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Senior Design Manager

Bovis šŸ‡¬šŸ‡§ Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Onsite Full-time Senior

Lead design delivery across multiple projects, ensuring quality, consistency, programme performance, and alignment with organisational and client requirements. Manage consultant and stakeholder relationships, design reviews, approvals, governance, and reporting while supporting bids and delivering complex projects from pre-bid through handover.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design delivery across multiple projects, ensuring quality, consistency, programme performance, and alignment with organisational and client requirements. Manage consultant and stakeholder relationships, design reviews, approvals, governance, and reporting while supporting bids and delivering complex projects from pre-bid through handover.

Requirements

  • Requires relevant construction or architecture qualifications, an appropriate CSCS card, and substantial experience leading design teams and managing consultants on significant projects. Candidates should have strong knowledge of construction regulations, the Building Safety Act, RIBA stages, contracts, BIM, sustainability, safety, and commercial and technical design processes.

Benefits

  • Car Allowance
  • Flexible and Hybrid Work Options
  • Employer Pension Contribution
  • Private Medical Benefit
  • Enhanced Parental Leave
  • Life Assurance
  • Annual Leave
  • Wellbeing Leave
  • Health and Wellbeing Support
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Talking Therapies and Coaching Services
  • Discounted Gym Membership

Key Skills

Design leadership Construction regulations Building Safety Act knowledge RIBA stage management Contract administration BIM (Building Information Modeling) Sustainability standards Health and safety compliance Commercial design processes Technical design coordination Stakeholder relationship management Design review facilitation Governance and reporting Bid support Pre‑bid to handover project delivery Team management Consultant coordination Quality assurance Program performance monitoring

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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