Design Manager in Leicester

Energy Jobline ZR; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £65,000

Hybrid working in Leicester

Bonus opportunities

Development, pension, healthcare and 3

Job summary

Energy Jobline ZR in Leicester is seeking a Design Manager to lead the solar design function from concept to delivery, ensuring rigor and buildability across the commercial portfolio. You will coordinate multiple concurrent solar PV projects, develop and maintain design standards, and work closely with operations to ensure a smooth handover to construction.

Proven Revit and IFC proficiency, strong construction industry experience, and the ability to manage design across several projects are

Qualifications

• Proven design management experience in construction.
• Strong solar PV design experience, ideally commercial/industrial scale.
• Genuine proficiency in Revit and IFC workflows.
• Ability to manage design across multiple concurrent projects with technical rigour.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate design output across multiple concurrent commercial solar PV projects.
• Produce and review detailed designs using Revit and IFC-based workflows.
• Ensure all designs meet relevant standards, grid requirements and regulatory frameworks.
• Maintain and develop design standards, processes and documentation (SLDs, equipment schedules, layouts).
• Collaborate with project and delivery teams for smooth handover from design to construction.
• Support technical queries, design reviews and value engineering across the portfolio.

Skills

Design management

Solar PV design

Project coordination

Construction industry experience

Coordination across multiple projects

Tools

Revit

IFC workflows

Job description

Job Description

Design Manager | Permanent | Leicester - Hybrid | Up to £65,000

Ready to be the technical authority for Solar Design Projects?

We're working with a well-established renewable energy business with over 20 years' experience delivering commercial solar PV installations across the UK.

Their project pipeline keeps growing, and they now need a Design Manager to take ownership of design quality and coordination across their entire commercial solar portfolio.

The Role

You'll lead the design function, coordinating solar PV design output from concept right through to delivery.

Working closely with operations and project delivery, you'll set and maintain the technical standard for design across the business - ensuring what leaves the design team is rigorous, buildable and fully compliant.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Overseeing and coordinating design output across multiple concurrent commercial solar PV projects.


• Producing and reviewing detailed designs using Revit and IFC-based workflows.


• Ensuring all designs meet relevant standards, grid requirements and regulatory frameworks - with compliance built into the process, not bolted on at the end.


• Maintaining and developing design standards, processes and documentation - single-line diagrams, equipment schedules, string layouts, shading analysis and yield assessments.


• Working closely with project and delivery teams for a smooth handover from design to construction.


• Supporting technical queries, design reviews and value engineering across the portfolio.

About you

You're a technically accomplished solar PV designer with a background in construction and a track record of managing design across complex commercial projects.

• Proven design experience within the construction industry.


• Strong solar PV design experience, ideally at commercial and industrial scale.


• Genuine proficiency in Revit and IFC workflows


• The ability to manage design across multiple concurrent projects without losing technical rigour.


• Thorough working knowledge of relevant standards, and the confidence to apply and enforce them meaningfully.

Package

• Salary up to £65,000


• Hybrid working in Leicester


• Bonus opportunities


• Development, pension, healthcare and more