Senior Design Manager

About the role

Job Title
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Senior Design Manager

Location: Maxim Park, Eurocentral (Hybrid) Project Travel:
Regular visits to project sites such as the Isle of Lewis (Stornoway)

Company: Balfour Beatty

Project: LT14 Lewis Hub - AC Substation and HVDC Converter Station

About the Role

This position is primarily based at our Maxim Park Eurocentral office, with travel to project locations throughout Scotland. Projects may include mainland and remote locations such as the Isle of Lewis, therefore flexibility and a willingness to travel are essential.

Help deliver critical energy infrastructure for Scotland

Balfour Beatty is looking for an experienced Senior Design Manager to join supporting the delivery of the LT14 Lewis Hub Converter Station

Primarily based at Maxim Park, Eurocentral, you will work with multidisciplinary teams across the project and travel regularly to the development site at Arnish Moor on the Isle of Lewis.

This is an opportunity to play an important role in one of Scotland’s major electricity transmission projects, helping to unlock the renewable energy potential of the Western Isles and strengthen the wider UK transmission network.

About the Project

Balfour Beatty is working with SSEN Transmission as a principal contractor on the Lewis Hub, supporting the preparation and delivery of this nationally significant infrastructure project.

Working closely with SSEN Transmission, project partners, specialist designers and the local supply chain, Balfour Beatty is helping to plan the safe and efficient delivery of the development. This includes preparations for the project workforce and close engagement with the local community to minimise pressure on housing, services and the island’s tourism economy.

As Senior Design Manager, you will help ensure that Balfour Beatty’s design responsibilities are effectively managed and coordinated, providing the link between the project’s designers, customer, commercial teams and construction teams.

As a Senior Design Manager, you will lead and manage the design process, ensuring that solutions are safe, buildable, cost-effective and aligned with the customer’s technical, commercial and programme requirements.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the development and implementation of the project design strategy.
• Managing the design process from initial proposals through to construction delivery.
• Ensuring design solutions meet customer requirements, agreed budgets and programme commitments.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary design teams, including civil, structural and M&E disciplines.
• Managing third-party consultants and novated design teams.
• Ensuring designers are appropriately briefed and have the competence and resources required to deliver.
• Reviewing design proposals and providing advice on buildability, construction methodology and project risk.
• Working closely with engineering, commercial, planning, procurement and construction teams.
• Managing design interfaces across the converter station, substation and associated infrastructure.
• Presenting design proposals, progress updates and technical information to the customer and project leadership team.
• Liaising with statutory authorities, service providers and other external stakeholders where required.
• Supporting design assurance, BIM coordination and change-control processes.
• Identifying opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement.
• Supporting, coaching and developing members of the wider design team.

You will be an experienced design professional with a strong track record of managing multidisciplinary design activities on large, complex or technically challenging projects.

You should have:

• Proven senior-level design management experience within project delivery, pre-construction or work-winning environments.
• Experience developing and successfully implementing project design strategies.
• Experience managing design on major infrastructure, energy, utilities, civil engineering or complex construction projects.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to coordinate multiple design disciplines and organisations.
• Experience managing external, third-party or novated designers.
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