Senior Design Manager

Walker & Sloan; Ealing; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Competitive Pension Scheme

BUPA Healthcare & Cash Plan

Electric Vehicle Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Eyecare Vouchers

25 days annual leave plus Birthday off

Job summary

Walker & Sloan are recruiting a Senior Design Manager to lead the design strategy on a flagship data centre project in Acton, West London. You will coordinate multidisciplinary design teams, ensure governance, and align design with programme objectives.

The role requires extensive experience delivering complex schemes for major contractors, with strong leadership, risk management, and a drive for buildability and value engineering.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading design delivery on large-scale construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of design governance, technical compliance and programme management.
• Ability to mentor multidisciplinary teams and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design management strategy across the project to coordinate design activities and align with programme objectives.
• Oversee multidisciplinary design teams, manage technical risk and drive value engineering initiatives.
• Support procurement and construction activities, ensuring governance and quality standards are met.

Skills

Design management

Leadership

Programme management

Risk management

Value engineering

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in construction/engineering

Job description

Senior Design Manager | Major Data Centre Project

£90,000 - £110,000 + Car Allowance + Excellent Benefits

Acton, West London

Data Centres | Mission Critical | Major Projects

Walker & Sloan are working with an outstanding specialist contractor to recruit an experienced Senior Design Manager to join one of the UK's most exciting mission-critical construction projects.

Our client has built an exceptional reputation for delivering technically complex projects across the Data Centre, Defence and Energy sectors. With over 40 years of specialist expertise, they continue to deliver landmark developments where engineering excellence, innovation and collaboration are at the heart of every project.

This opportunity will see you joining a flagship hyperscale data centre development in Acton, where you'll provide strategic leadership across the design function, ensuring successful project delivery from pre-construction through to completion on one of London's most significant live construction schemes.

The Role

As Senior Design Manager, you'll lead the design management strategy across a major project, ensuring all design activities are coordinated, compliant, commercially robust and fully aligned with programme objectives.

Working closely with clients, consultants, operational teams and commercial colleagues, you'll oversee multidisciplinary design teams, manage technical risk, drive value engineering initiatives and ensure the seamless integration of design into construction.

You'll play a pivotal role in influencing project outcomes, supporting procurement and construction activities, while maintaining the highest standards of technical excellence, governance and stakeholder engagement.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a senior design professional looking to work on one of the UK's most technically advanced construction projects.

About You

You'll have significant experience leading design delivery on large-scale construction projects within a main contractor environment and be confident managing multidisciplinary consultant teams from bid stage through to project completion.

You'll possess a strong understanding of design governance, technical compliance, contractual obligations and programme management, together with the leadership skills required to mentor teams, influence stakeholders and deliver commercially successful project outcomes.

You'll be passionate about driving buildability, innovation and value engineering while maintaining a strong focus on quality, programme and client satisfaction.

Ideally, you'll be degree qualified within a relevant construction or engineering discipline and hold professional membership with RIBA, CIOB, ICE or a similar institution. Chartered status would be advantageous.

What's on Offer?

• Salary between £90,000 - £110,000
• Car Allowance
• Competitive Pension Scheme
• BUPA Healthcare & Cash Plan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Eyecare Vouchers
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and your birthday off
• Opportunity to lead the design delivery of a flagship hyperscale data centre project
• Genuine long-term career progression within a growing specialist contractor delivering nationally significant developments