Design Manager

Kier Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm based in London is looking for a Design Manager to join their Building Solutions team. In this role, you will manage design processes, liaise with clients, and ensure compliance with standards across projects up to £20 million. Strong communication skills and a construction-related qualification are essential. The firm values diversity and offers a variety of benefits tailored to employee needs.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and experience working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Construction-related qualification and relevant professional membership.
• Experience managing design on projects up to £20m.

Responsibilities

• Managing the design process and ensuring timely delivery of drawings and documentation.
• Liaising with clients and leading design meetings.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety and sustainability standards.
• Overseeing design risk management and documentation.
• Supporting project teams with design-related issues.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Experience with multidisciplinary teams

Education

Construction-related qualification and relevant professional membership

Job description

Overview

We're looking for a Design Manager to join our Building Solutions South team based in London/South.

Location: London/South

Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Responsibilities

As a Design Manager, you'll be working within the Building Solutions South team, supporting them in managing and delivering design solutions from early project stages through to completion.

Your day to day will include:

• Managing the design process and ensuring timely delivery of drawings and documentation
• Liaising with clients and leading design meetings
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety and sustainability standards
• Overseeing design risk management and documentation
• Supporting project teams with design-related issues

What are we looking for?

This role of Design Manager is great for you if:

• You have strong communication skills and experience working with multidisciplinary teams
• You hold a construction-related qualification and relevant professional membership
• You have previous experience managing design on projects up to £20m

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to#joinkier