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Design Manager
January 7, 2026 | Comments Off on Design Manager
Design Manager
£60k - £65k per annum
Essex
Role:
Our client is looking for a proactive and organised Design Manager in delivering coordinated, buildable, and compliant design information across multiple project stages.
Working within a main contractor environment, you'll be managing the design process from pre-construction through delivery-liaising with consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams to ensure all design outputs meet programme, quality, and commercial objectives.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to learn the end-to-end contractor-side design management process, develop technical understanding, and gain hands-on project coordination experience.
Responsibilities:
- Management and delivery of design information
- Ensuring that our appointed design consultants carry out their duties in line with their appointment
- Design input at both preconstruction and construction stage of projects
- Assessing, mitigating and managing risks connected with design, ensuring designs meet health and safety legislation, sustainable building standards such as BREEAM and industry codes of practice
- The production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules
- Record progress and reporting
- Attending/chair necessary meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders
- Ensuring that the design is compliant to relevant legislation and technical requirements
The Role:
- Previous experience in a Design Manager role within a Principal contractor environment involved in medium to large scale construction projects
- Relevant construction qualifications, Degree/HND or equivalent in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture etc
For more information, call 07725 225242 or attach your CV