Senior Design Lead — Multi-Scheme & Bid Leadership

United Infrastructure Ltd

Dartford

On-site

GBP 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

United Infrastructure Ltd seeks a Principal Design Lead to provide senior technical leadership across multiple schemes, bridging design management and strategic oversight. You will lead bid-stage input, manage escalated design issues, and support the Head of Technical in driving consistency and performance.

You will mentor Senior Design Managers and Design Managers, while maintaining hands-on responsibility on key projects to ensure compliant, buildable solutions across residential and mixed-use

Qualifications

  • Senior design management experience across multiple residential or mixed-use projects.
  • Ability to lead bid-stage technical input and coordinate design across schemes.
  • Strong knowledge of design management processes from bid to handover.
  • Experience mentoring Design Managers and overseeing complex projects.

Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership across multiple projects, supporting Design Managers in delivering compliant, buildable design solutions.
  • Escalation point for technical and design issues; drive timely resolution and risk mitigation.
  • Lead design input into bids, including value engineering opportunities and programme development.
  • Ensure consistency of design management practices, standards and procedures.
  • Mentor Senior Design Managers and Design Managers while retaining hands-on project involvement.

Skills

Leadership
Mentoring
Communication
Problem solving
Multi-tasking
Proactive
Stakeholder management

Education

Architecture/Engineering degree

Tools

BIM
Digital design mgmt systems

Job description

United Infrastructure Ltd seeks a Principal Design Lead to provide senior technical leadership across multiple schemes, bridging design management and strategic oversight. You will lead bid-stage input, manage escalated design issues, and support the Head of Technical in driving consistency and performance.

You will mentor Senior Design Managers and Design Managers, while maintaining hands-on responsibility on key projects to ensure compliant, buildable solutions across residential and mixed-use

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