Timber Frame Design Lead & Team Manager

NUA Manufacturing; Carlow; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Excellent onsite facilities

Free parking onsite

L&D programmes for career development

Job summary

NUA Manufacturing is seeking a Timber Frame Design Office Manager to lead and coordinate the timber frame design function, ensuring outputs are accurate, timely and aligned with production requirements. This role blends technical timber frame design with people management, workload planning and stakeholder communication.

You will manage the design team, review outputs for production readiness and act as a point of escalation for design priorities and issues, while promoting best practices and

Qualifications

• Five years minimum experience as a designer, preferably in a Timber Frame design office.
• Current or recent people management or team lead experience (at least 2 years).
• Strong technical knowledge of timber frame design, production requirements and drawing standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day workload allocation across the Timber Frame design team.
• Lead, support and develop designers through clear communication, coaching and feedback.
• Review and support design outputs for accuracy and production readiness.
• Escalate technical queries and production issues as needed.
• Promote adherence to design processes, file management and quality standards.
• Collaborate with production, operations and project stakeholders to support delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflow and communication between design and production.
• Support cross-training and capability building in Timber Frame design.

Skills

Timber frame design

People management

Communication

Workload planning

Education

Technical qualification in timber frame design

Tools

AutoCAD

SharePoint

Microsoft Office

Job description

NUA Manufacturing is seeking a Timber Frame Design Office Manager to lead and coordinate the timber frame design function, ensuring outputs are accurate, timely and aligned with production requirements. This role blends technical timber frame design with people management, workload planning and stakeholder communication.

You will manage the design team, review outputs for production readiness and act as a point of escalation for design priorities and issues, while promoting best practices and