Design Lead

About The Role

Morrison Water Services, part of the M Group Services Water Division, is the leading service provider in the water and wastewater infrastructure sectors in the UK. We employ circa 3000 people across the UK and are looking for aspiring individuals to build their career within the Water Industry.

Our people provide essential infrastructure services through long-term framework agreements to the water and wastewater sectors in the UK and Ireland. The Water Division provides a broad range of technical capabilities to our clients, ranging from asset condition assessment to design, build, commissioning, and completion. With a £2.1 billion order book and turnover at £450 million, we are market leaders in our field.

Morrison Water Services is currently recruiting Water Design Leads to work on our Caledonia Water Alliance contract in Buchanan Tower Business Park, Stepps.

As a Design Lead, you will be part of our Engineer Team responsible for delivering outline and detailed designs.

The Water and Wastewater Infrastructure programme involves £500m investment for the next 4 years. The programme includes the design and construction of water and wastewater infrastructure across Scotland.

As Lead Design Engineer, you will provide valuable support to Project Managers throughout the project design and delivery cycle, identifying the need for design resources and specialist inputs.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Plan, execute, monitor, and control engineering output for projects in terms of scope, time, cost, quality, resource, communications, risk, and stakeholder management.
Balance the needs of multiple projects.
Leadership & responsible for the overall technical coordination and production of multi-disciplinary outputs and designs.
Actively coordinates with all other internal/external project team members.
Participate in or lead client meetings.
E nsure engineering teams understand & apply the requirements of the CWA Management Systems including Health & Safety, Environmental and all other appropriate regulations.
Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts.
Typically oversees performance management, mentoring, recognition, learning, and development, and any corrective actions.
Approve design approach, calculations, drawings, and documents.
Keep up-to-date with industry best practice and where appropriate identify innovation/best practice for consideration.
Skills & Knowledge Requirements:

Engineering degree qualified.
Chartered or Incorporated (CEng/IEng) or working towards.
Leadership skills to manage multi-discipline engineering teams & create positive change.
Previous utility industry knowledge and experience is desirable but not essential.
Ability to liaise and engage with clients and key stakeholders.
Provide mentoring, guidance, and technical advice to support and supervise junior staff.
Proven ability to work within a team environment with a dedicated approach to meet project deadlines.
Good written and oral communication and organisational skills.
Computer literate and conversant with the MS Office suite.
Additional Information:

We are interested to hear from passionate and innovative Engineers. We are looking for Chartered or Incorporated (CEng/IEng) Engineers as well as candidates who are working towards achieving a relevant professional qualification. This is an opportunity for high-calibre engineering professionals to work on exciting projects, delivering excellent services, and innovative solutions to complex challenges. You'll also enjoy a highly competitive salary and benefits.
Benefits:

Matched Pension Scheme.
Private Healthcare.
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
Opportunities to progress in a successful company.
Life Assurance.
The option to take out Personal Accident Insurance.
The ability to participate in Payroll giving.
25 days' annual leave plus 8 days' bank holiday.
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity policy.
Discounts on purchases including mobile phone, utility bills, top retail brand discounts via the 'My Rewards' portal.