Design Manager – Modular Cleanrooms & Life Sciences

Bimplus; Tetford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work 1–2 days/week from home

Job summary

Bimplus currently seeks an experienced Design Manager to lead its modular/portable cleanroom design unit, overseeing a 3-design-engineer team and collaborating with senior design managers. You’ll guide concept through to manufacture, installation and project completion in life sciences, pharma and aerospace sectors.

Ideal candidates bring 5–10 years of design leadership, strong BIM and Revit expertise, and a track record delivering multidisciplinary projects.

Qualifications

• Around 5-10 years’ design experience within engineering, construction or manufacturing industries.
• Experience managing a design team or leading design processes.
• Strong experience delivering multidisciplinary design projects.
• Excellent proficiency in Revit, AutoCAD and ACC (REVIT essential).
• Strong understanding of BIM, design coordination and digital design workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of multidisciplinary design projects, ensuring robust, compliant designs delivered on time.
• Develop and manage the design team, fostering technical excellence and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate with project, commercial, manufacturing, procurement and installation teams to manage risks and programme impacts.
• Provide technical leadership to clients and internal stakeholders, leading design meetings prior to delivery.
• Drive BIM processes and digital workflows, ensuring consistent best practice across design outputs.
• Champion DfMA, off-site manufacturing and modular construction approaches.

Skills

Design leadership

Multidisciplinary design

BIM coordination

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)

SolidWorks

Job description

Bimplus currently seeks an experienced Design Manager to lead its modular/portable cleanroom design unit, overseeing a 3-design-engineer team and collaborating with senior design managers. You’ll guide concept through to manufacture, installation and project completion in life sciences, pharma and aerospace sectors.

Ideal candidates bring 5–10 years of design leadership, strong BIM and Revit expertise, and a track record delivering multidisciplinary projects.