Design Manager

Talk Recruitment; Corby; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Basic Salary

Car / Allowance

Healthcare

Pension

Bonus

Job summary

A reputable building main contractor in the UK is seeking a Design Manager to oversee design-related issues for retirement living projects. This hybrid role includes site visits and flexible working. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in the building sector, effective communication skills, and relevant qualifications. The company offers competitive remuneration and excellent prospects for career progression, alongside a collaborative team culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing the design process and identifying design solutions.
• Previous employment as a Design Co-ordinator, Design Manager, or similar.
• Experience with retirement living, care home projects, or residential sectors.
• Strong design process management and risk/opportunity handling.
• Experience with main contractor environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage design-related issues across multiple sectors.
• Monitor the production of detailed design and manage the appraisal review process.
• Negotiate appointments with consultants and specialist sub-contractors.
• Coordinate with development and delivery teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure smooth transition of design activities to delivery teams and manage consultants' activities.

Skills

Knowledge of Building Sector

High level of communication skills

Project coordination

Education

Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC)

Job description

Overview

Design Manager or Senior Design Manager (Hybrid) - Construction – Retirement Living Projects

What makes it Great?

• Reputable building main contractor
• Very strong forward order book in busy project sectors, a leader in their field.
• Great company culture, part of a close knit team
• Exciting time to join a growing company and positioned well for future career progression.
• Excellent Staff bonus track record.

Company

My client is a reputable building main contractor going through an exciting period of organic growth and off the back of another successful year are looking to recruit a Design Manager to deliver retirement living projects.

Role will be a mix of office (Northamptonshire), site visits and remote home working. As a national main contractor, there is a requirement to be flexible to travel to visit sites, in particular they get a lot of projects around the M25 Corridor.

Responsibilities

• The role will be responsible for the management of design related issues across multiple sectors on both preconstruction and the Construction Stages of individual projects.
• The function requires experience in the appointment and management of consultants, monitoring the production of detailed design and managing the design appraisal review process for projects in delivery.
• Must be experienced in managing the design process, identifying design solutions, design risk and opportunities to support the business in delivering existing pipeline and securing new work.
• Responsible for all design activities in conjunction with the development team and transition to the delivery teams.
• Manage all aspects of the consultants and specialist sub-contractors activities working with commercial teams to negotiate their appointments.

Requirements

• Knowledge of Building Sector.
• Previous employment as a Design Co-ordinator, D&B Coordinator, D&B Manager or Design Manager. Also potentially open to consider Architects / Architectural Technicians or Civil / Structural Design Engineers with a view of transferring experience over to a full time design manager role.
• Ideally previous experience working on retirement living / care home / extra care projects or other multiroom / residential sectors schemes.
• May also be open to consider candidates with experience in other building sector projects with a view to transfer skills over, such as Commercial, Mixed Use, Residential, Apartment Blocks, Student Accommodation, Hotels, Extra Care Housing, MOJ, Industrial, Education or Healthcare.
• Previous Main Contractor employment.
• High level of communication skills.
• Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc).

Remuneration

• Competitive Basic (Dependent on experience)
• Car / Allowance
• Healthcare
• Pension
• Bonus

To be considered for this vacancy or to find out more information please apply now.

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