Design​/Engineering Manager

The AtkinsRéalis Infrastructure Project Delivery Practice (PDP) is the Centre of excellence for the delivery of infrastructure projects and combines the best in project management and design management to provide a full suite of services to clients in the public and private sectors. The team is responsible for delivery of design services across our markets of Water Infrastructure, Defence Infrastructure, Nuclear, Aviation, Energy, Rail (stations), and Urban Developments.

We have an exciting vacancy within the Infrastructure PDP and are seeking an enthusiastic Engineering / Design Manager to join our North, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (NS&NI) practice, based from our Manchester office. This role offers an excellent opportunity for a talented person who want to take the next step in their career and take responsibility for projects from inception through to completion.

You will be an established Engineering / Design Manager within the infrastructure sector, this role offers the chance to develop your career and expand your experiences across a wide range of exciting projects across varied markets. The position is likely to combine agile working from our NS&NI offices with time at client offices and sites. Our need to recruit comes from the success of our division and our pipeline and expected growth within the Northern regions across a variety of sectors, predominantly in Nuclear, Defence, Energy and Water to which this role is focused.

A role within the Infrastructure PDP offers the opportunity to work on the full suite of projects AtkinsRéalis delivers, be it refurbishment and new build projects, nuclear new build, defence, water projects and many more, which will enable you to demonstrate and progress your project management skills, knowledge and experience.

Responsible for authoring and maintenance of a robust Design Management Plan, drawing contribution from the discipline leads in accordance with governance processes. Ensure Technical Quality Assurance/Control processes are in place. Develop, manage, and track the list of deliverables. Develop simple, effective technical delivery processes to improve the production of design deliverables to time/cost/quality. Ensure that all key design choices and requirements are clearly captured and documented through agreed tools or forms.

Work collaboratively with the Project Manager and discipline leads in communicating with client stakeholders where additional scope is occurring. Host stakeholder meetings to ensure full involvement in the developed design process and that operational requirements are integrated into the design. Facilitate meeting actions and close out. Promote, motivate and mentor the multi‑disciplinary design team. Provide multi‑disciplinary linkage between the delivery teams.

Ensure effective communications take place within the team, with proportionate use of Teams, in person workshops etc. Liaise regularly with the discipline for effectively managing resources and coordinate with the Project Manager. Ensure multi‑disciplinary compliance with the design brief and their contribution towards designated part of the works. Apply and reinforce standard designs and products across contracted work scope. Ensure multi‑disciplinary co‑ordination of design and consistency of output for their designated part of the works.

Chartered Engineer or Architect or equivalent with demonstrable experience managing design, build and/or operate commissions on multi‑disciplinary projects. Good knowledge of the fundamental concepts, principles and theories of system integration as applied to multi‑discipline designs. Good understanding of management processes related to technical integration and…