Description
We are seeking a Senior Design Manager (Building Services) to join our team in the UK.
You will be central to the highly collaborative Services South team, based across the Heathrow office primarily.
Your role will be at the heart of our high-performing team, using your skills and expertise to help us continue driving forward in terms of both technical quality and service efficiency, whilst leading the team's senior engineers in their day-to-day project management activities.
Responsibilities:
- Leadership: Leading and mentoring design team members, ensuring effective communication and coordination across multidisciplinary design teams.
- Design Management: Developing and managing design delivery plans, including design programmes, deliverables, and review stages.
- Technical & Design Performance: Supporting the monitoring of design effort against programme and budget, working closely with project and commercial teams to track design progress, resource utilisation, and alignment with cost constraints.
- Business Development: Supporting tender bids from a technical and design management perspective, including development of design methodologies, programmes, and resourcing strategies.
- Client Relations: Building and maintaining relationships with client technical teams, contractors, and stakeholders.
- Compliance & Assurance: Supporting design governance processes, including design reviews, coordination checks, and stage gate requirements.
Requirements:
- Extensive experience in design management within the Building Services sector, within aviation or similarly complex, regulated environments.
- Experience in leading and coordinating multidisciplinary design teams, including management of design programmes, deliverables, and interfaces across MEP, structural, and architectural disciplines.
- Demonstrable capability in managing design processes, tools, and systems (including BIM, digital design platforms, and coordination tools), ensuring alignment with project and programme requirements.
- Understanding of design risk, technical assurance, and compliance, including the ability to manage design reviews, approvals, and governance processes in line with client and regulatory standards.
Benefits:
- Opportunity to work on landmark projects around the world
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment
- Professional development and growth opportunities
About WSP:
WSP is a global professional services firm providing engineering, architecture, and consulting services. With over 69,000 employees worldwide, we are committed to making a positive impact in the communities we serve.