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Senior Design Manager

Tilbury Douglas 🇬🇧 Northampton, West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Onsite $60,000 - $80,000 Full-time Senior

Lead the design function on complex construction projects, ensuring strategic design leadership from bid stage to project completion. Drive design excellence and innovation while managing relationships with clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Provide senior design leadership across multiple projects and framework opportunities
  • Lead the development and implementation of design strategies
  • Drive design governance, risk management and value engineering activities
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants and key stakeholders
  • Support business growth through bid and pre-construction activities

Requirements

  • Extensive experience delivering projects through both pre-construction and construction phases
  • Strong knowledge of framework, negotiated, single-stage and two-stage procurement routes
  • Excellent technical expertise across architectural, structural and building services disciplines
  • Outstanding leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills
  • A degree or HNC in a construction-related discipline, or equivalent technical experience
  • Professional membership with a recognised industry body such as CIOB
  • Experience with Microsoft Office, document management platforms and planning software

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and car allowance
  • 26 days annual leave, with the option to buy or sell up to 3 days
  • Additional long service leave at 3, 7 and 10 years
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance and pension matched up to 8%
  • Enhanced family leave policies
  • 2 volunteering days per year
  • Flexible and agile working
  • Employee Assistance Programme

Key Skills

Design management Construction projects Leadership Communication Stakeholder management Technical expertise Architectural Structural Building services Procurement routes Microsoft Office Document management platforms Planning software Risk management Value engineering Project management

About Tilbury Douglas

Tilbury Douglas is a leading UK building, infrastructure, engineering and fit-out company, delivering vital projects across sectors including health, education, highways, justice, defence, aviation, water, and environment.

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