Assistant Design Manager
Join Our Team as an Assistant Design Manager!
Are you ready to make a difference? We’re on the lookout for an Assistant Design Manager to join our dynamic Southern Water Services team in one of our beautiful locations: Falmer, Brighton, Chatham, Kent, or Chichester, West Sussex.
Location & Hours
Location: Falmer, Brighton / Chatham, Kent / Chichester, West Sussex
Hours: 40 hours per week - with 3 days expected in the office or on-site.
Your Impact
Join us in supporting engineering design delivery on exciting water and wastewater projects as part of Southern Water’s £3.1bn Strategic Development Partnership Framework. This is your chance to contribute to meaningful work that enhances water safety, quality, and resilience for millions of households. You’ll thrive in a collaborative environment where your skills and ideas will help shape sustainable solutions for our communities.
What Will You Be Responsible For?
As an Assistant Design Manager, you’ll play a crucial role in delivering engineering design excellence. Your daily responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the management of engineering design delivery for assigned projects, ensuring quality and compliance.
- Collaborating with engineering teams and design consultants to develop technically sound and economically efficient solutions.
- Contributing to Engineering Project Plans covering scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resources.
- Identifying opportunities for innovation, affordability, and sustainable design with project teams.
- Ensuring compliance with CDM Regulations and managing design-related health and safety considerations.
What Are We Looking For?
This role is perfect for you if:
- You’re working towards a professional qualification (Chartered Engineer) with a degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
- You have relevant engineering design, construction, and management experience.
- You possess excellent communication skills and can explain complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
- You’re passionate about environmental improvement and driving technical innovation.
- You hold a Full driving licence.
At Kier, we believe in finding potential. If you don’t tick every box, don’t hesitate to apply—we’d love to chat!
Why Join Us?
Explore the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. There’s never been a better time to get involved—register your interest today and take the first step toward a rewarding career with us!
Rewards and Benefits
We’re proud to offer a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Join us and discover the perks of being part of our team!
Diversity and Inclusion
Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is a top priority for us. We’re proud of the steps we’ve taken, but we know there’s always more to do. Our employees play a key role in shaping our diversity and inclusion initiatives, and their experiences help us improve our policies.
As a Disability Confident employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We can’t wait to see your application! Join us at Kier and be part of something great!
