Walker & Sloan Ltd | Certified B Corp
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📢 Design Manager | Major Construction Projects
💼 Up to £70,000 + Comprehensive Package
📍 Watford (Projects Across London & the Home Counties)
🏗️ Main Contractor | Design & Build | Industrial | Commercial
Walker & Sloan are working with an outstanding, award-winning construction contractor to recruit an experienced Design Manager to join their growing technical team.
Our client has earned an exceptional reputation for delivering high-quality industrial, logistics, commercial and mixed-use developments across London and the Home Counties. With an impressive pipeline of secured projects and a collaborative approach to project delivery, they continue to invest heavily in both their people and their technical capability.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Design Manager to take ownership of the design process on major construction projects while joining a business that genuinely values innovation, teamwork and technical excellence.
The Role
As Design Manager, you'll be responsible for leading the design process from pre-construction through to project completion, ensuring design information is delivered on programme, fully coordinated and aligned with the project's commercial and operational objectives.
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- Leading the design process from pre-construction through to project completion
- Ensuring design information is delivered on programme
- Fully coordinating and aligning design with commercial and operational objectives
- Working closely with clients, consultants, subcontractors and operational teams
- Managing design programmes
- Chairing technical workshops
- Coordinating information releases
- Providing technical leadership throughout the construction lifecycle
You'll play a key role in ensuring projects are buildable, compliant and commercially successful, while identifying opportunities for value engineering and continuous improvement.
About You
You'll have a strong background within architecture, engineering or construction design management and be confident leading multidisciplinary consultant teams on complex design & build projects.
- Strong background within architecture, engineering or construction design management
- Confident in leading multidisciplinary consultant teams on complex design & build projects
- Excellent technical knowledge
- Strong commercial awareness
- Proactive approach to managing programme, risk and design coordination
- Enjoy working collaboratively with both pre-construction and operational teams
- Providing practical technical solutions that support successful project delivery
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Experience managing planning conditions, Building Regulations, BREEAM requirements and technical design reviews would be highly advantageous, together with the ability to build lasting relationships with clients, consultants and supply chain partners.
What's on Offer?
- Salary up to £70,000
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Car allowance
- Annual bonus
- Private healthcare
- Competitive pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Ongoing professional development and career progression
- Opportunity to work on major construction projects across London and the Home Counties
- Join a forward-thinking contractor with an exceptional reputation for quality and innovation
Interested?
If you're an experienced Design Manager looking to join a leading main contractor delivering some of the region's most exciting construction projects, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today or contact Walker & Sloan for a confidential discussion.
⚡ Shortlisting is already underway, so early applications are strongly encouraged.
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