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Job title: Senior Design Manager
Location: Derby
Salary: Up to £85k + Package
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Design Manager to join a well-established, family-owned regional contractor based in Derby, known for its strong reputation, quality of work, and excellent staff retention.
The business delivers £5m–£30m projects across the education, commercial, industrial, and leisure sectors, with the majority of projects delivered through JCT Design & Build contracts.
Due to continued growth and an increasing workload, they are looking to appoint a Senior Design Manager to take a lead role across one of their projects.
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Responsibilities:
- Lead the design process from pre-construction through to delivery
- Coordinate consultants, subcontractors, and the wider project team
- Manage design programmes, quality, and compliance
- Take lead design responsibility across projects
- Report directly to the Head of Design
- Take on greater responsibility within a growing business
The opportunity:
- Derby-based, family-owned regional contractor
- Projects valued up to £30m
- Education, commercial, industrial, and leisure sectors
- Predominantly JCT D&B
- Strong pipeline of work
- Excellent staff retention and progression
- Genuine opportunity to develop and take on greater responsibility
- Salary: Up to £85k basic + package
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If you’re an experienced Design Manager looking for your next step with a contractor that genuinely values and develops its people, this could be an excellent opportunity.
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