Senior Design Manager

Kanz; Rushden; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier is seeking a Senior Design Manager to join the Strategic Projects team. Location: Nationwide (UK). Full-time, permanent with flexible arrangements. Lead design delivery for major healthcare facilities worth over £250m, managing a team of design managers and coordinating consultants and partners to achieve excellent outcomes.

You will work with the Head of Design to oversee design management, client interfaces, and stakeholder engagements, fostering growth and collaboration across the team.

Qualifications

• Experience leading design on complex healthcare projects (£50m–£150m) or major packages (>£250m).
• Construction qualifications (minimum HND/HNC/T Level).
• Strong knowledge of regulations and digital applications in construction.
• Collaborative with excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Passionate about creating supportive team environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design delivery across your workstream, coordinating with other streams.
• Supervise design consultants and supply chain partners for quality and schedule.
• Manage design risks and opportunities within your workstream.
• Support client interfaces including user groups and stakeholders.
• Line manage and mentor design management team members.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Team mentoring

Education

HND/HNC/T Level in construction

Tools

Regulations knowledge

Digital construction tools

Job description

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Company Name: Kier

We're looking for Senior Design Manager's to join our Strategic Projects team at Kier Group. Location: Nationwide (Various Locations) Hours: Full Time, Permanent (Flexibility on offer) We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role Join our Strategic Projects team delivering large-scale acute healthcare facilities across the UK. As a Senior Design Manager, you'll lead design delivery for a designated workstream comprising of multiple packages across complex major projects worth over £250m. You will be managing a team of design managers, and supporting the Head of Design to manage design consultants team and supply chain partners to achieve exceptional outcomes.

What will you be responsible for? As a Senior Design Manager, you'll be working within the Design Management team, supporting them in delivering outstanding healthcare facilities. Your day to day will include:

• Leading design delivery across your designated workstream, collaborating with other workstreams to ensure seamless coordination
• Supervising design team consultants and supply chain partners to ensure consistent quality and compliance with project programmes
• Managing design risks and opportunities within your workstream while ensuring timely design deliverables
• Supporting client interfaces including user groups and stakeholder engagements
• Line managing and mentoring design management members, providing growth opportunities and career development

What are we looking for? This role of Senior Design Manager is great for you if:

• You have experience leading design on complex projects (£50m to £150m) or package delivery on major projects (over £250m), preferably in healthcare
• You possess construction qualifications (minimum HND/HNC/T Level) in a relevant discipline
• You have strong technical knowledge of regulations and digital applications in construction
• You're collaborative with excellent communication skills and the ability to nurture relationships
• You're passionate about creating supportive team environments where everyone can flourish

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome!

Rewards and benefits We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here .

Diversity and inclusion Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies.

You can see our D&I action plan here .

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.