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Senior Design Manager

Bakerhicks 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

Full-time Senior

Lead multidisciplinary design delivery for complex aviation and infrastructure projects, coordinating teams, programmes, design information, reviews, and technical approvals from concept through completion. Manage stakeholder relationships, risks, scope, and design changes while ensuring quality, compliance, buildability, and delivery against programme, budget, and contractual requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead multidisciplinary design delivery for complex aviation and infrastructure projects, coordinating teams, programmes, design information, reviews, and technical approvals from concept through completion. Manage stakeholder relationships, risks, scope, and design changes while ensuring quality, compliance, buildability, and delivery against programme, budget, and contractual requirements.

Requirements

  • Candidates should have an architectural or multidisciplinary background and proven experience leading multidisciplinary projects in aviation, infrastructure, construction, or similarly complex environments. A relevant degree, HND, or equivalent qualification is required; chartered status through APM, RIBA, or an equivalent institution is preferred, alongside strong design management, stakeholder, programme, and NEC contract knowledge.

Benefits

  • Company Car Or Cash Allowance
  • Up To 6% Matched Contributory Pension Plan
  • Life Assurance Scheme
  • 25 Days Annual Leave
  • Ability To Buy Additional Leave
  • Discount Scheme
  • Flexible/Hybrid Working
  • Family-Friendly Policies
  • Employee Assistance
  • Professional Development

Key Skills

Design leadership Multidisciplinary design coordination Aviation and infrastructure project experience Stakeholder management Risk management Scope control Design change management Quality assurance Compliance management Buildability assessment Programme delivery Budget management Contract knowledge (NEC, APM, RIBA) Architectural background Team leadership Strategic planning Technical approvals Design information management Communication skills Mentoring junior staff Digital collaboration tools BIM software familiarity Problem‑solving

About Bakerhicks

BakerHicks are a design, engineering and project delivery company specialising in complex infrastructure, process and built environments across the full project life cycle, from design and construction, to handover and operational management. Founded in 1957, they have 1,300 employees, across 17 locations in the UK and Europe. Partnering with companies across the globe, their multi-disciplinary experts employ the latest in digital technologies to deliver complete project solutions for clients in the aviation, defence, life sciences and industry, nuclear, power, public and rail sectors in the most efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable way. BakerHicks are part of Morgan Sindall Group plc, the Partnerships, Fit Out and Construction Services Group, with reported annual revenues of ÂŁ4.5bn in full year 2024, employing over 8,000 employees and operating in the public, regulated and private sectors. The Group reports through six divisions of Partnership Housing, Mixed Use Partnership

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