Design Lead: BIM, Coordination & Delivery

Errigal; Ulster; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Errigal is seeking a Design Lead to drive design activities from tender through project close-out. You will coordinate design, commercial, procurement and operations to deliver projects on time, within budget and to high standards.

This hands-on leadership role demands strong technical knowledge, commercial awareness, and the ability to manage people and processes effectively. A proactive communicator with BIM proficiency will thrive.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Design Lead / Senior Designer within the construction industry.
• Proficiency in BIM software- Revit, Navisworks
• Strong understanding of design management processes, building regulations, and technical standards.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and coordinating with external consultants.
• Excellent organisational, leadership, and communication skills.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to support procurement and cost control.
• Proficiency in project management tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design set-up process at the start of each project, including drafting the TIDP and design deliverables.
• Familiarise with project scope, available drawings, design intent, and construction programs.
• Attend pre-construction handover meetings.
• Ensure design deliverables are live, up-to-date, and revised as scope or client requirements change.
• Monitor design progress against program and procurement schedules, highlighting risks or delays.
• Provide solutions to design challenges, compile and respond to RFIs, and maintain compliance with building regulations and industry standards.
• Conduct regular audits of BIM models to ensure accuracy, completeness, and adherence to project standards
• Lead internal design reviews and ensure quality assurance before submission to clients or upload to CDE.
• Liaise regularly with the planning, buying, operations, and commercial teams to ensure alignment on scope, procurement, and budgets.
• Chair internal design team meetings and attend external client design coordination meetings.
• Maintain clear, consistent communication with site teams and provide design support during installation stages.
• Extract procurement dates and package requirements from design programs.
• Work closely with the buying team to ensure material schedules are accurate and user-friendly.
• Maintain commercial awareness of how design packages are being developed in coordination with QS.
• Direct and support the design team and external consultants, setting weekly tasks and targets.
• Peer review junior team members’ work and promote quality excellence across deliverables.
• Organise purposeful site visits for yourself and junior designers to strengthen design-to-site integration.
• Lead by example in professionalism, meeting attendance, and proactive communication.
• Ensure design deliverables, procurement schedules, and variation trackers are updated weekly.
• Maintain regular communication with the commercial team to ensure alignment with budgets.
• Monitor project spend and time allocation.
• Actively manage design changes, ensuring registers and commercial leads are kept updated.
• Drive efficiency in model/drawing outputs to streamline procurement and reduce errors.

Skills

Design Lead

BIM Revit

Design management

Leadership

Communication

Procurement cost control

PM Tools

Tools

Navisworks

Job description

Errigal is seeking a Design Lead to drive design activities from tender through project close-out. You will coordinate design, commercial, procurement and operations to deliver projects on time, within budget and to high standards.

This hands-on leadership role demands strong technical knowledge, commercial awareness, and the ability to manage people and processes effectively. A proactive communicator with BIM proficiency will thrive.