Design Manager

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing, mentoring and developing engineers, CAD technicians and graduates
• Building and growing the design team while maintaining a positive and collaborative team culture
• Leading the design process on multidisciplinary projects within regulated infrastructure sectors
• Ensuring design deliverables are safe, coordinated, compliant and technically robust
• Delivering design packages within agreed timescales and budgets
• Challenging and improving existing design processes and procedures
• Driving the adoption of appropriate design software, BIM and 3D modelling where beneficial.
• Ensuring the team works in accordance with relevant standards, best practice and quality requirements
• Managing and recording design changes within project packages
• Supporting project teams with estimating design hours and resource planning

We'relooking for someone with the experience and confidence to lead a design team whilemaintaining a strong technical understanding of engineering delivery.

Essential

• Around 10+ years' experience in engineering design, ideally within a regulated sector such as:
• Water
• Rail
• Highways
• Bridges
• Oil & Gas
• Nuclear
• Degree or HND in an engineering discipline
• Strong IT and digital design capability
• Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and projects
• Proven ability to develop junior engineers and build team capability

Desirable

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
• Experience working within the regulated water industry
• Chartered Engineer status, or actively working towards chartership

Why ESL?

We'rea growing engineering consultancy where peoplearen'tjust a number. Our teams are small enough for individuals to have realinfluence, butexperienced enough to deliver complex projects for major infrastructure clients.

This is an opportunity to shape a team, influence how design is delivered, and play a key role in the continued growth of the business.

Location & Working Arrangements

Our team is ideally based from our Manchester office, and we encourage regular collaboration in person.

Our office islocatedclose to Old Trafford, with free on-site parking, good public transport links including bus and tram stops within a 10-minute walk, and a range of cafés, pubs,restaurantsand shops nearby.

Our building also offers free access to a fully equipped gym, with showers, changing facilities, hairdryers,towelsand toiletries provided, making it easy to fit exercise around the working day.

Working from home on occasion is permitted.

Benefits & Development

From the moment you join us, your wellbeing and career aspirations will be supportedby;

• Competitive Salary
• Company Pension
• Professional Membership & Chartership mentoring and support for engineers working towards professional accreditation
• Regular Line Management engagement and appraisal to support with your career progression
• 23 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• Additionalannual leave after two years' service
• Optiontopurchaseadditionalannual leave
• Regular CPD opportunities, including lunch-and-learn sessions with industry specialists
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Free fruit in the office
• Monthly team brunches and quarterly social events

For contractors, we are also able to offer engagements outside IR35.