Senior Design Manager

Overview

Some see emptiness. We see a blank canvas.

Role: Senior Design Manager

Location: North West England

Challenges. Opportunities. Solutions. At Robertson, we see them our way. We’re bold enough to ask questions. Brave enough to look at things differently. Confident enough to be ourselves. Join us and you’ll join the UK’s largest family‑owned construction, infrastructure, and support services business. And as a Senior Design Manager you’ll be part of a team that’s doing incredible things – for ourselves, for the built environment around us, and for a truly sustainable future

About you

Overseeing the Design process, you’ll exemplify our commitment to Health & Safety, and ensuring quality and best practice will be second nature to you

• Manage the development of all Contractor design within the project
• Ensuring strict adherence to all design and build procedures
• Ensure the design and delivery program is always adhered to
• Co‑ordinate external contractors with the Design team
• Develop and finalise various works packages
• Ensure the external contractor’s elements of the project are developed in accordance with the project specifications and drawings achieving the desired quality
• Effectively manage and co‑coordinate sub‑contractors works packages and design information flow
• Chair Co‑ordination Meetings and Subcontractor Design Meetings and any other such meetings as necessary
• Responsible for contract administration for the contractor’s design portion packages
• Assist in providing monthly internal and external site performance reports covering design, design development, risk and procurement / off site manufacture
• Assist the commercial team with subcontract issues and any divergence from the tendered bid

About the role

We look for our Senior Design Managers to be degree qualified in a construction related subject with extensive experience within a design management role. You will be confident in your decisions and calm and quick to adjust to unexpected challenges. You will be ambitious and want a career where you can grow and progress

Benefits of working with Robertson:

In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and employee benefits such as:

• 33 days annual leave (pro‑rata for part‑time or FTC positions, increases with length of service)
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounts (gym memberships, restaurants, days out etc.) with Hapi Rewards App
• Annual Flu Vaccine
• Access to E‑Learning
• Health & Wellbeing Support
• Life Management & Financial Support

Diversity & Inclusion:

When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently t’s why we’re working hard to create an environment where everyone can feel welcome, and where we can all be ourselves. We encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you’ll see things our way, too.