Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

As a Design Manager, you will act on major property and infrastructure projects across multiple industry sectors, liaising between the lead designer and WSP’s engineering and specialist teams. You will represent the Design Management team to develop the discipline within WSP, delivering future-facing solutions for a range of projects.

You will collaborate with engineers and specialists on projects and in delivering new design management solutions. Your responsibilities will include coordinating design aspects of projects to ensure design objectives are met and deliverables are produced to the highest standards. You will provide direction and coordination to the design team, guiding projects from inception through construction and handover.

Supporting the development of design strategies, you will ensure alignment with project goals and client requirements. You will develop and manage the design programme, coordinating with all internal stakeholders, tracking, evaluating, and reporting project progress. You will contribute to reports delivered by project leadership at client progress review meetings.

Additional duties include coordinating the resolution of risks and issues at the project and design level, supporting project leadership if design changes are required, defining and implementing project set-up and mobilisation, and coordinating with design consultants and other stakeholders.

You will also support the development of project briefs, scopes of work, and design schedules, facilitate internal interdisciplinary design workshops, ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and industry standards, coordinate preparation of design and construction documentation, assist in project completion and handover, and support bids and opportunities.

Our Major Project Services team covers large and complex multi-disciplinary projects in the property and building sector. Reporting to an Associate, you will have the opportunity to develop your career path and shape the direction of the team in the medium to long term. Your role may support a particular sector or represent your sector of interest while gaining experience across other sectors.

You will be part of a rapidly growing team of like-minded individuals, providing excellent career opportunities within a supportive environment.

Experience
- Acting as a design manager or coordinator on multi-disciplinary projects
- Familiarity with all RIBA design stages, especially Stages 1 to 3 including planning submissions
- Proven track record of building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders

About you
- Highly organised and proactive individual
- Collaborative attitude with effective communication skills across diverse stakeholders
- Interest in innovation and developing new design management solutions

Qualifications
- Engineering, Architectural or Design Management degree
- Chartered status, professional accreditation, or actively working towards achieving either within the medium term
- Successful applicants will be required to obtain security clearance prior to appointment