Assistant Design Manager
Join Our Team as an Assistant Design Manager!
Are you ready to make a difference? We’re looking 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:
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 a fantastic opportunity to contribute to meaningful work that enhances water safety, quality, and resilience across the region, serving 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 will:
- Support the management of engineering design delivery for assigned projects, ensuring quality and compliance.
- Collaborate with engineering teams and design consultants to develop technically sound and economically efficient solutions.
- Contribute to Engineering Project Plans covering scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resources.
- Work with project teams to identify opportunities for innovation, affordability, and sustainable design.
- Support compliance with CDM Regulations and manage 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, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don’t tick every box, we encourage you to apply and let’s have a 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!
Rewards and Benefits
We’re proud to offer our brilliant people 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
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. Our employees play a key role in shaping our diversity and inclusion initiatives, and we’re committed to continuous improvement.
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 look forward to seeing your application and welcoming you to our team! #joinkier #LI-JB4
