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Senior Design Manager

Bovis 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Full-time Senior

The Senior Design Manager will oversee design performance and delivery for the Manchester Town Hall project from pre-bid to handover. They will manage consultant relationships, ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks, and collaborate with senior project teams to meet client objectives.

Responsibilities

  • The Senior Design Manager will oversee design performance and delivery for the Manchester Town Hall project from pre-bid to handover. They will manage consultant relationships, ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks, and collaborate with senior project teams to meet client objectives.

Requirements

  • Candidates must hold professional construction qualifications such as a BSc or MSc in construction project management, building studies, or architecture. Extensive experience in design management, knowledge of CDM 2015 regulations, and the ability to lead design teams on complex projects are essential.

Benefits

  • Car allowance
  • Employer pension contribution
  • Private medical health benefit
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Life assurance
  • 25 days annual leave
  • Wellbeing leave
  • Health and wellbeing support
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Discounted gym membership

Key Skills

Design management Construction project management CDM 2015 regulations Regulatory compliance Stakeholder management Team leadership Risk management Project delivery Consultant coordination BIM AutoCAD Communication Problem solving Budgeting Scheduling Quality assurance Collaboration Strategic planning Design review Construction legislation

About Bovis

Since 1885, we’ve built enduring partnerships grounded in trust, expertise and shared purpose. We bring together the right people, capabilities and resources to deliver complex, high-quality projects – from commercial and residential developments to cultural spaces, universities, prisons and essential public infrastructure. We’re a catalyst for economic growth, a leader in sustainable construction, and we deliver projects that make a lasting impact on people, places and the planet. Backed by robust governance, our agile, one-team approach enables us to navigate complexity, minimise risk and unlock long-term value for clients and communities alike. Through Bovis Consulting, we combine on-the-ground specialist skills with strategic project leadership — drawing on the insight, innovation and technical expertise of our construction business to deliver intelligent, precisely tailored solutions. We don’t just build. We build with purpose, care and clarity. And we always take the l

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