Senior Design Manager (Mechanical)
| Posting date: | 26 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 June 2026 |
| Location: | NN10 6EN |
| Company: | Kier Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 11057 |
Summary
We're looking for a Senior Mechanical Design Manager to join our MEP Project Team working on the New Hospital Programme (NHP).
Location: London. Travel to site during delivery in Cambridgeshire will be required.Hours: Full-time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our MEP project team, delivering large-scale acute healthcare facilities across the UK. You'll play a key role in leading mechanical design and coordination delivery for complex and major projects valued at over £200m, working collaboratively with talented professionals to create facilities that make a real difference to communities.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Senior Mechanical Design Manager, you'll be working within the MEP project team, supporting them in delivering world-class healthcare facilities. Your day-to-day will include:
-Leading mechanical design and coordination delivery for complex projects from preconstruction through to completion
-Supervising the project's mechanical design management team, ensuring sufficient resources and successful execution to budget and programme
-Collaborating with internal MEP and construction design counterparts and third-party stakeholders to deliver agreed strategies
-Overseeing mechanical design workstreams to ensure quality outputs are delivered to programme across all areas
-Supporting client and external interfaces including leading user groups, stakeholder engagements and consultations
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Mechanical Design Manager is great for you if:
-You have a BEng in Mechanical Engineering or Building Services Engineering and are a member of a professional institute such as CIBSE or IHEEM
-You bring senior level experience from Tier 1 contracting with a strong track record in delivering complex projects.
-You possess excellent technical and digital knowledge including BIM (ISO 19650), Building Safety Act, and statutory legislation
-You demonstrate strong leadership capability, people management skills, and the ability to motivate others to achieve high standards
-You're a collaborative team player and clear communicator who thrives on problem-solving
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-AS2
Location: London. Travel to site during delivery in Cambridgeshire will be required.Hours: Full-time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our MEP project team, delivering large-scale acute healthcare facilities across the UK. You'll play a key role in leading mechanical design and coordination delivery for complex and major projects valued at over £200m, working collaboratively with talented professionals to create facilities that make a real difference to communities.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Senior Mechanical Design Manager, you'll be working within the MEP project team, supporting them in delivering world-class healthcare facilities. Your day-to-day will include:
-Leading mechanical design and coordination delivery for complex projects from preconstruction through to completion
-Supervising the project's mechanical design management team, ensuring sufficient resources and successful execution to budget and programme
-Collaborating with internal MEP and construction design counterparts and third-party stakeholders to deliver agreed strategies
-Overseeing mechanical design workstreams to ensure quality outputs are delivered to programme across all areas
-Supporting client and external interfaces including leading user groups, stakeholder engagements and consultations
What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Mechanical Design Manager is great for you if:
-You have a BEng in Mechanical Engineering or Building Services Engineering and are a member of a professional institute such as CIBSE or IHEEM
-You bring senior level experience from Tier 1 contracting with a strong track record in delivering complex projects.
-You possess excellent technical and digital knowledge including BIM (ISO 19650), Building Safety Act, and statutory legislation
-You demonstrate strong leadership capability, people management skills, and the ability to motivate others to achieve high standards
-You're a collaborative team player and clear communicator who thrives on problem-solving
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-AS2
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