Design & Delivery Manager (Mechanical, Electrical & Reactive Investment)

About The Role

Working Hours: 35 Hours Per Week

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Closing Date: 13 April 2026

Closing time: 11.59pm

Interview Method: Face to Face

Legal Right to Work: Applicants must have an existing right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application. However, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

References: Two references, where possible we require 3 years' history.

Driving Licence: The successful candidate should hold a full clean driving licence as you will be required to drive a vehicle in accordance with council regulations.

Qualification: Degree in a Construction or Building related subject and/or relevant experience.

The Design and Delivery Team is responsible for developing and delivering improvement projects to improve and maintain the quality, safety and warmth of the Council's homes for its customers. If you are an experienced, forward thinking and dynamic individual with a passion for improving the quality of homes and services Manchester provides, we want to hear from you.

If you are successful, you will join a team of dedicated multi disciplinary professionals on a journey to improve homes and neighbourhoods to a leading standard, sharing a passion to deliver great customer service and experience in everything they do.

For an informal discussion, please contact the hiring manager, Abid Hanif at to arrange a convenient time to discuss the role.

About the Candidate

Essential requirements for the role:

Communication Skills

Evidence of thinking cross functionally and cross organizationally, beyond one's own professional areas of specialism and the ability to conceptualise new, collaborative ways of achieving shared goals. Understanding the dynamics of conflict and how to achieve mutual agreement. Demonstrating the ethics of good practice, including respect for all parties, tolerance of different people and perspectives, confidentiality and the importance of honesty. Listening actively to others, and working to formulate options and solutions. Builds collaborative and trusting relationships with decision makers.

Analytical Skills

• Skills to analyse a wide range of data and other sources of information to break them down into component parts, patterns and relationships; probes for further understanding of problems and makes rational judgements from the available information and analysis demonstrating and understanding of how one issue may be part of a much larger system/issue.

Planning and Organising

• Excellent time management skills to ensure work of team/service completed within deadlines and to agreed standards. Sets clearly defined objectives, plans activities and projects well in advance and takes account of changing circumstances; identifies and organises resources and manages time effectively monitoring performance against milestones and deadlines.

Problem Solving and Decision Making

• Ability to react to immediate problems of a highly complex nature with associated risk factors and deliver pragmatic solutions sometimes under extreme pressure.

Commercial Skills

• Ability to lead the procurement process, from clarifying a specification to placing contracts, including identifying opportunities for business improvement.

People Management

Ability to exert positive influence over the performance of others, promoting others' self esteem, inspiring trust and fostering confidence in others' ability to achieve high standards, thereby enhancing a performance oriented culture which supports the delivery of high quality services to the community.

• A degree level education, or relevant experience in construction contract and project management
• Current clean driving licence and use of car with business insurance
• Experience of delivering Decent Homes projects in Social Housing
• Mechanical or Electrical background

About Us

We're the local council for one of the UK's most vibrant and diverse cities.

Working for Manchester isn't just a job - it's an opportunity to contribute to a city that leads change and transforms lives. Whether it's strengthening communities or driving innovation in public services, you'll play a vital role in creating opportunities and shaping a brighter future for everyone.

Our Manchester is our vision for a fairer, greener, and healthier city - a vision shaped by the people of Manchester. It guides everything we do at the Council and is brought to life through the Our Manchester behaviours:

• We take time to listen and understand
• We work together and trust each other
• We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
• We 'own it' and we're not afraid to try new things
• We're proud and passionate about Manchester

Benefits we offer

• Generous holiday allowance: Enjoy up to 26 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays. Increasing to 31 days after five years of local government service. Want more leave? You can purchase up to two additional weeks.
• A buzzing pension: You'll be enrolled in the UK's largest local government pension scheme, with plenty of options to top up your benefits. Includes life cover of three times your salary as a lump sum.
• Enhanced parental and carers leave: Take advantage of our enhanced family leave options, designed to provide ample time for you to bond with your new born or support your family during critical life events.
• Brilliant perks: Access a range of discounts, from saving on the weekly shop to holidays and days out with MCR+. Plus discounts on phone contracts, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs and eye tests, and more.
• Learn and grow: We are dedicated to nurturing talent and providing you with the tools to thrive. Take part in a diverse set of learning opportunities, from workshops and training sessions through to apprenticeships and qualifications. All this begins with our comprehensive onboarding process.
• A Good Employment Charter member: We are committed to offering secure, flexible work and embedding fairness into everything we do. We review pay annually, recognize three trade unions, and are constantly working to offer the best possible health and wellbeing support throughout all stages of your working life.
• Up to 3 days volunteering leave: Give back to the community with three days pro rate of paid volunteering leave, in addition to existing benefits.

Creating an Inclusive Team at Manchester City Council

At Manchester City Council, we're dedicated to creating a workplace that truly reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We actively welcome applications from people of all ages and backgrounds, particularly from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities, Disabled people and young people.

Support During the Process

• Interview Adjustments: Let us know if you need any adjustments to demonstrate your suitability during the interview.
• Accessible Formats: Our ReciteMe tool can be accessed through the "Accessibility tools" button on our careers page. This tool offers features like text to speech, translation into multiple languages, and adjustable text size and colour to make our site more accessible for everyone.

Guaranteed Assessment Scheme

We guarantee assessments for applicants who meet the recruiting panels minimum shortlisting requirements for the role and identify with at least one of the criteria below:

• Members of the Armed Forces or veterans
• Current or former care leavers
• Have a disability or long term condition

What we will need from you if you're successful

In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. This is not a role we consider to be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route based on Manchester City Council policy. Candidates are therefore encouraged to consider their own right to work options without the requirement for Manchester City Council sponsorship.

Pre Employment Checks

If you are successful in securing a position with us, the pre employment checks required will depend on the role you've applied for; see the top of the advert for details.

These checks are an important part of our commitment to ensuring the safety and security of our workforce and the community we serve.

Other relevant information

We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we'll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.

For more information about the role, please ensure that you read the role profile attached.