Design Manager - Facades in LE, South Wigston, Leicestershire

We are recruiting for an experienced Design Manager to join a specialist façade and re-cladding contractor with a strong pipeline of approximately 20 live and upcoming projects.

The company delivers complex external wall remediation and re-cladding schemes, including high-rise residential buildings requiring Building Safety Regulator Gateway approval. This position requires someone with substantial experience engaging with the BSR and managing the technical challenges associated with higher-risk buildings.

• Manage the design process across multiple façade remediation and re-cladding projects.
• Lead engagement with the Building Safety Regulator throughout Gateway submissions and approvals.
• Coordinate the information required for initial BSR submissions.
• Manage and respond to technical RFIs raised by the BSR, clients and project teams.
• Identify design risks and provide practical, compliant solutions.
• Manage an established in-house team of façade designers.
• Coordinate external specialist façade designers and consultants.
• Review drawings and technical information before submission to building control and the BSR.
• Carry out site visits and surveys where accurate as-built information is unavailable.
• Ensure designs comply with Building Regulations, fire-safety requirements and project specifications.
• Coordinate design information with clients, consultants, manufacturers and operational teams.
• Ensure dimensional accuracy before materials and façade systems are ordered.
• Monitor design programmes, submissions, approvals and outstanding information.

• Previous Design Management experience within façades, re-cladding or external wall remediation.
• Strong knowledge of the Building Safety Act and BSR Gateway process.
• Proven experience managing BSR engagement and responding to technical RFIs.
• Experience working on high-rise residential or higher-risk buildings.
• Strong façade knowledge, ideally covering rainscreen cladding, insulation, fire barriers and associated systems.
• Excellent technical problem-solving and presentation skills.
• Able to coordinate designers, consultants and specialist subcontractors.
• Comfortable attending sites and working with incomplete or inaccurate existing information.
• Strong communication and document-management skills.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an expanding specialist contractor with a substantial secured pipeline of technically challenging re-cladding projects.