Design Manager

About Barhale

Barhale is a business founded on family values, having been established by our Chairman, Dennis Curran, in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services working across multiple sectors.

• Water
• Transport
• Built environment
• Energy

We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working as part of large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, as well as on individual standalone projects. We develop long‑term relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since 1985.

Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do, as we believe that people are our greatest asset. We robustly source, train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide.

We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities, including:

• Tunnelling
• MEICA
• Temporary and permanent design
• Steel‑fabrication
• Signs (design and fabrication)
• Health & safety equipment and products, including PPE

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As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies.

Job security, long‑term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes.

A broad range of civil engineering, mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects and clients.

Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within, as we believe this is a key driver of our success.

• Deliver technical solutions in response to the needs of the company’s programme of work. Take responsibility for the technical compliance, quality and appropriateness of solutions delivered.
• Lead design consultants and multi‑disciplinary engineering teams to deliver the design solutions to schedule and budget.
• Support the project delivery teams by providing concept, basic and detailed design solutions based on client and site‑specific requirements for clean water, wastewater and biosolids treatment solutions, pipelines, trunk mains, sewers, pumping stations and networks.
• Ensure timely delivery of technical solutions in response to the needs of the project schedule and the company’s programme of work.

• Take ownership and accountability for the technical appropriateness of the project solutions delivered throughout the project life cycle.
• Ensure design work is correct and complies with the customer and statutory standards, regulations, and specifications.
• Manage the agreed contract with external design consultants, ensuring that duties are discharged under the contract and, if not, that appropriate action is taken.
• Manage the development and delivery of appropriate, robust, reliable, operable, and maintainable asset designs that meet the project objectives.
• Management of multi‑disciplinary teams of Engineers from within the business, consultants, and partner companies in the production of project solutions to the required level of design.
• Production and management of project engineering budgets and schedules for review by the head of engineering before submission to the Project Manager.
• Implement change control processes to track and manage the development of the Engineering element of a project to ensure all budgetary, programme and scope changes are correctly managed.
• Ensure that all engineering outputs provided are following Health and Safety Legislation, documented Business Processes, Quality Management Systems & best practices, e.g., checked and verified: calculations, drawings, specifications, and compliance with appropriate standards.
• Evaluate designs and solutions.
• Support supply chain selection for specialists’ input on the design.
• Collaboration with other technical, operational,…