Senior Design Manager: Lead DfE School Projects

Anderselite Ltd; Leeds; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension

Private health insurance

Eye care vouchers

Training & development

Full-time 40h/week

Job summary

Morson Edge is seeking a Senior Design Manager for its North Midlands/Yorkshire region, split between Derbyshire head office and Leeds regional office. You’ll oversee design from pre-construction to site delivery on DfE school replacement projects, ensuring compliance with Employer's Requirements and your contractor standards.

You will lead the design team, coordinate with clients and authorities, and drive value engineering while managing CDM and BIM processes across projects.

Qualifications

• Proven track record on DfE school replacement projects in pre-construction and on-site.
• Strong knowledge of DfE CF21 Employer's Requirements and process.
• Experience managing specialist designing subcontractors.
• Solid technical/building knowledge with CDM understanding.
• Understanding of cost control, detailed design, programme and contracts.

Responsibilities

• Lead design team through pre-construction and construction ensuring compliance.
• Act as Building Regulations Principal Designer and coordinate on higher-risk buildings.
• Lead design reviews, option analysis and value engineering.
• Contribute to ITT and contractor proposal submissions.
• Manage RFIs, change control and design programme coordination with planner.
• Be primary design contact for client, consultants, subcontractors and authorities.
• Lead CDM, BIM processes, document management, and embodied carbon considerations.

Skills

DfE project experience

Design management

Regulatory coordination

CDM knowledge

BIM coordination

Stakeholder management

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

Solibri

Viewpoint 4P

Job description

Morson Edge is seeking a Senior Design Manager for its North Midlands/Yorkshire region, split between Derbyshire head office and Leeds regional office. You’ll oversee design from pre-construction to site delivery on DfE school replacement projects, ensuring compliance with Employer's Requirements and your contractor standards.

You will lead the design team, coordinate with clients and authorities, and drive value engineering while managing CDM and BIM processes across projects.