Design Lead

What Are We Looking For?

Our Treatment Solutions business platform is recruiting for an experienced Design Lead to join them on a permanent basis at our office in Inverness. This role will be responsible for the leadership, coordination, and successful delivery of multi-disciplinary design activities, ensuring compliance with Client Specifications and current regulatory standards.

Some of Your Key Duties Include:

Coordinate all project multi-disciplinary design development activities ensuring compliance with client specifications.

Prepare, maintain, and monitor project design programmes and ensure design deliverables are achieved in accordance with agreed timescales.

Develop and coordinate design deliverables including calculations, reports, specifications, drawings, and technical documentation.

Ensure all design checking, validation, and approval procedures are undertaken in accordance with company and client technical governance compliance.

Report project design progress, issues, and risks.

Develop and own the Design Management Plan.

What Do You Need?

Degree, HND, HNC in Engineering or equivalent experience.

Proven experience in a design engineering environment.

Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary engineering projects.

Experience preparing and managing design programmes.

Understanding of project delivery, procurement processes, and contractual documentation.

Water and wastewater industry experience is highly desirable.

Knowledge of WIMES specifications, UK Design Standards and Water Authority standards would be advantageous.

Full UK Driving Licence.

Who Are We?

RSE is a trusted clean water technology company, developing market leading products and solutions for purifying drinking water, recycling wastewater and cleaning water in industrial processes. We are disrupting the water sector, delivering water treatment products, technologies, and services to clients across the UK. RSE provides offsite modular build solutions using a low-carbon approach compared to traditional construction methods and our unique offering to the market focuses on innovation, efficiency, and excellence.

Established in 1982, RSE has grown into one of the most prominent MEICA engineering businesses in the UK water industry. We have created a complete in-house and full-service capability from project inception through to design, fabrication, and delivery by means of installation and commissioning. We additionally have one of the largest servicing and maintenance teams in the market, to ensure we’re on hand for all our clients’ needs.

Our service offering presents industry-leading innovative solutions and our dedicated staff play a key role in delivering our sustainability and wider business goals. With over 2000 staff across our group of companies, our strategic ambition will see the business continue to grow as we expand our operations and diversify our products. One of RSE’s key focuses is driving servant leadership and giving our people the opportunity and responsibility to take an entrepreneurial approach in their career development.

What RSE Offer

To build successful teams and drive the level of quality that RSE is renowned for, we know we need the best people in industry. Not only do we require the relevant skillsets, but we also need people with the right attitude and mentality to thrive and grow in such an innovative industry. At RSE, you’ll be given every opportunity to set the path of your own career through our Business Streams and work in an environment that will require you to rise to the challenge of working for a market leader.              

Industry leading salary

Company car allowance

A flexible career development path, with no restrictions on where your career can go

Holiday Allowance of 31 days per year, rising to 33 days per year after 2 years’ service

Holiday Buy / Sell Scheme

Company Pension Scheme

Car allowance

Cycle to Work

Discounted National Gym Membership

Professional Fees Paid

Employee Discount Platform

EV/Hybrid Car Lease Scheme

Access to our network of health professionals including mental health champions and occupational health nurse

In a flourishing sector where there are vast career opportunities available, we believe our niche offering to the market means our people have the space to thrive and innovate our industry. If you’re interested in a career with a company that will harness your skills and provides you with the support to create your own future, then please apply. We’re excited to take you on the journey and continuing to grow as the UK water industry’s contractor of choice