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Design Manager
Thornton 🇬🇧 Belfast City District, Belfast City, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
The Design Manager oversees the design department, ensuring that all design outputs meet project requirements and adhere to the company's Technical Governance Framework. They manage a multi-tiered design team, allocate resources, and foster collaboration across various teams to integrate design processes.
Responsibilities
- The Design Manager oversees the design department, ensuring that all design outputs meet project requirements and adhere to the company's Technical Governance Framework. They manage a multi-tiered design team, allocate resources, and foster collaboration across various teams to integrate design processes.
Requirements
- Candidates must have a qualification in Construction Management, Architectural Technology, or a related field, along with experience managing a design team in the construction industry. Familiarity with ISO standards, contract forms, and technical specifications is essential.
Key Skills
About Thornton
Founded in 1965 in Toome, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, Thornton began as a family-run sheet roofing business. Over the decades, we've grown into a third-generation leading specialist contractor, built on a foundation of customer satisfaction and quality workmanship. Our Divisions: - Major Works: Turn-key design, supply, and installation services for new-build flat roofing, composite cladding, rainscreen cladding, and glazed facades. - Specialist Works: Roofing and cladding refurbishment and remedial work, including contractual and emergency maintenance for building owners and management companies. - Fabrication: Our in-house manufacturing facility fabricates aluminium windows, doors, curtain walling, sheet metal flashings, and bespoke metalwork, enabling quality control and quick turnarounds. Our workshop department also offers a supply-only service to external customers.
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