Think Recruitment are currently working with a busy, multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy who have an opportunity for a Project Manager / Design Manager to join their team to manage all aspects of the design process for a wide variety of exciting highway, railway, bridge and buildings projects from planning application through to project completion.

Our client are involved in some of the UK's most interesting and prestigious projects, providing design support at all levels for their clients and as such are looking for someone with a good grounding in Civil/Structural Engineering to take on this important role for their business. To be considered the successful candidate will ideally have:

Proven experience in a design management role demonstrating successful leadership and project management in a similar multi-disciplinary engineering environment.
Relevant engineering qualification (HNC/Level 4 or higher)
Preferably a member of a relevant association/institution, e.g. APM, ICE.
Broad range of engineering understanding
Experienced in developing project timelines, assigning tasks, and monitoring progress to ensure milestones are met.
Budget management experience ensuring projects are delivered within budget constraints
Understanding of health & safety and CDM regulations
Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
Primavera P6 experience desired but not essential
NEC Contract experience desired but not essential Upon joining our client, on a day to day basis you will be responsible for:

Controlling the design process, from planning application through to project completion
Managing design team workloads and the planning of work packages
Managing the design scope, quality and project timelines to achieve project milestones
Setting up and managing drawing issue registers and work package submissions
Tracking project deliverables against the design programme/schedules
Ensuring design programmes/schedules are kept up to date.
Ensuring design teams prepare work packages in accordance with Employers Requirements
Proactively manage project risks and opportunities
Quality control and ensuring compliance with ISO accreditation to maintain business credentials
Defining project scope and assist in production of tender documentationThis is a fantastic opportunity to work on a variety of interesting and technically challenging projects, so if you're currently working in a similar role or have a strong engineering background and are looking to move into more of a PM/DM role please call or apply today