Senior Education Design Lead - Tender to Construction

A.D.S Construction Personnel Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car or cash allowance

Mileage allowance

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Flexible working

Maternity/Paternity/Adoption leave

Employee discounts

Wellbeing helpline

Learning & development

Job summary

A.D.S Construction Personnel Ltd is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead high-value education schemes in London. You will manage the design from tender through PCSA to construction, coordinating consultants and internal teams to ensure buildability, compliance and alignment with programme and cost plans.

The role covers preconstruction and live delivery with ownership of multi-stage design processes and extensive interaction with public sector clients and frameworks across London.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years design management experience with a Tier 1 main contractor.
• Experience across preconstruction and construction phases.
• Experience in education/public sector projects.
• Direct experience of the DfE framework is essential.
• Experience of public sector frameworks such as SCF, Pagabo, SCAPE or CCS is useful.
• Experience of single-stage and two-stage tenders.
• Strong knowledge of JCT contracts and CDM.
• HNC/HND or CIOB membership is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design team at tender and delivery stages.
• Set design strategy and manage RIBA stages.
• Coordinate consultants, designers, suppliers and internal teams.
• Chair design reviews and drive actions with deadlines.
• Challenge the brief and identify practical improvements.
• Keep design aligned with construction requirements, programme and cost.
• Develop clear scopes of service for each project stage.
• Maintain design management procedures and project records.

Skills

Design leadership

Team coordination

Preconstruction & delivery

DfE framework experience

Public sector bids

Education

HNC/HND or equivalent

CIOB membership (advantage)

Job description

A.D.S Construction Personnel Ltd is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead high-value education schemes in London. You will manage the design from tender through PCSA to construction, coordinating consultants and internal teams to ensure buildability, compliance and alignment with programme and cost plans.

The role covers preconstruction and live delivery with ownership of multi-stage design processes and extensive interaction with public sector clients and frameworks across London.