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Design Manager

Skilled Careers 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

Full-time Design Manager

Manage and coordinate design for CAT A and CAT B commercial office fit-out projects, from tender and pre-construction through delivery. Lead design teams and consultants, manage programmes and changes, identify risks and buildability issues, and coordinate with commercial and operational teams to deliver practical solutions on time, to budget, and to the required quality.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and coordinate design for CAT A and CAT B commercial office fit-out projects, from tender and pre-construction through delivery. Lead design teams and consultants, manage programmes and changes, identify risks and buildability issues, and coordinate with commercial and operational teams to deliver practical solutions on time, to budget, and to the required quality.

Requirements

  • Candidates need proven Design Manager or Senior Design Manager experience in main contracting or fit-out contracting, including delivery of CAT A and CAT B commercial workplace projects. Essential experience includes tendering and pre-construction, alongside strong design coordination, buildability, commercial fit-out, communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Key Skills

Design management Fit‑out project coordination CAT A and CAT B office design Tendering Pre‑construction planning Buildability assessment Commercial fit‑out knowledge Risk identification Programme management Stakeholder management Leadership Communication Team coordination Construction design software Project delivery

About Skilled Careers

Skilled Careers is one of the UK’s leading professional search and recruitment consultancies for the construction, engineering and property sectors, for both permanent and contract assignments. Within these industries we are an effective and trusted link between highly skilled and experienced candidates and the country’s most reputable employers. Many well-known recruitment services fail to meet the needs of both candidates and companies swiftly and effectively, leading to reports of dissatisfaction and delay. We developed Skilled Careers to break the mould of sluggish and risky recruitment, building our values on pro-activity, promptness and client support. Our consultants have a great deal of experience working with professionals in these sectors and understand the demands of the industry. We can therefore communicate easily with both clients and candidates, reducing time and uncertainty. We are industry experts in recruiting candidates for the following specialities; Arch

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