Design Manager
Building a sustainable tomorrow
We are recruiting a Design Manager to join our team of secondees embedded within Rolls-Royce SMR, supporting RR-SMR with the integration of the BAM Site Factory into their overall plant design.
Your team
- Primary base: RR-SMR offices are based in Derby, Manchester, and Bristol.
- The BAM team meetings are most often in London. Typically approx. 5 days a month are expected in-person in the offices, but otherwise the role is predominantly remote.
- The role is currently expected to run through to the end of 2026, with the possibility of an extension.
Making Possible
- Delivery of sub-system DR process; design & programme management of RIBA 2/3/4 design development and associated governance process.
- Level 3 & 4 plan creation & management
- Responsible for managing and leading workstream/task-specific requirement development & feasibility review.
- Key liaison point of contact / lead for workstream, governance stream or IPT.
- Responsible for supporting the development of documentation and formal requirements to be incorporated directly into RR SMR systems.
- Scoping and management of external packages of works
- Management of interfaces and sub-system requirements capture and allocation.
- Coordinating across disciplines & functions to develop specification and ensure integrated solution with focus on build certainty – should have good appreciation of relevant manufacturing/construction/assembly processes, legislation, standards.
- Identifying risks & opportunities in sub-system that could impact design, build, and operational and managing treatment plans to mitigate/realise
- Responding to technical queries from other design teams to support integration of their designs aligned to Site Factory capabilities & strategy.
- Be responsible for identifying and managing relevant sub-system requirements and definitions, from high-level functionality through to detailed design definitions & assumptions.
- Ensuring correct parent/child linkage between functions and definitions, and identifying transverse assignment of requirements where needed to ensure coordinated design across systems.
What do you bring to the role?
- Experience in leading medium to large teams and sub-let packages.
- Experience in cross-cutting integration.
- Ideal experience within MEP design delivery.
- Minimum of a bachelor's degree in engineering.
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary
- A wide range of family-friendly policies
- Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
- 8 % matched pension contributions
- Private healthcare
- Life assurance
- 26 days holiday
- 2 wellbeing days
- 1 volunteering day
- Personal and professional development
About BAM
Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.
We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.
The application process
For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Jonathan Schulte, Recruitment Manager, BAM UK&I | Infrastructure, m: 07717 227890 / Email: jonathan.schulte@bam.com
