# Design Manager - Airfield Engineering

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

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## Description

We are currently looking for an experienced Airfield Civil Engineer to join our team as a Design Manager and help lead some of our exciting UK and international engineering projects.

The role will require good knowledge and understanding of multi-disciplinary project delivery as well as management of technical design teams and contractual, programme and financial performance of projects.

Responsibilities include:

- Taking ownership for the successful delivery of airfield civil engineering projects;

- Managing and coordinating design teams, and effectively communicating with all parties;

- Identifying and managing design risks;

- Planning and monitoring the performance of projects throughout the project lifecycle;

- Ensuring all deliverables and milestones are achieved to cost/quality/time targets;

- Providing a Check/Review role for technical work to meet WSPs quality management requirements.

- Acting as a role model, line manager and mentor for other staff within the Airfield Engineering team.

- Championing excellent health and safety practice, including safety in design, site visit safety and compliance with CDM regulations.

- Responding to client directions in a professional and customer focused manner and to develop and maintain relationships with clients, peers and others who are influential in providing future business.

Requirements:

- A University degree relevant to civil engineering, construction, design or related discipline

- Chartered or Incorporated Status (MICE, MCIHT or equivalent) or equivalent demonstrable experience is preferable but not essential.

- Experience of large, technically complex multi-disciplinary airfield civil engineering projects.

- Understanding of both the needs of the client and the business when delivering a major project with a focus on achieving margin and contract compliance.

- Knowledge and understanding of construction contracts (i.e. NEC) and processes is preferable but not essential;

- Excellent communication skills

- Enjoy working in a team environment, sharing ideas and collaborating with colleagues and be able to demonstrate a time when you’ve managed to do this successfully to solve complex problems.

## Skills

### Required
- civil engineering
- construction
- design
- project management
- communication

### Nice to have
- Chartered or Incorporated Status
- NEC contracts
- health and safety practice

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