# Design Manager (Roads)

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Bristol, Avon
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are seeking a Design Manager with extensive postgraduate experience in managing and delivering highway schemes. As a Design Manager at WSP, you will work with our high-performing team based in Bristol, contributing to landmark projects and collaborating with the brightest minds in your field.

Typical projects delivered by our team include:

- Major infrastructure with utilities and third-party interfaces

- Highway improvement and widening schemes

- Safety improvement schemes

- Junction and corridor upgrades

- Bridges and structures over/under highways or rail

- Active travel and public realm schemes

Key responsibilities:

- Drive clear communication across internal teams and external stakeholders, chairing design team meetings and ensuring actions are completed

- Identify and manage design risks

- Support coordination and resolution of technical queries in the context of cost and programme, and proactively manage change control

- Ensure compliance with relevant standards and legislation, including DMRB, MCHW, TSRGD, Manual for Streets, British Standards, and Eurocodes

- Coordinate design reviews, clash detection, value engineering, and independent checks

- Ensure designs are suitable for construction, maintenance, and operation

- Strengthen project management processes, manage RFIs, technical transmittals, and change control, and proactively mitigate risks and delays

Requirements:

- Degree in Civil Engineering or a relevant discipline

- Chartered Membership of a relevant professional body

- Excellent communication skills and ability to work under pressure

- Significant experience in managing and leading multi-disciplinary design teams

- Proven ability to apply CDM Regulations to projects

- Experience with D&B or similar contractual arrangements, and NEC form of contract

- Familiarity with DMRB, MCHW, TSRGD, and Manual for Streets

- Experience with major UK clients in a design consultancy environment

Benefits of joining us include being part of a close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact.

## Skills

### Required
- Civil Engineering
- Design Management
- CDM Regulations
- DMRB
- MCHW
- TSRGD
- Manual for Streets
- British Standards
- Eurocodes
- NEC form of contract

### Nice to have
- Experience with major UK clients
- Familiarity with D&B or similar contractual arrangements

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