Senior Design Manager

SISK Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

26 days leave

Pension scheme

Health & wellbeing

Job summary

Sisk Group is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead multi-project design delivery, manage design teams, and coordinate pre-construction design across Ireland East region. The role requires extensive experience and a strong discipline bias, with broad client engagement and oversight of design information and processes.

The successful candidate will liaise with clients, consultants, and internal teams, ensuring compliance with contracts and industry standards while driving design improvements

Qualifications

• Diploma/degree qualified with a minimum of 10 years’ experience.
• Strong knowledge of procurement routes and contractual administration.
• Understanding of design stage workflows (RIBA, etc.).
• Biased toward architectural CSA or engineering MEP with cross-discipline awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-construction and construction design processes across projects.
• Liaise with client, vendors, design team, bid team and operations.
• Manage design information, ensuring buildability, safety and compliance.
• Mentor design teams and drive innovation in design management.

Skills

Design management

Stakeholder engagement

Procurement knowledge

Contractual administration

Design for manufacture

Education

Degree in construction-related discipline

Job description

At Sisk, we create places and infrastructure that shape how people live, work and connect - now and for future generations. As a family‑owned, international construction and engineering group, we offer meaningful careers across building, infrastructure, rail, energy and off‑site manufacturing throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe, where people are supported to grow, make an impact and be part of positive change.

Sisk are excited to be growing their Glass Bottle Project team with an opportunity for Senior Design Manager or a time-served Design Manager ready to take the next step towards a Senior Design Manager.

As Senior Design Manager you will lead the delivery of effective design across multiple projects, or a single large-scale project. To provide a focus for, and lead the pre-construction and construction design processes, liaising with the client, client vendors, the design team, in-house bid team, operations team and other supporting digital / information functions within the John Sisk & Son business overseeing the design and development of buildings, facades, and internal processes within the Ireland East region, ensuring compliance with regulations and industry standards. This role shall be client facing, with the requirement for wider stakeholder engagement.

Travel shall be within the regional geographic of the locations, with a requirement to work between co-locations (site, office, clients’ offices)

• Possess a strong understanding of contractual procurement routes and contractual administration, Design & Build (D&B), Engineering Procurement Construction Management (EPCM) Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) JCT and NEC Contracts
• Possess a strong understanding of design consultants and specialist designers workflows, processes and be able to manage their deliverables in line with the programme.
• Check and verify information produced by design professionals and specialist contractors for conformity with Contract Documents, Employers Requirements, Statutory and third party bodies with consideration also to cost, programme and quality requirements.
• Possess a strong understand of design stage plan of works to reflect client design and procurement work-stage i.e. RIBA, RIAI and PWC.
• Work closely with various stakeholders, including scientists, engineers, contractors, and regulatory agencies.
• Identify and resolve design and technical issues that may arise during the project lifecycle.
• Identify opportunities for improvement in design processes and facility operations.
• Manage and mentor design teams, ensuring they have the necessary skills and resources to succeed.
• Providing a focus for and leading the pre-construction phase briefing and design processes.
• Leading John Sisk & Son design management procedures, providing a functional link between the commercial, construction teams, other John Sisk & Son in-house digital and innovation support functions and the designers throughout the project life.
• Implementing the processes that enable the design to be challenged and interrogated within a collaborative team framework
• Implementing agreed processes for the production, control and distribution of design information at different project stages.
• Ensuring regular progress reporting of the design.
• Ensuring design information is thoroughly reviewed for buildability, safety and maintainability, ‘completeness & compliance' and technical suitability before use.
• Assisting the Design Leader in promoting innovation in design management, methodology, processes and practices.
• Assisting the Design Leader in promoting the application and adoption of the Company's vision and values in all design management activities.
• Design for Manufacture and Assembly, and solutions optioneering
• Managing consultancies
• Information and Change Control
• Design compliance (client’s compliance and legislative compliance)
• Provide a mentoring role for junior design managers / co-ordinators
• The ideal candidate will be diploma/degree qualified with a minimum of 10 years’ experience.
• The ideal candidate shall have an strong working knowledge of procurement routes, contractual administration and a good understanding of design stage workflows. The candidate will have a strong technical/design bias either towards an architectural CSA or engineering MEP background, with a good understanding of the other discipline.
• They will give support to both the pre-construction and construction processes, and play a leading role in the review, research, understanding and implementation of innovative design solution to every stage of the design process, and be responsible for leading the tasks and processes of the design team.
• the Ideal candidate will liaise between the client, design consultants and the project staff for design matters, as well as liaising with the Site Management for the development of design package and procurement strategies.
• Degree in construction related discipline
• Minimum six years’ construction industry experience

What We Offer

At Sisk, your rewards package goes far beyond your salary. Our most valued benefits include

• Competitive salary
• 26 days annual leave
• Pension scheme
• Comprehensive health, wellbeing and lifestyle supports
• Career development opportunities
• And much more as part of our Total Rewards programme

Our People & Recruitment Commitment

At Sisk, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer the opportunity to work with purpose, grow a career without limits and be part of a supportive, collaborative team.

All vacancies are managed directly by our Internal Recruitment Team. Unsolicited CVs or speculative contact from unapproved agencies are not accepted, and no fees will be payable.

Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility

We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, family status or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to support all candidates.

Encouraging All Talent to Apply

We understand that the confidence gap or imposter syndrome can discourage great people from applying. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to express your interest — your skills, experience and potential are what matter.

Compliance & Transparency

All recruitment materials are designed to meet or exceed legal and regulatory requirements, including the Irish and UK Equality Acts and the EU Pay Transparency Directive, ensuring fairness, transparency and equal access for every applicant.