Senior Design Manager

Talk Recruitment Ltd; Royal Hillsborough; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Talk Recruitment Ltd is representing a leading UK contractor seeking a Design Lead / Senior Design Manager for a major hospital project. The role combines design leadership with technical management on a high-profile healthcare scheme.

The position offers a hybrid working arrangement, mixing site-based responsibilities with remote collaboration, and requires extensive experience leading design teams on healthcare projects.

Qualifications

• Experience as Design Co-ordinator, D&B Coordinator, D&B Manager, Design Manager, Technical Manager or similar.
• Healthcare / hospital project experience preferred.
• Ability to lead and develop a design team on large-scale schemes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Design Managers on a major hospital project, ensuring design coordination and timely delivery.
• Oversee technical design, risk management, and coordination with construction teams.
• Hybrid working arrangement with on-site and remote collaboration.

Skills

Building sector knowledge

Team leadership

Healthcare project experience

Design coordination / D&B coordination

Education

Degree / HND / HNC

Civil engineering qualification

Job description

Design Lead / Senior Design Manager / Technical Manager / Technical Director – (Major Healthcare project) – Leading Tier 1 Main Contractor – Hybrid.

Sector: Building / Construction

Company:

One of the UK’s largest privately owned building main contractors, circa £1 billion turnover, working across a range of sectors including Education, Commercial, Residential, Healthcare and Blue light.

As a result of securing further new projects, this employer is looking to strengthen their team further with the appointment of a Senior Design Manager / Technical Manager to lead a team of Design Managers working on a major multi million pound hospital project, ideal opportunity for long term local work with circa 5 + years work on this project alone. Mix of site based and remote work.

REQUIREMENTS

To be considered for this Design Manager role you must meet the following criteria:

• Knowledge of Building Sector.
• Previous employment as a Design Co-ordinator, D&B Coordinator, D&B Manager, Design Manager, Technical Manager, Technical Director or similar.
• Ideally previous experience on healthcare / hospital projects and experience leading a team.
• Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc), ideally a civil engineering qualification.

REMUNERATION

The successful Lead Design Managerwill receive:

• CompetitiveBasic (Dependant on experience)
• Car Allowance
• Pension