Senior Design Manager (Building Services)

WSP
United Kingdom
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Skills: ["Leadership","Mentoring","Stakeholder management","Risk management","Problem-solving"]

Lead and coordinate Building Services design across all project stages within Heathrow programmes, serving as the central integration point between MEP, structural, architectural, and specialist disciplines. Manage design programmes, deliverables, and task scopes, monitor design effort against budget and schedule, and drive design assurance and compliance through reviews and governance. Support tender bids and represent technical design intent with clients and contractors while mentoring senior design engineers.

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Senior Design Manager (Building Services)

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Job Summary

Lead and coordinate Building Services design across all project stages within Heathrow programmes, serving as the central integration point between MEP, structural, architectural, and specialist disciplines. Manage design programmes, deliverables, and task scopes, monitor design effort against budget and schedule, and drive design assurance and compliance through reviews and governance. Support tender bids and represent technical design intent with clients and contractors while mentoring senior design engineers.
Location: United Kingdom
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the planning, management, and coordination of Building Services design with other disciplines across all project stages within Heathrow programmes.
  • •Ensure design deliverables are technically sound, fully coordinated, and aligned with project requirements and constraints, including right-first-time efficiency.
  • •Act as the central point of integration between MEP disciplines, architectural, structural, and specialist systems to resolve technical challenges.
  • •Develop and manage detailed design programmes, deliverables, and review stages; monitor progress and take early action when slippage or risk is identified.
  • •Lead design reviews and assurance processes, supporting compliance with Heathrow requirements and relevant standards while maintaining traceable documentation of design decisions and changes.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Gym MembershipVirtual GpPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Extensive design management experience within the Building Services sector, ideally in aviation or similarly complex regulated environments.
  • •Experience leading and coordinating multidisciplinary design teams, including managing design programmes, deliverables, and discipline interfaces across MEP, structural, and architectural areas.
  • •Demonstrable capability managing design processes, tools, and systems (including BIM, digital design platforms, and coordination tools) aligned to programme and project requirements.
  • •Understanding design risk, technical assurance, and compliance, including managing design reviews, approvals, and governance processes against standards and client/regulatory requirements.
  • •Proven ability to lead design engineers collaboratively and independently, providing clear direction while fostering a coordinated, high-performing environment.
Experience:AviationBuilding servicesProperty and buildingsBIMRegulated environments
Skills:LeadershipMentoringStakeholder managementRisk managementProblem-solving
Tech Stack:BIM

Company Brief

WSP
Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Professional Services
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
Founded: 1959
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