Design Lead: BIM + Project Delivery & Team Leadership

Errigal; Sines; Presencial; EUR 42 000 - 66 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Errigal is a market-leading construction company seeking a Design Lead to drive design activities from tender submission through project close-out. You will be the main point of coordination between design, commercial, procurement, and operations to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

This hands-on leadership role requires strong technical knowledge, commercial awareness, and the ability to manage people and processes effectively.

Qualificações

• Proven experience as a Design Lead / Senior Designer in construction.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams.
• Knowledge of BIM processes and design management.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conhecimentos

Design leadership

Coordination

Communication

Project management

Ferramentas

Revit

Navisworks

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Errigal is a market-leading construction company seeking a Design Lead to drive design activities from tender submission through project close-out. You will be the main point of coordination between design, commercial, procurement, and operations to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

This hands-on leadership role requires strong technical knowledge, commercial awareness, and the ability to manage people and processes effectively.