Design Coordinator

Randstad; North West Leicestershire; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Company car

Pension

Private healthcare

Bonus scheme

Job summary

Randstad CPE is seeking a Design Coordinator for a permanent role in the Leicester area, delivering a major highways upgrade project. The role bridges consulting design teams, the client, and on-site construction, ensuring timely delivery of design information that complies with standards.

You will coordinate multi-disciplinary deliverables, manage RFIs (and TQs) and ensure buildability and value through DMRB/compliant designs, while maintaining CDM (2015) standards and assisting handover

Qualifications

• Experience as Design Coordinator or similar in highways projects.
• Working knowledge of highways specifications and DMRB.
• Degree/HND/HNC in civil engineering or related field.
• CSCS card; CDM/design management training is beneficial.
• Ability to liaise with design teams, client, and site delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate multi-disciplinary design deliverables.
• Act as central interface between site operations, consultants and client.
• Track RFIs, TQs, and design changes using the CDE.
• Review drawings for buildability, cost efficiency, and compliance with DMRB.
• Ensure CDM (2015) compliance and support handover packs.

Skills

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

NEC3/NEC4

DMRB standards

Job description

• Location: Leicestershire / Project Site (Hybrid)

• Contract: Permanent, Full-Time

• Sector: Civil Engineering & Major Infrastructure

• Salary: Highly competitive salary + comprehensive package (car allowance/company car, pension, private healthcare, and bonus scheme)

About the Opportunity

We are currently seeking an ambitious and experienced Design Coordinator on a permanent basis to join a leading tier-1 principal contractor delivering a flagship, multi-million-pound highways upgrade scheme in the Leicester area.

In this role, you will be an integral bridge between the consulting design teams, the client, and the on-site construction delivery teams. You will ensure design information is delivered efficiently, meets all constructability standards, adheres to programme milestones, and complies with all relevant national highways standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design Integration: Oversee and coordinate multi-disciplinary design deliverables, covering earthworks, structural engineering, road alignments, drainage, and utility diversions.

• Technical Interface: Serve as the central point of contact between site operations, external engineering consultants, local stakeholders, and the client.

• Information & RFI Management: Proactively track, manage, and expedite Requests for Information (RFIs), technical queries (TQs), and design changes using the project Common Data Environment (CDE).

• Buildability & Value Engineering: Review technical drawings and specifications for buildability, cost efficiency, and full compliance with DMRB standards.

• Health & Safety Compliance: Ensure all design phases strictly comply with CDM (2015) Regulations, actively identifying and mitigating site risks during the design phase.

• Handover & Assurance: Assist with the coordination of "as-built" documentation, handover packs, and quality assurance records.

Key Requirements

• Experience: Proven experience as a Design Coordinator, Assistant Design Manager, or a technically focused Site Engineer looking to progress into design management within civil engineering or highways.

• Technical Knowledge: Working knowledge of major highways specifications, DMRB, and standard forms of contract (NEC3 / NEC4).

• Education: Degree, HND, or HNC in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or an equivalent technical field.

• Certifications: Valid CSCS card; formal CDM / design management training is beneficial.

• Skills: Strong communication, stakeholder management, and collaborative problem-solving skills.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

skills

site

education

BSc civil engineering,engineering