Description:
As Senior Design Manager, You Will
- Lead the development and implementation of the project design strategy.
- Manage the design process, including architectural, structural and M&E elements.
- Coordinate internal teams, consultants, specialist subcontractors and third-party design partners.
- Ensure design proposals meet customer requirements, specifications and budget constraints.
- Review designs for buildability, sequencing, value and construction risk.
- Provide clear technical guidance to the design and construction teams.
- Manage design information, approvals, changes and programme deliverables.
- Liaise with statutory authorities, planning teams, building control and utility providers.
- Support collaborative working across the project and resolve design challenges before they affect delivery.
- Encourage innovation, continuous improvement and effective use of BIM and digital design.
Who we're looking for
You will be an accomplished Design Manager with proven experience operating at a senior level within construction, ideally on complex building, healthcare or technically demanding projects.
You Will Bring
- Strong experience managing multidisciplinary design teams through pre-construction and project delivery.
- A detailed understanding of construction methods, buildability and design coordination.
- Experience managing M&E interfaces and third-party or novated design teams.
- Good working knowledge of BIM and digital design processes.
- Knowledge of current procurement routes, regulations, technical standards and codes of practice.
- Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- The confidence to challenge constructively, influence decisions and drive design progress.
- A valid CSCS card.
- Strong Microsoft Office and relevant design-management IT skills.