Design Manager

Our client is a leading multidisciplinary construction and design consultancy, working extensively with local authorities, housing associations, and healthcare estates across the UK.

They deliver large-scale, life-safety-critical projects, providing fully integrated solutions across consultancy, design, construction, and ongoing compliance.

We are partnering with our client to appoint an experienced Design Manager to lead the design across complex, multi-site programmes.

This is a senior role with real influence over technical quality, compliance, and buildability, supporting projects from early design through to delivery.

Key responsibilities:

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• Lead the design management function end-to-end, from concept through to delivery
• Own the detailed design programme, including coordination, approvals, and issues for construction
• Integrate all technical disciplines to deliver fully coordinated, construction-ready information
• Control design change while protecting information quality and accuracy
• Act as the primary design interface with construction teams, procurement, and regulators
• Plan, manage, and track design schedules and information release milestones
• Chair design coordination meetings and resolve clashes proactively
• Manage technical risk and oversee the design change control process
• Support procurement strategies, construction sequencing, and site design queries
• Ensure design outputs support commissioning, handover, and regulatory compliance

Candidate requirements:

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• Highly organised, process-driven, and delivery-focused
• Strong multi-disciplinary coordination capability
• Confident working with site and commercial teams
• Calm under pressure with sound judgement and decisive decision-making
• Clear, confident, and authoritative communicator

Desirable experience:

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• Design Manager or Senior Project Manager background
• Contractor-side Design & Build delivery experience
• Experience with RIBA stages 3-5
• Managing complex design through the construction phase
• Experience on regulated, high-risk, or safety-critical projects
• Close working relationship with site teams and specialist subcontractors

What our client is offering:

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• Competitive salary: 60k - 85k, depending on experience
• Bonus: up to 50% of your base salary based on revenue and division success
• Unlimited holidays based on performance
• Bupa private healthcare for you and your family
• Opportunity to work on high-profile, life-safety-critical projects
• Exposure to technically complex and innovative engineering solutions
• An inclusive, forward-thinking company culture with clear development opportunities

If you are a senior Design Manager with a passion for compliance and life safety, and are looking to join a business delivering work at a national scale, send across a copy of your CV or get in touch for a confidential chat.