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This role is critical in ensuring high-quality, compliant, and timely design solutions for regionally aligned clients and other agreed frameworks.\nContracted to 40hrs a week Monday - Friday\nWorking from our MSN office.\nAt Bridges we are more than Engineers.\nWe are listed on the Sunday Times Top 100 Places to Work 2024.\nAs a team we shape and support engineering and construction for our clients who in turn touch the daily lives of millions of people across the UK. We have a large diverse team of talented Safe & Happy People, combining their strengths and ambition to bring innovation and evolution which ensures Sustainability for all stakeholders.\nAcross our key sectors - Water, Power, Energy and Aggregates, and supported through our regional office network supported by our manufacturing hub located in the heart of Somerset which forms part of our 60,000ft head office complex - we deliver diverse and interesting projects and programmes throughout UK infrastructure.\nOur projects range in value from £5k to £15m, taking the role of Principal Contractor and Principal Designer on various schemes, and supporting our valued Tier 1 contractor clients in a subcontractor and off-site manufacturing capacity.\nRole Overview\nDesign Leadership & Delivery\nLead the design elements and deliverables from outline design through to final handover.\nEnsure deliverables are clearly defined, assigned, understood, and achieved to agreed programmes and quality standards.\nMonitor progress, proactively identifying risks, delays, opportunities, and potential cost or programme impacts.\nCoordinate, review, and drive RFI schedules to ensure timely availability of critical information.\nTeam Leadership & Resource Management\nLead, develop, and grow a team of seconded engineers, designers, support staff, and subcontracted specialists.\nEnsure deliverables are agreed, assigned, and understood (clarity) at all stages from outline design to final handover. Ensure dates are agreed, shared with the PM and Planners, checked in on, and achieved. Advise any potential opportunities, delays, risks, changes to programme or planned costs\nForecast design labour requirements, identify future skills gaps, and work with Design Managers to ensure appropriate resourcing and capacity.\nProvide technical guidance, mentoring, and leadership across the regional design team.\nCollaboration & Stakeholder Management\nAct as a key interface between design, project management, planning, commercial teams, clients, suppliers, and external technical advisors.\nAttend and contribute to project meetings (online and in person) to represent the design and technical function.\nBuild and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.\nTechnical Assurance & Governance\nPlay an active role in design assurance activities in line with the Bridges Way, including DRAs, ALMs, Buildability Reviews, and HAZOPs.\nSupport wider technical and commercial reviews during both design and construction phases.\nEnsure alignment and coordination across disciplines through periodic reviews of deliverables.\nInnovation, Compliance & Risk Management\n Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and best practice across projects and designs.\n Identify and manage scope changes, ensuring compliance with change control processes and advising on contractual, cost, and programme implications.\nIdentify Temporary Works requirements and ensure they are correctly communicated, managed, and controlled.\nSupport the production of specifications and statements of need for plant, contract designs, and surveys, ensuring compliance with industry standards, legislation, and client requirements.\nCoordinate resolution of technical challenges, escalating risks and issues where required.\nSupply Chain & Contractor Oversight\nOversee and coordinate contracted designers, surveyors, and technical support providers.\nReview costs, programmes, deliverables, and specifications to ensure value, quality, and compliance.\nRequirements\nEssential\nStrong experience delivering design within water and wastewater or similar regulated infrastructure environments.\nProven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary design teams.\nExcellent stakeholder management and communication skills.\nStrong understanding of design assurance, risk management, and change control processes.\nProactive, collaborative, and solutions-focused approach.\nDesirable\nChartered or working towards chartership in Engineering (or equivalent), or relevant work experience. \nBenefits\nBENEFITS OF WORKING FOR BRIDGES\nRoSPA Gold Medal winner, Bridges - is an excellent company to work for and a great place to develop your career. Our goal is to exceed the very highest standards and ensure our people work in a culture of health, safety and well-being.\nWe are currently holders of the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, which reinforces our commitment to supporting the armed forces community.\nWe are a family-run business with a friendly and welcoming culture, and we are dedicated to helping our employees learn, develop, and achieve success - along with us and throughout their careers.\nBridges also offers an excellent benefits package:\n Competitive salaries\n Company car/car allowance\n Health cash plan with Healthshield\n Standard Life Pension Scheme - 5% company contribution\n Life Assurance Scheme\n Employee Discount Scheme\n Bike 2 Work scheme\n Training and development opportunities\n Employee referral scheme - £1,000 if you successfully introduce someone\n Employee recognition schemes\n Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay\n When you join us, you’ll be part of our exciting journey.\nWherever your journey begins with us, through mutual engagement, we’ll make sure you are supported and invested in. We believe in ‘team bridges’ and leadership at all levels with our guiding principles: Safe People, Happy People, Sustainable Business.\nCome and be part of our team!\nBridges is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring equality and diversity within the workplace","description_format":"text","description_chars":6202,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Construction","Electrical Equipment & Cables"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-11T02:36:36Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"GB","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker)","filings_12m":null,"filings_prev_12m":null,"green_card_filings_12m":null,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":"Skilled Worker","cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-22T06:27:10+00:00","sources":["UK Home Office: register of licensed sponsors (workers)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":28,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.638,"p_room":0.44,"age_days":262,"expected_fill_days":209,"reasons":["conf:0","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/bridgesltd-project-manager-regional-design-lead","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/bridgesltd-project-manager-regional-design-lead.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T08:56:13Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":5352,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":668908},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=668908"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fbridgesltd-project-manager-regional-design-lead"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fbridgesltd-project-manager-regional-design-lead"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fbridgesltd-project-manager-regional-design-lead"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/bridgesltd-project-manager-regional-design-lead\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fbridgesltd-project-manager-regional-design-lead"}]}