Design Manager (Civil)

Overview

As a Design Manager for a main Civil Contractor, you will lead design processes on infrastructure-focused projects across the UK. You will collaborate with site teams to ensure design quality, drive value engineering, and maintain programme commitments. The role blends design leadership with on-site commercial awareness, and may involve travel to project sites from London. You’ll work on large schemes, bringing traditional construction understanding to a modern, BIM-aware environment.

Responsibilities

• Proven design management lead across projects
• Control design processes and ensure quality milestones
• Drive value engineering and cost awareness on site
• Maintain awareness of programme constraints and push works to meet targets
• Coordinate with project teams and travel to project sites as required
• Leverage BIM knowledge where applicable (advantage)
• Ensure compliance with traditional construction activities

Key requirements

• Degree level education (Bachelor preferred)
• Experience on large projects at supervisory level
• Knowledge of traditional construction activities
• Willingness to travel to project sites
• Permanent role seeker only
• Commercial awareness on site

• leadership
• clear communication
• problem solving
• BIM awareness (advantage)
• design management
• programme/scheduling understanding

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