Senior Design Lead, Multi-Scheme Residential

United Infrastructure Ltd; Dacorum; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

United Infrastructure Ltd is seeking a Senior Design Manager to provide leadership across multiple residential or mixed-use schemes, ensuring coordinated, compliant design solutions and timely risk mitigation. You will mentor Design Managers and lead bid-stage technical submissions, with oversight of design programmes and adherence to regulatory requirements.

The role requires strong communication, problem-solving, and the ability to work across strategic and project-level delivery, driving best

Qualifications

• Senior design management experience across multiple residential or mixed-use schemes.
• Ability to mentor and develop Design Managers.
• Experience leading or contributing to bid-stage technical submissions.
• Strong knowledge of design management processes across bid, pre-construction, construction, handover.
• Strong technical understanding of building design, coordination, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership across multiple projects, supporting Senior Design Managers and Design Managers in delivering coordinated, compliant, and buildable design solutions.
• Act as the escalation point for technical and design issues across all schemes, driving timely resolution and risk mitigation.
• Lead and coordinate technical input into bids, including design appraisals, programme development, consultant strategies, risk identification, and value engineering opportunities.
• Support the Head of Technical in ensuring consistency of design management practices, standards, and procedures across all projects.
• Provide oversight of design programmes across multiple schemes, ensuring alignment with overall business and project objectives.
• Where required, undertake full design management responsibility for a project, delivering in line with programme, budget, and compliance requirements.
• Mentor and develop Senior Design Managers and Design Managers, providing guidance, coaching, and technical support.
• Review and challenge design information to ensure compliance with legislation, company standards, planning approvals, and client requirements.
• Support the implementation and adherence to Technical Operating Procedures across all schemes.
• Coordinate with Commercial, Operations, and Bid teams to ensure design solutions are practical, cost-effective, and aligned with delivery strategies.
• Review project-specific design scoping and procurement strategies for consultants and subcontractor designers.
• Support the review and approval of consultant and subcontractor designer competency assessments.
• Monitor consultant and subcontractor design performance across projects.
• Ensure robust management of design change control processes across schemes.
• Support and oversee the timely submission of planning, building control, and statutory approvals.
• Promote best practice in design coordination, including fire safety, structural integrity, MEP integration, façade design, and maintenance strategies.
• Join us at United Infrastructure and be part of our mission to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to the complex infrastructure needs of the UK.

Skills

Senior design management

Leadership

Mentoring

Bid submissions

Regulatory compliance

Design coordination

Risk management

High-rise residential

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Architecture/Engineering

Job description

United Infrastructure Ltd is seeking a Senior Design Manager to provide leadership across multiple residential or mixed-use schemes, ensuring coordinated, compliant design solutions and timely risk mitigation. You will mentor Design Managers and lead bid-stage technical submissions, with oversight of design programmes and adherence to regulatory requirements.

The role requires strong communication, problem-solving, and the ability to work across strategic and project-level delivery, driving best