Job Description:

Design Manager

Company: Confidential Construction Employer
Location: West London | Type: Permanent
Salary: £60k - £70k

About the Role

The Design Manager will lead and coordinate design delivery across construction projects in West London, ensuring information is managed from pre-construction through to project completion.

This opportunity is with a construction business delivering residential, mixed-use, hospitality and retirement living developments across the UK. The business provides end-to-end project delivery and maintains a hands-on, collaborative approach with senior leadership directly involved in projects. 

What You Will Do

The Design Manager will lead the design process from pre-construction through to project completion.

• Manage design development and information flow from concept, planning and technical design stages.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, consultants and specialist subcontractors across live construction projects.
• Review drawings, specifications and technical submissions to ensure buildability and compliance.
• Chair design meetings and drive resolution of technical queries affecting programme delivery.
• Monitor design programmes and identify risks impacting cost, quality or construction activities.
• Support procurement and construction teams with technical guidance on project packages.

What You Bring (Essential)

• Experience as a Design Manager delivering UK residential, mixed-use or commercial construction projects.
• Degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum three years' experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams.
• Experience managing design information through pre-construction and construction phases.
• Knowledge of UK Building Regulations, technical standards and compliance requirements.
• Experience reviewing consultant deliverables, specifications and construction documentation.

Desirable

• Membership of a relevant professional institution or working towards membership.
• Experience using common construction document management platforms.
• Experience working on high-rise residential developments.
• Understanding of planning conditions and statutory approval processes.

What the Employer Offers

• Opportunity to work on residential, mixed-use, hospitality and retirement living developments.
• Exposure to end-to-end project delivery from planning and design through to completion.
• Collaborative project environment with direct involvement from senior leadership teams.

How to Apply

Contact the Cityscape recruitment team to apply or to ask questions about the Design Manager role.

Cityscape is recruiting on behalf of a construction business.