Design Coordinator: Construction Design & Coordination

Story Contracting Limited; Chorley; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Award-winning training and development

Competitive salary, pension, and car/£

Health cash plan and wellbeing support

Working from home (1 day per week)

Two volunteering days per year

Job summary

Story Contracting Limited in Chorley (North West) is seeking a Design Coordinator to join our growing team. You will coordinate safe, buildable designs from development through AFC, gathering input from disciplines and tracking outputs.

You will work with design managers, clients, consultants, and suppliers to resolve interfaces, monitor deliverables, and support decisions. The role offers hybrid working with one day per week remote and opportunities to develop.

Qualifications

• Experience in design management or project delivery across construction, infrastructure, or engineering.
• Identify missing or conflicting information and seek clarification.
• Strong organisational skills to maintain records, actions, and deadlines.
• Collaborate effectively with project teams, consultants and suppliers.
• Proactive in identifying issues and improving processes.
• Understanding of health and safety in design, CDM 2015 principles.
• Proficient in Excel and willing to learn new project systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multidisciplinary design activities with the Design Manager.
• Maintain design deliverable schedules and action trackers.
• Work with external designers, clients, suppliers, and pre-construction teams to identify interfaces.
• Coordinate design submissions, track comments, RFIs, and close actions.
• Organise design coordination meetings and checks (IDC/IDR).
• Record proposed design changes and highlight impacts on scope, safety, cost and programme.

Skills

Design coordination

Project coordination

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Excel

Health and safety in design

Communication

Education

Relevant construction or engineering qualification or apprenticeship

Tools

Network Rail standards familiarity

Job description

Story Contracting Limited in Chorley (North West) is seeking a Design Coordinator to join our growing team. You will coordinate safe, buildable designs from development through AFC, gathering input from disciplines and tracking outputs.

You will work with design managers, clients, consultants, and suppliers to resolve interfaces, monitor deliverables, and support decisions. The role offers hybrid working with one day per week remote and opportunities to develop.