Design Manager

VINCI Building UK; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

VINCI Building UK is recruiting an experienced Design Manager for civils works on a landmark Heathrow Terminal 4 transformation. The role requires working in a live airport environment with a focus on precision, collaboration and innovation.

You will own design programmes, manage information governance (CDE/ISO 19650), ensure CDM 2015 and Building Safety Act compliance, and drive value engineering and interface design across temporary and permanent works.

Qualifications

• Experience leading design management for civils packages on complex projects.
• Knowledge of BIM, CDE management, and ISO 19650 practices.
• Understanding of CDM 2015 requirements and safety governance.

Responsibilities

• Implement design management processes aligned to contract requirements.
• Establish governance, gates and decisions for design progression.
• Foster collaboration across project teams, consultants and suppliers.
• Develop and manage design programmes with inter‑discipline logic.
• Integrate TIDPs into programmes; monitor progress and take corrective action.
• Lead design coordination meetings focusing on deliverables and stakeholders.

Skills

Design management

Civil works

Airport environment

BIM coordination

ISO 19650 / CDE

CDM 2015

Job description

VINCI Building is delivering a landmark £150m+ transformation of Heathrow Terminal 4, a technically complex, high-profile project at the heart of one of the world's busiest international airports.

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced Design Manager with particular expertise of civils works packages to play a pivotal role working within a live airport environment where precision, collaboration, and innovation are critical.

Responsibilities

• Implement design management processes for individual projects, aligned to contract requirements and business objectives.
• Establish project design management governance, review gates and decision rights for design progression from concept through to construction readiness.
• Foster a collaborative culture focused on quality, safety, and continuous improvement across project teams and consultant partners.

Design Programme Ownership

• Develop and manage project design programmes independently; establish logic, interfaces and dependencies across design disciplines.
• Integrate consultant and supply-chain TIDPs into project programmes; monitor progress and implement corrective actions.
• Lead design coordination meetings focused on programme delivery, issue resolution, and stakeholder alignment.

Information Management & CDE (ISO 19650)

• Implement Information Management plans (aligned to EIR/AIR/OIR) and BIM Execution Plans for project delivery.
• Establish and maintain CDE systems including naming conventions, workflows and approval processes for project requirements.
• Ensure management of MIDP/TIDP publication and maintenance; accurate status tracking and design progression visibility.
• Coordinate model federation and clash detection processes; asset information management and issue resolution.

Statutory & Regulatory Compliance

• Coordinate approvals strategy incl. Planning permissions, Building Control, highways, utilities, environmental consents.
• Manage Building Control strategy and coordinate submissions, amendments, compliance evidence.
• Ensure CDM 2015 compliance incl. design risk management, coordination and Principal Designer communication.
• Support Building Safety Act Gateway requirements incl. designer competence management and design assurance.

Contract & Commercial Integration

• Review and assess Employer's Requirements and Works Information; develop compliant Contractor's Proposals.
• Establish design deliverable schedules with acceptance criteria and link to commercial milestones.
• Support compensation event and variation assessments with design impact analysis.
• Coordinate technical submittals and maintain approvals tracking linked to project delivery requirements.

Appointments & Novations

• Support consultant appointment processes: scope, competence, capacity.
• Coordinate appointment and novation at project milestones.
• Monitor performance vs. requirements and implement improvement measures.

Technical Reviews & Value Engineering

• Coordinate design reviews covering compliance, technical coordination and constructability.
• Support value engineering for cost optimisation, programme efficiency, performance improvement.
• Identify opportunities for standardisation improvements.
• Coordinate temporary & permanent works interface design.

Sustainability & Carbon

• Implement sustainability plans per Vinci Building's Environment Roadmap.
• Coordinate carbon assessments and energy evaluations and integrate outcomes into design.
• Support sustainability ratings and evidence compilation for certification.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Building embraces diversity, commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all employees.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments as part of the application process, please contact us directly.