Associate - Drainage

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 withthe brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace yourcuriosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You canexperience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.We have a number of opportunities for Design Managers to join our Water team supportingon key projects in our Asset Design discipline.

A Little More About Your Role…

As a Design Manager at WSP you will lead and manage design projects within the Water
sector. Working alongside the Project Director and Project Manager, you will be responsiblefor overseeing engineering design work and ensuring compliance with best practices and UKregulations.At WSP, our Design Managers are adaptable in various situations and possess aninnovative mindset, willing to take on new challenges and are comfortable in working withinsignificant and complex projects or programmes of work. We collaborate closely withexternal Clients and with internal multi-disciplinary project teams and, to deliver mosteffectively, we utilise WSP offices, Client offices and/or site locations to deliver programmesof strategic regional and national importance.With WSP you have the exceptional opportunity to take the next step in your career, build onyour experience and qualifications and achieve your ambitions. We offer excellent support inpersonal development and growth as part of our local teams and across the wider WSPbusiness.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead design management for mid-scale and complex projects , managing resources,
  

timelines, and budgets from concept through to completion.

• Ensure projects comply with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards.
• Manage client relationships and collaborate with engineering teams to deliver
  

effective, integrated solutions.

• Lead client and project meetings, reporting on progress, financials, and addressing
  

technical challenges.

• Drive "Safety by Design" practices and ensure compliance with UK CDM
  

(Construction Design & Management) Regulations.

• Ensuring clear communication through collaborating effectively with both internal
  

WSP teams and external stakeholders to support the delivery of projects.
Facilitating and leading any discussions in Design Team Meetings (DTMs), takingclear and concise minutes and ensuring timely completion of actions by the designteam.

• Ensuring project delivery processes are consistently improved and implemented, e.g.
  

change control. Coordinating relevant disciplines through target led workshops,
enabling critical design issues to be resolved in a timely manner.

• Dealing with RFIs, early warnings, and general communications to reduce project risk
  

and ensure a successful project delivery.

• Analysing, processing, and responding to design transmittals consisting of drawings,
  

specifications, reports, and other project related documents.

• Reviewing and evaluating quotations to ensure they align with the project’s scope,
  

budget and client requirements.

• Managing changes and delays that have affected the project and ensuring these are
  

resolved or mitigated accordingly.

• Updating the design delivery programme, resource, and instructions. Have a
  

thorough understanding of project scope and design responsibility.

• Itemising scope of services, client briefing schedules, documentation and regular
  

assessment against industry standards to help ensure a better set of deliverables.

• Instigate efficiency, appropriate use of innovation, buildability whilst factoring the
  

different design stages with the wider design team.

• Understanding of the design process, roles and responsibilities and be able to
  

coordinate across all disciplines internal and external, ensuring quality and add
overall value to the project.

• Multiple package delivery responsibility and team management, reporting to Senior
  

Project Leads.