Design Manager

Location: Leeds

Recruiter contact: Lauren.hutchinson@jnbentley.co.uk

Closing date: Friday 14th August

At Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMBC), we are delivering some of the UK’s most significant water and wastewater infrastructure programmes. As we continue to grow, we are looking for a talented Design Manager to help lead the technical delivery of complex, sustainable solutions on the Yorkshire Water framework.

As a Design Manager, you will lead multidisciplinary teams, drive technical excellence and take responsibility for the successful technical delivery of projects from definition through detailed design, construction support and handover. You will play a key role in developing buildable, efficient and sustainable solutions that meet client, customer and environmental outcomes.

As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will be required to:

• Develop strong, productive relationships with clients and stakeholders, ensuring our work meets their expectations and delivers positive outcomes for customers and the environment.

• Lead multidisciplinary design teams, ensuring efficient delivery of integrated, buildable, compliant and value-led solutions.

• Drive design performance across programme, cost, quality, risk, change control and technical assurance.

• Ensure team capacity and capability are aligned with forecast workload, supporting recruitment, retention, succession planning and development of staff.

• Deliver excellent health and safety performance, ensuring compliance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.

• Help set a positive team culture focused on safety, wellbeing, client service, collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Promote innovation, digital delivery and continuous improvement across project teams.

We are looking for people who have:

• Degree qualification (or equivalent experience) in an engineering discipline.

• Chartered Engineer status (CEng, or equivalent).

• Proven experience leading and developing diverse multidisciplinary teams.

• A strong track record of delivering design within programme, budget, quality and technical assurance requirements.

• Experience working in a design-and-build environment, with the ability to balance technical, commercial, construction and client priorities.

• Strong understanding of design assurance, risk management, change control and quality processes.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and leadership skills.

• Ability to influence, challenge and support decision-making across a programme of work.

• Experience of working in the UK water sector

What’s in it for you:

Financial wellbeing

• MMB match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.

• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues including our annual bonus schemes.

• Payment of annual professional institution subscription costs.

Health and wellbeing

• A minimum of 33 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays, with the ability to buy, sell or carry over annual leave through our flexible benefits programme.

• Access to Life Assurance / Private Medical Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance and Health Screening options.

• We are happy to talk openly about flexible working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave plus the option for shared parental leave.

• Up to 2 paid additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities.

Learning and development

• MMB are committed to empowering our people to grow professionally and thrive in their careers. We offer structured development schemes that support your journey toward professional chartership. From day one, employees are fast-tracked towards chartership reviews and benefit from mentorship, hands-on experience, and tailored training opportunities.

Mott MacDonald Bentley are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Other Information

About Mott MacDonald

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management and development consultancy.

Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence.

We believe that because we care about what we do, we do things better.

We know that our people are our most valuable asset, so we are dedicated to investing in them, through our comprehensive training and development schemes, exposure to the wider design and build business and endless opportunities.

We are committed to creating a workplace where our people are safe, have a voice, can reach their full potential, and everyone shares in the rewards.

You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to projects that benefit our communities – from helping to secure water supplies for future generations to protecting homes and businesses from flood risk – our projects make a real difference.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

A Mott MacDonald Bentley we welcome applications from all sectors of the community. We are dedicated to building a diverse workplace where everyone feels included, has the opportunity to thrive, and is treated with respect.

Even if you don’t meet every requirement for this role but are excited about the opportunity, we encourage you to apply. Find out more about our approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion here: https://www.mottmacbentley.co.uk/people.

We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment practices are barrier-free and as inclusive as possible. This includes making adjustments during the job application process and throughout your future career with us. Please call 01756 691572 or email recruitment@jnbentley.co.uk to discuss any such adjustments that we can make. You can read more about our Equal Opportunities Policy here: Equality, diversity and inclusion - Mott MacDonald

Agile working

We are committed to providing a flexible and agile working environment that supports both our employees and the needs of the business.

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