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Design Manager

Sudlows 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Contract Manager

Manage multidisciplinary design delivery from tender and pre-construction through development, construction, commissioning, and handover, coordinating internal teams, consultants, suppliers, and subcontractors. Maintain design plans, programmes, information flows, reviews, and approvals while assuring that designs are coordinated, compliant, buildable, and aligned with safety, commercial, and project requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Manage multidisciplinary design delivery from tender and pre-construction through development, construction, commissioning, and handover, coordinating internal teams, consultants, suppliers, and subcontractors. Maintain design plans, programmes, information flows, reviews, and approvals while assuring that designs are coordinated, compliant, buildable, and aligned with safety, commercial, and project requirements.

Requirements

  • Requires substantial experience managing multidisciplinary design delivery and broad M&E knowledge, with the ability to review and challenge specialist outputs; data centre or comparable critical-environment experience is preferred. A relevant engineering, building services, or construction management qualification is required, alongside strong governance, programme, information, coordination, assurance, leadership, and communication skills; chartered status is desirable.

Key Skills

Design management Multidisciplinary design coordination Tender and pre‑construction design Construction phase design delivery Commissioning and handover processes Team leadership Consultant coordination Supplier management Sub‑contractor coordination Design compliance Buildability assurance Safety and commercial alignment M&E knowledge Governance and programme management Communication

About Sudlows

Sudlows is a multi-award winning Critical Infrastructures, Enterprise Services and Facilities Management specialist which provides a full range of technical services for innovative Data Centre, Connectivity, Fibre, Electrical, Mechanical and Building projects. We independently create high performance data centres, unified business infrastructures and reliable fibre network projects to ensure that the most forward-looking, well-prepared businesses are building environments for the future. This integrates with our Mechanical and Building Services Division which, if required, combines sustainable solutions for demanding mechanical and construction projects. Clients from diverse industry sectors, such as NHS, Education, MOD, Webhosting and Manufacturing benefit from our unique combination of technical advice and practical support to overcome any critical project challenge. Some of our current clients include: United Utilities, The Co-operative Group, Zen Internet and University of Manche

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