Design Delivery Manager

Job Description

Job Title:

Design Delivery Manager

Can Be Based From:
Warrington

Galliford Try is one of the UK's most formidable construction businesses with an enviable track record of delivering schemes that strive to provide positive, lasting change for the communities we work in. As a FTSE 250 organisation, we turnover £1.9 billion and employ over 3,500 people across three successful Divisions:
Building, Infrastructure and Specialist Services.

As one of the UK's leading contractors, you'll have the opportunity to work on some of the country's most exciting projects, offering long-term stability alongside the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise your career goals. You will be joining diverse, high‑performing teams with exceptional levels of commitment.

Following a number of strategic acquisitions, we are now the largest Tier 1 contractor operating in the UK Water and Environment sector, with a long‑term portfolio trading at approximately £500 million per year.

As part of our 2030 Strategy
, we have brought together all aspects of Engineering Design under a single Business Unit, which continues to expand to provide in‑house design capability to our Regional Business Units across the UK.

The Design Delivery Manager (DDM) is a key member of the Engineering Management Team and is directly responsible for the successful delivery of engineering services across the business. The role holds accountability for time, cost, quality and utilisation of UK‑wide core engineering resources and has overall responsibility for their outputs, development and growth. This position is pivotal to the achievement of our strategic engineering objectives and includes line management responsibility.

• Be accountable for the successful delivery of the engineering service.
• Act as a member of both the Engineering Management Team and Senior Operational Team.
• Line manage Principal Engineers and Design Managers, with people and resource management as a core focus.
• Develop strong peer‑to‑peer relationships across the Engineering Management Team.
• Provide accurate and timely performance data to the Engineering Operations Manager.
• Own and deliver the internal Engineering Service Level Agreement.
• Respond to Engineering Service Enquiries raised by delivery teams and ensure Design Cost Estimates are robust and approved.
• Ensure change control and risk management processes are implemented and effectively managed.
• Act as a key decision‑maker in assessing internal capability and capacity to deliver design works.
• Ensure Technical Governance requirements are met at project level in line with the Service Level Agreement.
• Lead the planning and deployment of engineering resources in collaboration with Discipline Managers, identifying future needs and vacancies.
• Build strong working relationships with the Environment BU HR team.
• Meet or exceed agreed programme and project targets for design cost, time and quality.
• Ensure compliance with client, company and industry engineering standards and procedures.
• Manage and continuously improve productivity of internal and external engineering resources.
• Ensure compliance with GT BMS and all relevant management systems.
• Maintain strong relationships with Environment Heads of Engineering to promote best practice, learning and innovation.
• Implement Galliford Try's Carbon, Digital, DfMA and Innovation strategies.
• Comply with Galliford Try SHE policies, legal requirements and best practice, creating a knowingly safe environment.
• Embody and promote Galliford Try's values:
  Excellence, Passion, Integrity and Collaboration
  .

• Demonstrable experience managing internal design or engineering functions.
• Strong leadership capability with experience managing and developing design teams.
• Ability to operate and influence at all levels of the organisation.
• Commercially aware with a strong understanding of cost, programme and performance management.
• Highly analytical with strong critical thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Comfortable balancing strategic oversight with detailed technical involvement.
• Skilled in prioritising and decision‑making…