Assistant Design Manager
| Posting date: | 21 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 February 2026 |
| Location: | SL9 0BG |
| Company: | Kier Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 9758 |
Summary
We're looking for an Assistant Design Manager to join our Thames Water team for the northern Thames Valley region.Location: sites in the Thames Valley (Reading/Oxfordshire/Bedfordshire) - remote working available, with occasional travel to the Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire office required.
Hours: 45 hours per week - 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
About the roleAs an Assistant Design Manager, you'll play a vital role in delivering water and wastewater projects within our Thames Water Framework. Working collaboratively with our design and construction teams, you'll help ensure our solutions are safe, compliant and buildable. This role offers a supportive pathway to develop your design management career in an engaging and inclusive environment.
What will you be responsible for?As an Assistant Design Manager, you'll be working within the Thames Water team, supporting them in delivering safe, efficient and compliant non-infrastructure wastewater projects. Your day to day will include:
-Managing design processes for allocated projects from concept through to construction support
-Coordinating multi-disciplinary design inputs and supporting technical assurance
-Building relationships with design consultants, construction teams and client stakeholders
-Ensuring design outputs integrate effectively with construction methodology and site constraints
-Contributing to innovation and value engineering while developing your pathway to Design Manager
What are we looking for?This role of Assistant Design Manager is great for you if:
-You have a degree in engineering or related field with experience supporting design activities
-You enjoy collaborative working with a good understanding of design management processes
-You're organised with excellent communication skills and care about building relationships
-You have knowledge of the water industry and health and safety requirements
-You're keen to develop your career in a supportive and inclusive environment
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 benefitsWe'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 inclusionMaking 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-CH1
Hours: 45 hours per week - 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
About the roleAs an Assistant Design Manager, you'll play a vital role in delivering water and wastewater projects within our Thames Water Framework. Working collaboratively with our design and construction teams, you'll help ensure our solutions are safe, compliant and buildable. This role offers a supportive pathway to develop your design management career in an engaging and inclusive environment.
What will you be responsible for?As an Assistant Design Manager, you'll be working within the Thames Water team, supporting them in delivering safe, efficient and compliant non-infrastructure wastewater projects. Your day to day will include:
-Managing design processes for allocated projects from concept through to construction support
-Coordinating multi-disciplinary design inputs and supporting technical assurance
-Building relationships with design consultants, construction teams and client stakeholders
-Ensuring design outputs integrate effectively with construction methodology and site constraints
-Contributing to innovation and value engineering while developing your pathway to Design Manager
What are we looking for?This role of Assistant Design Manager is great for you if:
-You have a degree in engineering or related field with experience supporting design activities
-You enjoy collaborative working with a good understanding of design management processes
-You're organised with excellent communication skills and care about building relationships
-You have knowledge of the water industry and health and safety requirements
-You're keen to develop your career in a supportive and inclusive environment
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 benefitsWe'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 inclusionMaking 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-CH1
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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.