Design Manager

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. 

Where will you be working? 

At M Group Energy we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives.  

We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation. 

This role will be working in our Distribution and connections team. As one of the largest Independent Connection Providers (ICP’s) in the UK, we support distribution network operations across infrastructure.   

Our team installs and maintains distribution networks and ensures reliable connections for customers. carrying out electrical planned work, customer connections and network reinforcement.    

We’re proud to be a key delivery partner in the UKPN Alliance, working across the East of England to refurbish and build substations from 11kV to 132kV. From switch houses to transformer enclosures, we handle everything - design, project management, cabling, construction, commissioning, and more! Now, we’re looking for a Design Manager to join our team and help shape the future of the network.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead design delivery using internal and external teams

• Set and manage safety, commercial, and operational targets

• Own the commercial performance of design projects

• Track progress against internal and client goals

• Build and maintain strong relationships with UKPN

• Support and grow your design team to meet project needs

• Plan workloads to match customer requirements

• Prepare design programmes and cost forecasts

 What You’ll Bring

• Experience leading teams in engineering, utilities, or DNO environments

• Strong people management and motivational skills

• Chartered Engineer status (or equivalent experience)

• Familiarity with ISO9001, ISO14001, and OHSAS 18001 standards

• Solid understanding of CDM Regulations and the Designer’s role

• Knowledge of protection/control schemes for 11kV–132kV networks

• Confident in design management and commercial decision-making

• Bonus if you’ve worked in an alliance or joint venture setup

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include; 

• Matched or contributory pension scheme 

• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year   

• Employee assistance programme  

• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts  

• Life assurance 

• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes 

• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave  

• Reward and recognition scheme 

In addition, this role offers; 

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from 
  
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme  or car allowance with fuel card for business use
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays 
• Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us! 

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. 

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. 

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3^rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.