Design Manager

Design Manager

Manchester

Up to £75,000 total package | Permanent

Main Contractor | Façade and Cladding Remediation

Do you have strong façade knowledge and practical experience of Gateway submissions and Golden Thread information management?

Pro Build Recruitment is supporting a main contractor delivering façade and cladding remediation projects. This opportunity offers involvement from pre-construction through to completion, helping deliver safe, compliant solutions on existing buildings.

Reporting to the Operations Director, you will work closely with consultants, specialist subcontractors and project teams to resolve technical challenges and keep design information coordinated.

As Design Manager, you will take ownership of the design process across your allocated projects, balancing technical requirements, buildability, programme and commercial considerations.

Building safety is central to the position. You will support Gateway 2 and Gateway 3 submissions, coordinate information required by the Building Safety Regulator and maintain clear records of design decisions and changes in line with the Building Safety Act.

The Design Manager will:

• Coordinate consultants and specialist façade subcontractors, ensuring clear scopes and design responsibilities.
• Chair design meetings and technical workshops, driving issues through to resolution.
• Manage design programmes and the timely release of coordinated information.
• Review façade solutions with regard to fire safety, structural integrity and buildability.
• Support regulatory submissions and maintain accurate Golden Thread information.
• Manage design changes, ensuring decisions are documented and auditable.
• Work with commercial and operational colleagues to manage risk and assess value engineering.
• Coordinate verified as-built information for completion and handover.

You will be an established Design Manager with experience managing consultants, subcontractors and complex design interfaces.

Direct façade or cladding remediation experience would be particularly valuable. Candidates with a strong residential or high-rise background, substantial envelope knowledge and relevant regulatory experience will also be considered.

You should bring practical involvement in Gateway processes and an understanding of how Golden Thread information is managed throughout a project. Experience of occupied buildings and phased works would be advantageous.

A construction-related qualification or equivalent experience, knowledge of CDM requirements and confidence using common data environments are also relevant.

• A total package of up to £75,000.
• Direct reporting to the Operations Director.
• Involvement across pre-construction, delivery and handover.
• Technically challenging projects with a clear focus on building safety.
• Close collaboration with commercial, operational and specialist design teams.