Senior Design Manager

at  Sweco UK

BECOME PART OF OUR SOCIETY.

We are currently looking for a talented and motivated Senior Design Manager to join our expanding Mission Critical team in our newly refurbished Central London office. We operate a hybrid working model which for us means typically 3 days in the office or on site and 2 days at home (depending on the need for site visits/client meetings).
Our Mission Critical facilities engineering experts bring together global data centre project experience and technical capability from site acquisition to project completion. Delivering projects across the UK and globally, clients see us as their most committed and reliable partner.

ABOUT US

Transforming society together, we’re planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.
Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.
We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.
Sweco is committed to enabling all its colleagues to achieve a great balance between work and their other priorities, such as caring responsibilities, leisure activities, further learning or other interests. We offer flexible start and finish times, part time and hybrid working options so that you can flex your hours around your day to day needs.

WHAT DOES THE ROLE INVOLVE:

You will lead on planning, coordination and implementation of large-scale projects through the whole project lifecycle. The projects will be complex, high risk and high profile for Sweco’s Mission Critical Business Unit. You will use your technical experience to help direct and shape designs, monitor and report on deliverables progress and contribute to the continuous development of management tools.

Key deliverables will include:

• Leading, coordinating and chairing project meetings whilst engaging all members of the project team (client, designers, contractors etc.).
• Liaising with clients on project delivery and sometimes acting on their behalf.
• Leading on strategic planning and bid negotiation.
• Leading the business improvement process, developing innovative tools that occur on the project and ensuring implementation and best practice is adhered to.
• Identifying and monitoring risks within the project ensuring that plans are in place to mitigate impact.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU’LL POSSESS:

An engineering degree along with Chartership from a relevant institution. You’ll have prior experience in design management roles, or a keen willingness to expand your management capability.
Data Centre experience would be beneficial but isn’t essential, what’s more important is the right mindset to the way you undertake work. You will be proactive, collaborative, organised, methodical and a natural problem solver with the ability to influence others.