Principal Design Manager

Overview

Shape a faster, smarter, safer future.

You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We're proud to say it's thanks to our people's diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you'll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally. We're passionate about what we do, but we don't take ourselves too seriously.

Simply put, this a great place to be. So, when it comes to your life outside of work, ask us about our flexible and remote working policies designed to help you get the most out of life.

As a Principal Engineering Manager in our Transportation team, you'll be pivotal in implementing ideas that shape the future of how we move. You'll collaborate across new build, renewal, maintenance, and assessment works, from our largest, most high-profile to our more progressive and specialised.

As part of our Scotland Highways and Active Travel team, you'll lead on landmark programmes such as the A9 Dalraddy–Slochd, A83 Rest & Be Thankful, East Airdrie Link Road, Ravenscraig Access Infrastructure South, and Westerhill Development Link Road. You'll also support major energy infrastructure such as the Skye Overhead Line Realignment.

With a strong pipeline of impactful work, we offer exciting opportunities to grow your career and help deliver projects that make a real difference.

• Provide expert project leadership across a range of multidisciplinary projects.
• Lead on project delivery, ensuring high standards in both quality and programme.
• Support the growth of the practice by identifying opportunities, mentoring others, and contributing to business development.
• Establish strong, collaborative, and trusted relationships with external and internal clients, becoming a trusted advocate for the Business.
• Collaborate within dynamic, multi-skilled teams sharing knowledge, solving complex problems, and driving innovative solutions.
• Champion a positive, inclusive working culture where wellbeing and flexibility are prioritised.

• Able to demonstrate experience of developing strong and sustainable relationships with Clients, understanding their requirements and aspirations, and working effectively with them to achieve their objectives.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder engagement.
• Highly developed interpersonal and leadership skills with proven ability to build and motivate teams working across the practices.
• A hard working and flexible individual, who is a team player, is reliable, proactive and shows initiative whilst able to keep cool under pressure and when working to often demanding deadlines.
• A disciplined thinker and analytical, numerate, problem solver who has strategic judgement and the capacity to think complex issues through and develop effective solutions in a timely fashion.
• A resourceful, articulate and clear communicator who can influence others through the use of sound judgement and good sense – a natural team player.
• Self-motivated and able to work both independently as well as within a larger multi-discipline team in leading and managing packages of work to completion.
• A high expectation of performance for themselves and other members of the team.

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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We are Atkins

Réalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to…