Design Manager Berkshire

Hays; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading family-owned development company in the UK is seeking a Design Manager for their Wokingham site. The role involves managing design programs for residential developments, ensuring compliance, and fostering innovative solutions. With a competitive salary and extensive benefits, this position offers excellent career progression opportunities within a talented and supportive team.

Benefits

Profit share scheme

Flexible working

Private Medical

Pension (8% employer contribution)

Health and Wellness programme

26-day holidays + bank holidays

Customisable learning and development programme

26 weeks fully paid maternity leave

12 weeks fully paid paternity leave

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Design Manager or Technical Manager in the UK.
• Track record of managing residential developments.
• High communication, numeracy, IT & digital skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage design programmes and information schedules for construction activities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure design compliance and innovation.
• Drive quality outcomes and innovative solutions across design delivery.

Skills

Construction Design Management

Architectural & Structural Design

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Project Coordination

Regulatory Compliance

Value Engineering

Risk Management

Stakeholder Collaboration

Sustainable Design

Tender & Procurement Strategy

Education

UK-based education in construction or engineering-related discipline

Job description

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Your new company: Our client is one of the UK's leading family-owned development, building, and property maintenance companies. Founded over 100 years ago, they have a proud legacy in the built environment. They are driven by their purpose, 'reimagining places for people to thrive' and their 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 partners. Thriving people - creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with them feels included, invested in, and treated with care. Our client is proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. They also ensure that recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.
Your new role: Design Managers are a valuable part of the business, driving quality outcomes, enhancing buildability, and fostering innovation. Design Managers work collaboratively with customers and industry specialists 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 a Design Manager, you will be responsible for: working with all relevant parties to produce and manage a realistic design programme and the information required schedule to facilitate design, procurement, and construction activities. Collaborating with a Senior Design Manager and wider technical team to ensure smooth coordination across all disciplines. Supporting the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives and innovation. Ensuring the design has been reviewed and verified and that it is coordinated, compliant, and complete, whilst mitigating health and safety risks, design and buildability issues prior to construction. Working with internal and external stakeholders, consultants, and subcontractors to drive quality outcomes and innovative solutions at each stage of the design and delivery process.
What you'll need to succeed: Our client is looking for a Design Manager to join their Residential team in the Southern region and to support the design function for their Wokingham site, delivering new affordable homes to the local community. If you are passionate about design, working within a team environment and have proven technical skills looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas, and elevate yourself within the industry, then join them and help to create tomorrow together. This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team. We are looking for previous experience in the UK as a Design Manager or Technical Manager for a Main Contractor or a Developer that builds houses or flats. Ideally, you would have a track record of managing the development of a brownfield or greenfield site into new residential developments. You will hold some form of UK-based education at college or university level, ideally in a construction or engineering-related discipline, have the right to work in the UK, have a full driving licence, have a high level of communication, numeracy, IT & digital skills and a good understanding of the construction process. Attention to detail is vital due to the high level of compliance and governance required in the housing sector. You will be based full-time on site and be happy to work in an integrated site office on a new medium-rise development in Wokingham.
What you'll get in return is a competitive salary of £58,000-£60,000 and a profit share scheme, flexible working, Car Allowance / Company Car, Travel covered at any of their sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates). Extensive corporate benefits include Private Medical, Pension (8% employers' contribution), Health and Wellness programme, 26-day holidays + bank holidays, and much more. One of the best learning and development programmes customisable to support your career progression goals (c.7000 training sessions delivered year-to-date). Industry-leading family leave benefits, including 26 weeks of fully paid maternity leave and 12 weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
What you need to do now if you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now at Hays Crawley 01293220402. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Job Ref 4672813

Your new company: Our client is one of the UK's leading family-owned development, building, and property maintenance companies. Founded over 100 years ago, they have a proud legacy in the built environment. They are driven by their purpose, 'reimagining places for people to thrive' and their 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 partners. Thriving people - creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with them feels included, invested in, and treated with care. Our client is proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. They also ensure that recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.
Your new role: Design Managers are a valuable part of the business, driving quality outcomes, enhancing buildability, and fostering innovation. Design Managers work collaboratively with customers and industry specialists 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 a Design Manager, you will be responsible for: working with all relevant parties to produce and manage a realistic design programme and the information required schedule to facilitate design, procurement, and construction activities. Collaborating with a Senior Design Manager and wider technical team to ensure smooth coordination across all disciplines. Supporting the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives and innovation. Ensuring the design has been reviewed and verified and that it is coordinated, compliant, and complete, whilst mitigating health and safety risks, design and buildability issues prior to construction. Working with internal and external stakeholders, consultants, and subcontractors to drive quality outcomes and innovative solutions at each stage of the design and delivery process.
What you'll need to succeed: Our client is looking for a Design Manager to join their Residential team in the Southern region and to support the design function for their Wokingham site, delivering new affordable homes to the local community. If you are passionate about design, working within a team environment and have proven technical skills looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas, and elevate yourself within the industry, then join them and help to create tomorrow together. This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team. We are looking for previous experience in the UK as a Design Manager or Technical Manager for a Main Contractor or a Developer that builds houses or flats. Ideally, you would have a track record of managing the development of a brownfield or greenfield site into new residential developments. You will hold some form of UK-based education at college or university level, ideally in a construction or engineering-related discipline, have the right to work in the UK, have a full driving licence, have a high level of communication, numeracy, IT & digital skills and a good understanding of the construction process. Attention to detail is vital due to the high level of compliance and governance required in the housing sector. You will be based full-time on site and be happy to work in an integrated site office on a new medium-rise development in Wokingham.
What you'll get in return is a competitive salary of £58,000-£60,000 and a profit share scheme, flexible working, Car Allowance / Company Car, Travel covered at any of their sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates). Extensive corporate benefits include Private Medical, Pension (8% employers' contribution), Health and Wellness programme, 26-day holidays + bank holidays, and much more. One of the best learning and development programmes customisable to support your career progression goals (c.7000 training sessions delivered year-to-date). Industry-leading family leave benefits, including 26 weeks of fully paid maternity leave and 12 weeks of fully paid paternity leave.
What you need to do now if you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now at Hays Crawley 01293220402. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Job Ref 4672813

Desired Skills and Experience

Construction Design Management, Architectural & Structural Design, Building Information Modeling (BIM), Project Coordination, Regulatory Compliance, Value Engineering, Risk Management, Stakeholder Collaboration, Sustainable Design, Tender & Procurement Strategy.

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