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As a Design Manager – Treatment, you will lead the multidisciplinary design delivery of complex water treatment, wastewater treatment, and desalination projects. You will be responsible for driving design integration, technical excellence, programme certainty, and quality compliance across all stages of project delivery. This includes overseeing process, civil, mechanical, chemical, electrical, and I&C; interfaces, ensuring alignment across all design disciplines.

You will work closely with Project Managers, Discipline Leads, and Sector/Regional leadership to plan, coordinate, and assure the technical execution of treatment projects while also mentoring and strengthening the capability of the broader design team.

Key duties include





• Development and implementation of multidisciplinary design strategies for water/wastewater treatment and desalination projects, ensuring design integration and coherent execution.
• Lead and manage the preparation, coordination, and delivery of design packages for water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, desalination facilities, and associated process systems.
• Evaluate, compare, and select appropriate treatment technologies and processes for project-specific needs.
• Provide leadership in Design for Design‑Build (D for DB) models—ensuring constructability, staging, risk mitigation, and alignment with contractor expectations.
• Lead or support HAZOP/HAZID studies, interpret findings, and implement appropriate mitigation measures across treatment process designs.
• Own and manage core design management documents Project Responsibility Matrix, Project Organisation Chart, Design Programme, Ba

📌 Design Manager (Chennai)
🏢 Jacobs
📍 Chennai