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Design Manager

Knightwood Associates ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง City of London, London, United Kingdom

Onsite $70,000 - $75,000 Full-time Senior

The Design Manager will manage and coordinate the full design process across multiple commercial schemes. This includes reviewing design information, leading meetings, and ensuring compliance with building regulations.

Responsibilities

  • Managing and coordinating the full design process across multiple commercial schemes
  • Reviewing structural, architectural and consultant design information
  • Leading consultant coordination meetings and driving design team performance
  • Identifying and resolving buildability, sequencing and technical challenges
  • Managing design programmes and information release schedules
  • Liaising closely with clients, consultants, subcontractors and site teams
  • Ensuring compliance with current UK Building Regulations and statutory requirements

Requirements

  • Established Design Manager from a main contractor background
  • Job running Structural Engineers coming in from practice
  • Strong structural engineering background
  • Excellent leadership skills

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Excellent benefits package
  • Opportunity to join a highly respected contractor with a strong pipeline of secured Central London projects
  • Excellent career progression opportunities

Key Skills

Structural engineering Design management Leadership Communication Problem-solving Time management Project management Collaboration UK Building Regulations Statutory requirements Design programmes Information release schedules

About Knightwood Associates

Knightwood Associates is an independent recruitment company for the construction and property industry. We provide tailored recruitment solutions across all departments including Production, Commercial, Technical, Trades and Labour as well as Land Buying, Planning and Customer Care. Knightwood offers a bespoke recruitment service in accordance with each client's individual needs, specialising in both temporary and permanent appointments at all levels from trainees to senior directors. Our senior directors have a minimum of 15 yearsโ€™ recruitment experience and are experts in their field. With such an extensive knowledge of the marketplace an invaluable network of well-established contacts we truly believe that we can offer a unique service that is second to none. We pride ourselves on understanding the requirements of both our clients and candidates and the environments in which they would thrive best. Our ethos is to ensure long-term satisfaction for both candidates and employers alike

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