Senior Design Manager

BAM UK & Ireland; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in London is hiring a Senior Design Manager. This role involves managing the design process on multiple projects, ensuring compliance and cost-efficiency, while engaging with subcontractors and clients. The position offers a competitive salary and various benefits, including flexible working arrangements. Candidates should have relevant qualifications in Building Studies or Design Management and strong communication skills.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Family-friendly policies

Company car/car allowance

8% matched pension contributions

Private healthcare

Life assurance

26 days holiday

2 wellbeing days

1 volunteering day

Personal and professional development

Qualifications

• Ability to manage design processes for compliance and cost-efficiency.
• Experience in engaging with digital and sustainability project requirements.
• Understanding of the design and construction interface.

Responsibilities

• Manage the design process for technically compliant design packages.
• Liaise with subcontractors and design team members.
• Provide technical support to clients and project teams.

Skills

Technical competence across Architecture, Structures, MEPH

Excellent communication skills

Collaborative approach

Understanding of Revit and AutoCAD

Education

GCSEs + HNC in Building Studies

Degree in Design Management or Architecture

Tools

BIM360

ACC

Job description

Building a sustainable tomorrow

BAM Construction is recruiting a Senior Design Manager to join the London Region.

With a proven record of managing all design aspects of a project from tender through to completion, you will be expected to work effectively as an integral member of the bid and construction delivery team, following our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.

Making Possible

• You will be required to manage the design process to deliver technically compliant, cost-efficient and coordinated design packages, during both the pre-construction and project delivery stages.
• Engage and manage the digital and sustainability requirements of the project.
• Liaise with subcontractors, design team members and external consultants, creating a collaborative environment to deliver design information that meets the clients requirements and conforms to building regulations.
• Overseeing a variety of contract types and multiple live projects, you will manage the design information release, production and approval of technical drawings, chair design workshops, coordinate complex design packages, and validate design details, adding value to the construction process.
• Providing expert guidance and technical support, you will work closely with both clients and project teams to identify and mitigate risks, as well as ensure compliance with all statutory, legal, and planning requirements.
• Demonstrate level of technical competence across Arch, Structures, MEPH
• Assisting with the selection and scope of suitable subcontractors for Contractor Design Portions and working drawings.
• Ensure the design programme is developed with all parties to inform TIDP. Manage the design programme and report
• Regular reporting both internally and externally.

Your team

You will report to the Regional Design Manager.

The position involves a mixture of working from home, our London office and site offices.

BAM operates a flexible working policy.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

What do you bring to the role?

• A can-do and collaborative approach
• Enthusiastic team player, able to listen, understand, engage and motivate, and with confidence to make decisions when required.
• A desire to constantly learn, improve and share knowledge and experience
• An understanding of both the design and construction processes, and the interface between them with an understanding of Revit and AutoCAD and BIM Level 2 requirements.
• Desire to drive improvements and benefits through embracing digital construction
• Excellent communication skills, both at the personal level and more formal reporting level
• GCSE s+ HNC in Building Studies, Degree in Design Management or Architecture.
• Review design for technical completeness and buildability, Develop Consultant scopes of service, Develop VE proposals with wider team, Lead design programme
• An understanding of EDMS, particularly BIM360 and ACC.