Details:
- Salary: £85,000 - 88,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Inverness
- Date: 6 days ago
Description:
MB947: Design Engineering Manager
Location: Inverness
Salary: £85,000 - £88,000 + £6,325 Car Allowance
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP
Overview:
First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Design Engineering Manager on a permanent basis due to growth based at either their Inverness depot.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Manage the process, resolution and communication of all design queries as part of the project.
Review contract requirements and ensure compliance with requirements.
Raise requests for further information internally and externally from the whole project team.
Collaborate in the preparation of design programmes.
Manage communication with the Client design representative throughout the contract period.
Produce monthly reports on design progress and any other design specific elements.
Manage and update the design deliverable schedule.
Review all design deliverables and ensure that they are completed to the expected standard. Challenge and resolve when not.
Manage and chair design reviews with project team.
Manage and chair all design interface meetings with external parties.
Review designs for compliance with contract requirements and tender intentions.
Ensure compliance with design approval processes required by the contract.
Routinely monitor report on progress of the design and explain any necessary actions.
Collaborate with the engagement of external suppliers/subcontractors.
Ensure document register is completed by designers correctly and issued periodically.
Manage provision of drawings to project team – document control.
Establish technical query procedure.
Review all design communications and collaboratively resolve queries.
Agree changes with Project team in accordance with project authority protocol.
Issue of instructions to Designer in accordance with project authority protocol.
Implement change order management.
Approve designer’s quality management system
Lead Design Reviews with approval and acceptance bodies. TAA, NR, LUL etc..
Support Assurance functions with design specific requirements
Skills and Experience:
Wide-ranging understanding and working knowledge of construction methods and outputs and can coach others
Must have spent 12 months completing designs as part of a consultancy or temporary works design department
Will have both substantial construction and design experience desirable in hydro pump storage schemes and/or large & complex construction projects.
Ability to deputise for the Project Manager and Agents if required.
Understands the Principal Designer Duties including ERIC
MB947: Design Engineering Manager
Location: Inverness
Salary: £85,000 - £88,000 + £6,325 Car Allowance
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP