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Design Manager

Fawkes & Reece 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

Full-time

Manage the design process for commercial refurbishment and Cat B interior fit-out projects from pre-construction through delivery and handover. Coordinate architects, consultants, and specialist subcontractors to ensure designs are technically compliant, fully coordinated, and commercially viable.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the design process for commercial refurbishment and Cat B interior fit-out projects from pre-construction through delivery and handover. Coordinate architects, consultants, and specialist subcontractors to ensure designs are technically compliant, fully coordinated, and commercially viable.

Requirements

  • Candidates should have prior Design Manager experience with a fit-out or commercial refurbishment contractor and a strong track record delivering Cat B fit-out and workplace projects. They should understand interior construction, finishes, and MEP coordination, and be experienced in managing design teams, programmes, technical submissions, RFIs, design reviews, and coordination through project completion.

Key Skills

Design management Commercial refurbishment Cat B interior fit‑out Technical compliance Coordination of architects and consultants Subcontractor management Construction documentation MEP coordination Project programme management Design reviews RFIs handling Team leadership Stakeholder communication

About Fawkes & Reece

Fawkes & Reece has been providing staffing and recruitment services to the leading organisations across construction and the built environment since 2001. For over 25 years, we've acted as both a partner and sole supplier for a portfolio of the most respected and leading companies in the UK. Our specialist consultants are professionally trained and skilled to provide permanent, search and selection, and freelance recruitment services across: Building | Civil Engineering | Rail | Building Services | Interior Fit Out | House Building | Social Housing and New Homes Fawkes & Reece is a business that operates with core values: Ambition | Invest | Care | Deliver | Succeed These values are integral in enabling us to build careers for our candidates as well as our own staff and in helping our clients achieve their staffing and recruitment goals. We partner with a select group of leading clients across the technical sectors we specialise in, supported by teams who are well trained, REC‑qu

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