Description

As a Design Manager at WSP, you will lead and manage design projects within the Water sector. Working closely with the Project Director and Project Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing engineering design activities and ensuring compliance with industry best practices and UK regulations.

At WSP, our Design Managers are adaptable professionals who thrive in a variety of situations. They possess an innovative mindset, are willing to take on new challenges, and are comfortable working on significant and complex projects or programmes of work. We collaborate closely with external clients and internal multidisciplinary project teams to deliver successful outcomes.

To ensure effective project delivery, we operate across WSP offices, client offices, and site locations, supporting programmes of strategic regional and national importance.

Joining WSP offers an exceptional opportunity to take the next step in your career. You will have the chance to build on your experience and qualifications, achieve your professional ambitions, and benefit from excellent support for personal development and growth opportunities within both local teams and the wider WSP business.

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), taking clear and concise minutes and ensuring timely completion of actions by the design team.
- 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.

Qualifications

- MEng/BEng/BSc or HND/HNC in an Engineering, Environmental or numerate science related subject.
- A member of an appropriate professional institute (Chartered or working towards)
- Experience in an infrastructure programme and project delivery environment, with experience of delivering complex projects
- Significant experience in Project and contract management including knowledge of H&S; standards and regulations
- BGV:

- Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
- Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.

📌 Design Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Wsp
📍 Bengaluru