Lead Design Manager

Lead Design Manager

 

Location: Cambridge (Site-based 4 days per week with 1 work-from-home day)

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Reports to: Project Director/Design Director

Pay Rate: £47 per hour

Start Time: 7am

We are a leading Tier 1 Main Contractor in the UK, with a strong track record of delivering large-scale, complex projects across various sectors, including healthcare, commercial, and residential. We are currently seeking a Lead Design Manager to join our team on the prestigious Cambridge Children’s Hospital project, valued at approximately £350M, delivered through the Crown Commercial Services Framework.

Key Responsibilities:

• 10-years working in a Design Manager role for a Tier 1 Main Contractor in UK


• Experience in delivering major healthcare projects in excess of £100M


• Experience in delivering projects now considered as’ High-Risk Buildings’ under Building Safety Act (over 18m and habitable)


•  Experience in leading a design management team of 5 or more


• Degree qualified in a technical subject appropriate for role – required to demonstrate competence to Building Safety Regulator as part of approvals under Building Safety Act


•  Professionally chartered to a body appropriate for role – required to demonstrate competence to Building Safety Regulator as part of approvals under Building Safety Act


•  Site based 4-days per week, with flexibility for 1 working from home day – ideally someone within 1 hour of travelling distance to Cambridge


• Cambridge Children’s Hospital delivered via Crown Commercial Services Framework


• Construction value of circa. £350M