Design Manager: Pre-Construction Lead & Client Liaison

MTRP Ltd; Bolton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car/allowance

Competitive salary package

Job summary

MTRP Ltd in Bolton is seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead design development on D&B, 2-stage tender projects. You will oversee the pre-construction design process from tender through to handover, coordinating consultants and driving decisions with clients.

This role requires strong client-facing leadership, the ability to chair meetings, identify gaps, and ensure design progress stays within budget and scope with support from delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Experience managing design development on D&B, 2-stage tender projects.
• Proven ability to manage clients and consultants, challenge proposals and resolve issues.
• Opportunity for progression within a growing design management team.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate consultants and manage design programmes and surveys.
• Identify information gaps and work with estimating to keep design within budget.
• Lead client-facing process, chair meetings, secure decisions and oversee consultant delivery.
• Guide pre-construction progress with delivery teams on buildability, logistics and phasing.
• Oversee design coordination while using specialist support for reviews.

Skills

Design coordination

Client-facing

Pre-construction leadership

Stakeholder management

Job description

MTRP Ltd in Bolton is seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead design development on D&B, 2-stage tender projects. You will oversee the pre-construction design process from tender through to handover, coordinating consultants and driving decisions with clients.

This role requires strong client-facing leadership, the ability to chair meetings, identify gaps, and ensure design progress stays within budget and scope with support from delivery teams.