Design Engineering Manager

Location: Huntly

Seaway7 has an exciting opportunity for a Design Manager to join our team on a full-time staff basis, based in either our Westhill, Aberdeenshire or Zoetermeer, Netherlands office. In this key leadership role, you will play a vital part in the successful delivery of our offshore wind projects and tenders, leading multidisciplinary engineering and design teams to develop innovative, high-quality solutions.

From early concept development through to project execution, you will drive technical excellence, foster collaboration, and help deliver world-class renewable energy projects that are shaping the future of offshore energy.

A key aspect of the role is managing the transition of design responsibility from clients and external engineering partners, ensuring all designs are robust, compliant, and seamlessly integrated into project delivery requirements.  Working collaboratively across engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation teams, you will provide strong technical leadership and governance, guiding the development of safe, innovative, and cost-effective solutions. You will be instrumental in ensuring engineering activities are efficiently managed and aligned with project objectives, supporting the successful delivery of complex offshore wind projects throughout their lifecycle.

What will you be doing?

This will be a varied role but some of the main responsibilities include:

Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering and design teams across projects and tenders

Ensure the quality and timely delivery of all engineering and design outputs

Manage design novation activities, including technical review, risk assessment and transfer of design responsibility

Ensure design assumptions, risks, interfaces and obligations are clearly understood and effectively managed

Maintain engineering governance and technical assurance processes throughout project execution

Chair design reviews and support project stage-gate approvals

Lead the management of design changes, technical deviations and concessions

Work closely with project teams to ensure designs are practical for procurement, fabrication, transportation and installation

Act as the main technical interface with clients, certification bodies and key stakeholders

Identify and manage technical risks, opportunities and lessons learned

Drive innovation, continuous improvement and standardisation across projects

Mentor and support engineers and designers across multiple locations

Promote the highest standards of safety, quality and environmental performance

What experience would we like you to have?

Please note, if you don’t tick all the boxes below but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience, we’re looking for, please do consider applying.  We would encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience.

Degree qualification in Engineering, civil , structural, mechanical or a related discipline

Chartered Engineer status (or working towards chartership) is desirable

Experience delivering engineering and design packages on offshore wind, marine or EPCI projects

Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams

Experience managing design novation and engineering responsibility transfer on major projects

Good knowledge of engineering governance, technical assurance and design review processes

Understanding of offshore wind and marine engineering standards and regulations including CDMGood commercial awareness and the ability to develop cost-effective engineering solutions

Good stakeholder management and communication skills

Experience managing technical risk and complex engineering challenges and applying safe by design principles

Ability to motivate, develop and mentor engineering teams

Desirable Experience

Experience with the design, technical assurance and governance of jacket and monopile foundations for offshore wind projects

Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering interfaces on large offshore wind developments

Experience of fabrication, and installation activities on offshore wind project

Knowledge of offshore wind bolting and grouted connections#LI-LR1