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Senior Design Manager
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Senior Design Manager
Building Safety Remediation & Re-Cladding
South East London
Up to £100,000 + package & bonus
A principal contractor specialising in building safety remediation, upgrade and re-cladding is looking for a Design Manager to take charge of the design side across several live residential projects. The team's small but growing, so there's real scope to shape how it works and step up as the business does.
What you'll be doing
- Taking charge of the design function across several live building safety remediation and re-cladding projects
- Managing and coordinating consultants, designers and specialist subcontractors from feasibility through to delivery
- Driving technical submissions through Gateway 2 (and Gateway 3), keeping the Golden Thread complete and audit-ready
- Making sure designs are compliant with residential building regulations, the Building Safety Act and the wider building safety regime
- Reviewing fire strategies, FRAEW/EWS assessments and facade build-ups, and turning them into buildable design
- Keeping the design programme aligned with the build programme, and flagging risk early
- Working closely with the commercial, construction and bid teams, and helping shape the design function as the team grows
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What you'll bring
- A housebuilding or main contractor background, with solid design management experience
- Strong knowledge of residential building regulations
- A genuine understanding of the Building Safety Act, building safety regulations and Gateway compliance
- Confidence coordinating consultants and running the design on more than one project at a time
- The communication skills to keep clients, designers and site teams pulling the same way
- Remediation, re-cladding or facade experience is a real plus, though not essential if the rest is strong.
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What's on offer
- Up to £100,000 plus package and bonus
- Hybrid working, 1 to 2 days a week from home
- A small, growing team where your input actually counts, and room to step up as it scales
- Varied work across live residential building safety projects
- Work that makes homes safer for the people living in them
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