Design Manager

MB860: Design Manager
Location: Central London
Salary: £60,000 – £70,000 + £5,750 Car Allowance
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP

Overview:

First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Design Manager on a permanent basis due to growth based at their London depot.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the process, resolution and communication of all design queries as part of the project.
• Review contract requirements and ensure compliance with requirements.
• Raise requests for further information internally and externally from the whole project team.
• Collaborate in the preparation of design programmes.
• Manage communication with the Client design representative throughout the contract period.
• Produce monthly reports on design progress and any other design-specific elements.
• Manage and update the design deliverable schedule.
• Review all design deliverables and ensure that they are completed to the expected standard. Challenge and resolve when not.
• Manage and chair design reviews with the project team.
• Manage and chair all design interface meetings with external parties.
• Review designs for compliance with contract requirements and tender intentions.
• Ensure compliance with design approval processes required by the contract.
• Routinely monitor and report on progress of the design and explain any necessary actions.
• Collaborate with the engagement of external suppliers/subcontractors.
• Ensure the document register is completed by designers correctly and issued periodically.
• Manage provision of drawings to the project team (document control).
• Establish technical query procedure.
• Review all design communications and collaboratively resolve queries.
• Agree changes with the project team in accordance with project authority protocol.
• Issue instructions to the Designer in accordance with project authority protocol.
• Implement change order management.
• Approve the designer’s quality management system.
• Lead Design Reviews with approval and acceptance bodies.
• Support Assurance functions with design-specific requirements.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Wide-ranging understanding and working knowledge of construction methods and outputs and can coach others.
• Must have spent 12 months completing designs as part of a consultancy or temporary works design department.
• Will have both substantial construction and design experience.
• Ability to deputise for the Project Manager if required.
• Understands the Principal Designer Duties including ERIC.

MB860: Design Manager
Location: Central London
Salary: £60,000 – £70,000 + £5,750 Car Allowance
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP