Timber Frame Design Office Manager

Nua Manufacturing; Carlow; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 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 in Ireland is seeking an experienced Timber Frame Design Office Manager to lead the design function, coordinate workloads and ensure outputs meet production requirements.

You will coach designers, review outputs for accuracy, manage priorities in a manufacturing setting, and drive continuous improvement while collaborating with production and project stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years' experience as a designer, ideally within a Timber Frame design office.
• Current or recent people management or team lead experience, ideally for at least two years.
• Strong technical knowledge of timber frame design, production requirements and drawing standards.
• Ability to manage team workload, priorities and deadlines in a manufacturing-led environment.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to provide clear direction and constructive feedback.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD or similar design software and good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Experience using SharePoint or similar document management systems.
• Relevant technical qualification is desirable; practical design and leadership experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day workload allocation across the Timber Frame design team.
• Lead, support and develop designers through clear communication, coaching and regular feedback.
• Review and support technical design outputs to ensure accuracy, consistency and production readiness.
• Act as a point of escalation for technical queries, design priorities and production-related issues.
• Promote adherence to agreed design processes, file management standards and quality expectations.
• Collaborate with production, operations and project stakeholders to support efficient delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflow, standardisation and communication between design and production teams.
• Support cross-training and capability building where the team is developing LGS knowledge or related design capability.

Skills

People management

Communication

Timber frame design

Workload management

Team leadership

Education

Technical qualification

Tools

AutoCAD

SharePoint

MS Office

Job description

The Timber Frame Design Office Manager will lead and coordinate the Timber Frame design function, ensuring design outputs are accurate, timely and aligned with production requirements. This role combines strong technical timber frame design knowledge with people management, workload planning, stakeholder communication and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day workload allocation across the Timber Frame design team.
• Lead, support and develop designers through clear communication, coaching and regular feedback.
• Review and support technical design outputs to ensure accuracy, consistency and production readiness.
• Act as a point of escalation for technical queries, design priorities and production-related issues.
• Promote adherence to agreed design processes, file management standards and quality expectations.
• Collaborate with production, operations and project stakeholders to support efficient delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflow, standardisation and communication between design and production teams.
• Support cross-training and capability building where the team is developing LGS knowledge or related design capability.

• Minimum five years' experience as a designer, ideally within a Timber Frame design office.
• Current or recent people management or team lead experience, ideally for at least two years.
• Strong technical knowledge of timber frame design, production requirements and drawing standards.
• Ability to manage team workload, priorities and deadlines in a manufacturing-led environment.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to provide clear direction and constructive feedback.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD or similar design software and good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Experience using SharePoint or similar document management systems.
• Relevant technical qualification is desirable; practical design and leadership experience is essential.

• Competitive salary

• Excellent onsite facilities
• Free parking onsite
• L&D programmes for career development

NUA Manufacturing is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates from all sections of the community. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the recruitment process, please notify the Talent Acquisition team by contacting [e-mail]