Design Manager

Randstad Construction and Property; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm is seeking a Design Manager to oversee project design management for significant contracts. This position requires experience with tier 1 contractors and a focus on design and build projects. The role offers competitive salary, hybrid working options, and unique development opportunities, ideal for those looking to progress in their careers.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid working options

Career development packages

Qualifications

• Experience with tier 1 contractors on projects over £10 million.
• Familiarity with design and build projects and framework negotiations.
• Demonstrated excellent work practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the tender and bid process, collaborating with teams.
• Manage information flow between all stakeholders.
• Oversee the design management on site through to handover.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Opportunity identification

Job description

Overview

We are working with a Tier 1 contractor based near Reading to recruit a Design Manager to join the team. The company are a national brand with an excellent reputation in their chosen marketplace and have excellent long term relationships with clients, subcontractors and the wider supply chain and have a forward thinking approach to staff engagement and there are opportunities to grow and develop your career with them.

The regional office is based near Reading but the geographical area covers the M4 Corridor Reading and Oxford and they target work in the education, public sector, leisure and commercial marketplaces with a mix of negotiated and framework opportunities. Turnover for 2025 and 2026 has been secured and 2027/28 is almost there so they are now in a position to be highly selective about what type of work they look at.

Current live projects include new build NHS and student schemes in Oxford, SEN schools, Life Sciences schemes, Office and local authority developments ranging from £25 to £90 million on JCT and NEC forms of contract.

Responsibilities

• Involved at tender and bid stage, working with the estimating and commercial teams to carry out a detailed and forensic investigation into the scheme and work on the key packages to explore and identify both opportunities and potential issues with critical pathways, carry out value exercises where needed and use your skills and expertise to create detailed input for the tender and bid packages.
• Responsible for the information flow between client, consultants, subcontractors and internal teams and take the lead on the framework schemes.
• Take the scheme from tender, bid including full detailed second stage works, contract award and finally onto site for the construction phase.
• Responsible for management and implementation of the design on site with the project manager and site delivery teams and subcontractors and take responsibility for managing RFIs, change process, CDM regulations etc. through to handover, commissioning.

Qualifications and experience

• Ideally have worked for a tier 1 or larger regional contractor on schemes above £10 million and have experience of both D&B projects and framework negotiations.
• Be able to demonstrate excellent work practices, attention to detail, organisational skills as well as the ability to identify opportunities and potential issues.
• They are looking for experienced Design Managers as well as senior staff as part of their controlled growth and development.

Benefits and opportunities

They offer a competitive salary and package, hybrid working options, full training and bespoke development packages and the opportunities for advancement are unlimited - they regularly recognise, reward and promote the best internal talent.

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.

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