Job Role: Design Manager

Location: Bradford

Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits Package

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Design Manager to join a leading design & build contractor supporting key frameworks within the water sector. Based in the Yorkshire region, you'll work in collaboration with multi-disciplinary site teams, overseeing both in-house and external designers to ensure timely, compliant, and cost-effective technical delivery across multiple projects.

As a central figure in the design process, you’ll manage risk, drive buildability and quality, and align deliverables with client expectations—particularly Yorkshire Water and Severn Trent Water.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Design Deliverables Plan in collaboration with the project delivery team.
• Oversee the commercial design forecast and monitor it against tender allowances.
• Lead coordination between internal design teams and external resources to meet programme needs.
• Manage supply chain design inputs, ensuring compliance and engineering integrity.
• Drive tender design development and support estimating with accurate pricing for design elements.
• Monitor and manage Technical Query (TQ) registers via Lead Design Engineers.
• Engage with clients to integrate their requirements into design decisions.
• Allocate Design Engineers to projects based on resource requirements.
• Maintain the Design Risk Register, identifying and mitigating technical risks.
• Support planners in developing and updating detailed design management programmes.

About You

• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence and motivate design teams.
• Proven experience in M&E or civil design and build contracting, must have experience within the UK water sector.
• Proficient in Common Data Environments (CDE) such as SharePoint or ProjectWise.
• Knowledge of BIM processes, with a proactive attitude toward digital innovation.
• Strong IT proficiency (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Contact Stuart Minchin @ Advance TRS to find out more about this exciting opportunity and take the next step in your career.