understanding of integrated design delivery and managing consultant performance
• Knowledge and experience of BIM and common data environments
• Chartered Engineer status preferred with CIBSE, IMechE or similar
• Experience with CAD (AutoCAD or Revit)
• Excellent communication with clients and staff; self-driven and results-oriented
• People management, time management, and project design management skills

• communication
• collaboration
• self-motivation
• Building Information Modelling (BIM)
• AutoCAD
• Revit