("Design Manager" or "Head of Design" or "Design Team Manager") in Grimsby

Are you an engineer with the drive and energy to join a growing company in helping drive solutions for our clients? We are looking for an Engineering Design Manager, to lead a team of multidiscipline inhouse designers and manage third party design partners in a broad industrial client base. This is an opportunity to join a company that is growing and is moving to the forefront in delivery in niche markets whilst also delivering for our current client’s and shareholders.

Responsibilities:

· Aiding trainee with learning;

· Overseeing internal and external design teams;

· Tracking and reviewing design documentation;

· Leading project/design review meetings;

· Value engineering of the project;

· Be familiar with, and demonstrate commitment to the requirements of the Health & Safety and Environmental Policies;

· Manage, mentor and develop junior team members and graduate engineers;

· Implement the relevant requirements of the Safety Management System within their area of responsibility;

· Coordination of numerous live projects;

· Prepare and attend tender meetings in a design capacity;

· Assisting the Design Lead(s) in the review of design resources and outputs;

· Internal liaison with the Construction Team, QA team and Cost Control;

· External liaison with Subcontractors / Suppliers and Stakeholders, close co-ordination with the Design Manager required;

· Work with the contracts manager and procurement team.

Requirements:

· Ideally degree qualified and chartered engineer, with a minimum 10 years relevant experience;

· Proven track record of successfully working on major M&E projects;

· A broad knowledge on a cross-discipline basis

· Experience within food, manufacturing, high care, high hazard industries is desirable.

· Experience working on international projects desirable.

· Experience working within a highly regulated environment may be an advantage but not a necessity;

· Know what good looks like in bid submissions and work winning and have hands on experience of delivering work-winning bids in a timely manner;

· Previous experience working in a design management role;

· You have built up realistic experience of how long design tasks take to conceptualise, design and test;

· The ability to identify project risks and recommend appropriate mitigations and contingencies.