Assistant Design Manager

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role Description:

As an Assistant Design Manager within our Rail South, West & Wales business, this role will support the coordination, development and delivery of multidisciplinary rail infrastructure design. The role will focus on passenger environments, stations, depots and associated rail assets, helping to ensure that design solutions are inclusive, sustainable, safe, technically robust and aligned with client requirements. Working closely with Design Managers, Engineering Managers and discipline leads, the role will support design integration across project stages from early concept and feasibility through to detailed design and delivery.

Role Accountabilities:

• Support the coordination of multidisciplinary design inputs, interfaces and deliverables for rail stations, depots and associated infrastructure

• Assist in the preparation and management of drawings, models, schedules, technical reports and design documentation using relevant tools, standards and project procedures

• Work collaboratively with engineers, architects, planners, environmental specialists, contractors and wider project teams to support coordinated and integrated design solutions

• Support design reviews, interdisciplinary checks and technical assurance activities, helping to ensure accessibility, safety, sustainability and buildability principles are embedded in the design

• Assist in tracking design actions, risks, assumptions, decisions, changes and opportunities, escalating issues where appropriate to the Design Manager or Engineering Manager

• Support engagement with clients, operators, stakeholders and discipline leads to capture requirements, communicate design intent and contribute to clear project outcomes

• Assist in ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory, planning, industry and client standards, including awareness of CDM designer responsibilities and safety-in-design requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree, HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in engineering, construction, architecture, project management or a related discipline; working towards professional registration is beneficial

• Experience in a design, engineering, construction, manufacturing or infrastructure environment, ideally with exposure to rail, transport or multidisciplinary project delivery