Design Manager

Wates; Newbury; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the UK is seeking a Design Manager to drive quality outcomes and foster innovation within their team. This role involves creating design programmes, ensuring compliance, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives on high-profile projects. The ideal candidate should have technical skills in design, management experience, and a collaborative spirit. Competitive salary and extensive corporate benefits are offered, including flexible working and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary & profit share scheme

Flexible working

Car allowance / Company Car

Extensive corporate benefits, including Private Medical

26 days holidays plus bank holidays

Learning and development opportunities

Industry-leading family leave benefits

Qualifications

• Proven technical skills in design and project management.
• Experience in construction environments.
• Ability to work within a team and collaborate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Produce and manage realistic design programmes and schedules.
• Implement Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance and mitigate design issues prior to construction.

Skills

Haskell

Construction Experience

Management Experience

Autodesk

Design Thinking

Library Services

Drafting

Project Management

Relationship Management

Adobe Photoshop

AutoCAD

Job description

Wates Construction Design Manager

Wates Construction are looking for a Design Manager to join our team focussing on high profile technically complex projects across multiple sectors.

If you are passionate about design working within a team environment and with proven technical skills looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm bring fresh new ideas and elevate yourself within the industry then join us and help create tomorrow together.

This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented diverse and supportive team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our Design Managers are a valuable part of our business driving quality outcomes enhancing buildability and fostering innovation. Design Managers work collaboratively with our industry specialists and in‑house technical experts to ensure that the design develops in accordance with the brief with a firm focus on added value, compliance, commercial viability and best practice.

As our Design Manager you will :

• Work with all relevant parties to produce and manage a realistic design programme and information required schedule to facilitate design procurement and construction activities.
• Support the implementation of Continuous Improvement initiatives and innovation.
• Ensure the design has been reviewed and verified to achieve compliance and mitigate Health and Safety, design and buildability issues prior to construction and identify key risks and opportunities at each stage of the design and delivery process.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme.
• Flexible working.
• Car allowance / Company Car (subject to Role / Grade).
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates).
• Extensive corporate benefits including Private Medical Pension 8% employers contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays, bank holidays and much more.
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
• Industry leading family leave benefits: 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link are always looking for a variety of new talent to join our teams to help us grow and innovate as a business. Although you may not have all of the skills listed many of them may be transferable to other roles within the WATES Group.

If you would like clarity on any of our vacancies discuss career opportunities in strict confidence or need anything to make our recruitment process easier please contact our In‑House Recruitment Team directly or via and one of us will get in touch as soon as possible.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UKs leading family‑owned development building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose reimagining places for people to thrive and our three promises:

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive and full of opportunity.

Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.

Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Awards

BEST PROJECT – Inside Housing Development Awards Winner

2022 Construction News Awards Winner

Investors in People 2022 – GOLD AWARD

Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards – GOLD AWARD

Top 50 Employers – 2022 Top 50 Employers for Women – WINNER

2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards – WINNER

Key Skills

• Haskell
• Construction Experience
• Management Experience
• Autodesk
• Design Thinking
• Library Services
• Drafting
• Project Management
• Relationship Management
• Adobe Photoshop
• AutoCAD
• Child Protective Services

Employment Type: Unclear

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 50001 - 60000

Given the nature of this position you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally certain roles may be subject to additional pre‑employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process please click on the following link : National Security Vetting