Design Manager

Job title:

Design Manager

Company:

Skanska

Job description

Description and requirementsSkanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.Our Infrastructure team brings its design, build and refurbishment expertise to complex projects across the country, including highways. We are looking for a Senior Design Manager to oversee, coordinate and deliver the finished design for our next upcoming highways project based in the Midlands.What you’ll do:

• Manage all design activities during Stage 5, ensuring alignment with National Highways standards and the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges.
• Act as the main point of contact between design team, client and other stakeholders to address design queries and secure approvals.
• Ensure all design elements are fully coordinated by the designer and integrated across disciplines.
• Monitor design progress and address any risks to delivery in collaboration with the project team.
• Facilitate reviews of design submissions ensuring compliance and work closely with construction teams to conduct buildability and constructability reviews.
• Provide ongoing technical support and design changes to the construction team.
• Oversee documentation preparation and final deliverables for client handover.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Degree level qualification in a Civil Engineering allied subject or HND in Civil Engineering and vocational training in Engineering.
• Working towards or in possession of a Professional Industry Qualification (IEng, CEng, IStructE etc).
• Knowledge of engineering principles and common construction methodologies including National Highways Project Control Framework and DMRB standards.
• Knowledge of construction contracts such as ECC NEC4.
• Digital competence (document control systems, site digital tools, MS Office 365).

Equal opportunitiesWe thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.Flexible workingWe welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.Reasonable adjustmentsWe would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.More information about the rolePlease note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:Closing dateThe closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

Expected salary

Location

Birmingham – Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire

Job date

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 01:20:28 GMT

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