Design Manager

MTR Partnership; Bury; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MTR Partnership is seeking an experienced Design Manager to oversee design development on D&B, 2-stage tender projects. You will manage the process from tender through PCSA to handover, coordinating consultants and engaging with clients to secure agreed design decisions.

The role focuses on leading pre-construction activities with support from delivery teams, ensuring buildability and programme considerations are aligned with budget. A competitive package awaits the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating consultants and managing design programmes.
• Ability to identify information gaps and work with estimating to stay within budget.
• Experience leading client-facing design decisions and consultant delivery.
• Experience coordinating design with delivery teams and pre-construction progression.
• Manage design process with specialist support.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate consultants, manage design programmes and surveys.
• Identify gaps in information and work with estimating to develop within budget and scope.
• Lead client-facing design decisions, chair meetings and secure consultant delivery.
• Pull information together with delivery teams to progress pre-construction.
• Manage design process while using specialist support.

Job description

I’m working with a leading regional contractor that focuses on education, health & public sector schemes. They are primarily a framework-driven contractor that takes on projects from £500k to £10m.

They’ve asked me to source an experienced Design Manager to manage design development on D&B, 2-stage tender projects. You’ll be working on schemes from tender and PCSA through to handover to the delivery teams.

Design Manager – The Role:

• Co-ordinate consultants, manage design programmes and surveys.
• Identify gaps in information and work closely with estimating to ensure the design develops within budget and scope.
• Importantly, you will lead the process from a client-facing perspective, chairing meetings, securing decisions and taking responsibility for consultant delivery.
• By utilising support from delivery teams on buildability, logistics, phasing and programmes, you’ll be expected to pull information together and keep the pre-construction phase progressing.
• Whilst technical design reviews are currently outsourced, the role is focused on managing and co-ordinating the design process whilst utilising specialist support.

Requirements/Reasons to apply:

• We are looking for either an experienced Design Co-ordinator ready for the step-up or a Design Manager to focus on pre-construction.
• Somebody confident client-facing; a major focus of this role is to manage both clients and consultants, challenge proposals and be proactive in resolving issues.
• This role offers real progression; the business has a small but growing design management team, and further progression is there for the taking.
• An attractive salary, company car/allowance & surrounding package will be on offer for the right individual.