Design Manager

TN United Kingdom; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Design Manager to join their Strategic Projects team. This exciting role involves managing design information and contributing to various projects across sectors such as Healthcare and Defence. You will be responsible for producing design programmes and attending key meetings with stakeholders. The company values diverse skills and encourages applications from candidates with transferable skills, making it a great opportunity for those looking to grow in a supportive environment. If you're passionate about design and project management, this role could be a perfect fit for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering complex design work from a contractor perspective.
• Strong organizational and planning abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver design information according to the schedule.
• Provide design input during preconstruction and construction stages.

Skills

Project Management

Design Management

Organizational Skills

Planning

Communication

Job description

We're looking for Design Managers to join our Strategic Projects business at Kier Group. This role will work on a major project in one of our core sectors that include Custodial, Healthcare, Life Science, and Defence.

Location: Rushden, Northamptonshire.

Hours: Full Time, Permanent.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Design Manager, you'll be working within the Design team, supporting them on projects across a variety of different sectors including Commercial, Public Sector, and Health.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule.
• Design input at both preconstruction and construction stages of projects.
• The production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, and schedules.
• Attending/chairing necessary meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.

What are we looking for?

This role of Design Manager is great for you if you have:

• Experience of delivering high value, complex design work from the main contractor perspective.
• Ability to organise, plan, programme, and manage workloads.
• Experience of site/contract procedures would be an advantage.

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.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-AS2