Design manager

Due to a recently awarded five year civil engineering water framework a leading main contractor have an opportunity for a Design Manager to complement their team in Brighton.
This is a key leadership role with the Design Manager taking responsibility for design reporting, quality, resource managment and design process across a program of works valued at over £600M
Scope of works includes project definition, developing solutions and detailed design.
This is a hybrid working role with two to three days per week based in the Brighton office.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Engineering, the Design Manager will be responsible for the following:
* Maintaining an active role within the Design Leadership Team
* Design progress reporting at a Framework level
* Resource Management at Framework level
* Recruitment and on-boarding of design staff
* Design team competency assurance and coordination of training needs
* Competency assurance for specialist outsourced designers and supply chain designers
* Development and continual improvement of AMP8 design procedures and ownership of our internal Design Management Audit process representatives