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Senior Design Manager

Sweet Projects 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Full-time Senior

The Senior Design Manager leads design management across major projects, providing strategic oversight of performance, governance, and risk. They are responsible for managing design delivery from the bid stage through construction and handover while driving value engineering and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

  • The Senior Design Manager leads design management across major projects, providing strategic oversight of performance, governance, and risk. They are responsible for managing design delivery from the bid stage through construction and handover while driving value engineering and stakeholder engagement.

Requirements

  • Candidates must have significant experience managing design delivery on major construction projects and leading multi-disciplinary teams. A relevant industry qualification such as RIBA, CIOB, or ICE, along with a degree or equivalent, is required.

Benefits

  • Car allowance
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Electric vehicle scheme
  • Bupa healthcare and cash plan
  • Eyecare vouchers
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • 25 days holiday
  • Bank holidays
  • Birthday day off

Key Skills

Design management Construction project design delivery Bid stage coordination Governance and risk management Value engineering Stakeholder engagement Multidisciplinary team leadership RIBA/CIOB/ICE qualification knowledge Strategic oversight Project lifecycle management Communication Negotiation Contract administration Quality assurance Budget control

About Sweet Projects

Sweet Projects modus operandi is simple – provide excellent service and deliver consistently in line with the expectations of our key client partners. With considerable focus on sustaining long-term relationships, Sweet Projects is committed to fostering a positive working culture throughout the business and with supply chain partners to always achieve the highest quality outcome for our clients, whilst protecting the planet and maintaining financial commitments.

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