Senior Design Manager (Facade)

Senior Design Manager (Façade)

Location: Site-based in Cambridge (4 days per week), with flexibility for 1 working-from-home day

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Start Time: 7am 

Pay Rate: £41 per hour

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the design process for façade packages in major construction projects, ensuring design excellence and compliance with regulations.


• Oversee the delivery of façade design for projects exceeding £100M, with particular expertise in projects that include unitized façades.


• Manage the design and construction of façades, including managing performance mock-ups and ensuring they inform façade design decisions.


• Collaborate with Façade Consultants, Façade Sub-contractors, and other project stakeholders to achieve timely and cost-effective solutions for complex façade challenges.


• Manage the façade design process for high-risk buildings (over 18m and habitable), ensuring full compliance with the Building Safety Act and other relevant safety regulations.


• Manage a team of design professionals and subcontractors to deliver high-quality façade designs and oversee the installation and commissioning stages.


• Provide strategic leadership to the façade design team and support the development and mentoring of junior staff.


• Maintain a high level of communication and collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.


• Ensure designs adhere to project specifications and regulatory compliance, managing any risks associated with façade design and safety.


• Provide technical expertise and guidance to the project team, ensuring that design solutions are both innovative and practical.

Key Requirements:

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


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


• Experience in delivering design for facade packages in excess of £30M, inclusive of unitized façade


• Experience in delivering performance mock-up’s, with output used to inform façade design


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


• Experience in management of Façade Consultant to deliver façade design for review and collaboration with Façade Sub-contractor


• Experience in managing large-scale European Façade Sub-contractor


• 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