Assistant Design Manager

Recruit Build; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in Wakefield is seeking an ambitious Assistant Design Manager to join their growing design team. This role offers a salary of up to £40,000 and the chance to work on diverse projects within education, healthcare, and more. Ideal candidates should have experience in design management or related fields, and must be ready to push their career forward in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Car allowance

Full benefits package

Ongoing training and career progression

Qualifications

• Experience in design management or as an Architect/Technologist.
• Ambitious and detail-focused.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate design information across live projects.
• Conduct design-gap reviews and value engineering.
• Collaborate with project teams to create design solutions.
• Manage consultant appointments and scopes of service.

Skills

Design management

Collaboration

Technical input

Job description

Overview

Assistant Design Manager – Wakefield. Looking for your next big step into construction design management? We're working with a highly successful main contractor that's expanding its design team and offering a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Design Manager / Design Coordinator. With a strong pipeline of projects secured well into 2026, this is a chance to be part of a thriving business delivering varied schemes across education, healthcare, commercial, distribution and industrial sectors, typically valued up to £15m. This is the perfect role for someone with experience in design management, or for an Architect/Technologist who's ready to move into the contracting world and apply their design skills in a fast-paced, practical environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating design information across live projects to keep everything moving smoothly
• Carrying out design-gap reviews, value engineering and design risk management
• Collaborating with project teams, consultants, clients and subcontractors to create the best design solutions
• Driving safe, efficient and profitable project delivery through clear sequencing of design
• Managing consultant appointments and scopes of service
• Leading and contributing to design meetings, ensuring timely, accurate information
• Providing technical input for pre-qualification and client presentations

What’s in it for you

• Salary up to £40,000
• Car allowance + full benefits package
• Ongoing training and clear career progression with a highly successful main building contractor
• The chance to work on diverse, high-profile projects in a supportive, ambitious team

If you're ambitious, detail-focused and ready to push your design management career forward, this is the role for you