Design Manager (Construction New Build & Refurb)

We are working with a National Top Tier Contractor who are adding to their growing London business and have an opportunity for a Design Manager to join them. They have a strong and secure pipeline of work across London including Commercial/Mixed Use refurbishment, Cut & Carve and Healthcare / Hospital schemes; £50m-£100m, offering exposure to technically challenging projects.This is a key role within the project team, where you will play a pivotal part in ensuring design excellence, programme certainty, and successful project delivery.
As Design Manager, you will take ownership of the design process from pre-construction through to completion, ensuring that design information is coordinated, compliant, and aligned with programme and commercial objectives.You will act as the central point of coordination between internal teams, consultants, subcontractors and the client, driving design quality and mitigating risk.

You will:

• Manage the design process with full awareness of commercial, contractual and programme constraints
• Support tenders/bids, including input into value engineering exercises
• Lead and coordinate external consultants and subcontractor design teams
• Prepare and manage:
• Design Information Release Schedules
• Design Programmes
• Design Responsibility Matrices
• Ensure all designs comply with current legislation, standards, codes of practice and Employer's Requirements
• Develop and manage drawing/document control systems and protocols
• Collaborate with the Project Manager and Planner to align design and construction programmes
• Support the Commercial Team in procurement planning and scheduling
• Chair design team meetings and coordination workshops
• Review design outputs for:
• Quality and completeness
• Health & Safety / CDM compliance
• Buildability and technical accuracy
• Manage the RFI process and maintain registers
• Support change control, including assessment of variations
• Liaise with clients, stakeholders, statutory authorities and delivery teams
• Manage client expectations and maintain strong working relationships
• Ensure design information is delivered on time and to the required quality
• Identify and reduce design and construction risks (technical, H&S and financial)
• Support SHEQ plans, QA processes, and preparation of ITPs and quality documentation
• Contribute to BIM implementation and company standards where required
• Undertake quality inspections and report on site issues

You will have/be:

• Relevant qualification in construction, architecture or design management with a main contractor
• Experience delivering new build and refurb projects circa £50m+
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and drive design programmes
• IT literate (MS Office essential)
• Knowledge of BIM processes, tools and implementation (desirable)

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