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Design Manager

Fusion People Ltd
Posted 4 days ago, valid for 17 days
Location

Birmingham, West Midlands B27 6QS, England

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
Life Insurance

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  • A Design Manager position is available at an award-winning multi-disciplinary consultancy located in Birmingham or Oxford.
  • The role offers a competitive salary along with benefits such as a car allowance, 25 days of annual leave, pension scheme, private healthcare, and life assurance.
  • Candidates should have a degree in Architecture, RIBA Chartered Membership, and relevant design industry experience, ideally managing large complex projects.
  • The Design Manager will lead design teams, define design programmes, and ensure quality service across multiple projects, requiring excellent attention to detail and leadership skills.
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience in design management or as a Lead Consultant is preferred for this role.

Design Manager

Location - Birmingham OR Oxford

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Design Manager to join an award-winning multi-disciplinary consultancy, this role can be located at their Birmingham or Oxford office

Design Manager - Benefits

Competitive Salary + Car Allowance

Annual Leave 25 days plus bank holidays

Pension scheme

Private Healthcare

Life Assurance

Design Manager Role

The design manager will engage with multi-disciplinary team to shape how design management is carried out on their projects. This role would suit a Lead Consultant or Project Architect wanting to step into a design management role.

Design Manager - Responsibilities

  • Apply professional Design Management across projects.
  • Show ambition and a willingness to work flexibly, both in their regional offices and on-site.
  • Develop personal growth opportunities for the team.
  • Maintain quality service by enforcing quality and customer service standards and recommending system improvements.
  • A good understanding of the RIBA Plan of Work and experience through pre- and post-contract stages - RIBA 1 - 6
  • Defining design programmes, design deliverables and communications across multiple complex projects.
  • Supporting the Lead Consultant in project administration and reporting.
  • Leading design team meetings with internal and external consultants.
  • Supporting Client technical approval processes and internal quality assurance
  • Leading the Design team to ensure projects are set up for success.

Design Manager Role - Requirements

  • Degree Qualified - Architecture
  • RIBA Chartered Membership
  • Managing design teams and projects as Lead Consultant.
  • Relevant design industry experience, with a background on large complex projects, such as Architecture or Engineering, ideally with chartered status.
  • Be proficient in the use of digital tools to manage the design process such as MS Excel, MS Project, and document management platforms.
  • Experience of defining BIM deliverables and design programming is advantageous.
  • Be a pro-active leader of teams with excellent attention to detail.
  • Be able to work autonomously on projects and have confidence in managing large design teams.
  • Adaptable to work on a range of project sectors and scales.

For further information, contact Amy Gough at the Birmingham office.

Fusion People are committed to promoting equal opportunities to people regardless of age, gender, religion, belief, race, sexuality or disability. We operate as an employment agency and employment business. You'll find a wide selection of vacancies on our website.

--- Fusion People are committed to promoting equal opportunities to people regardless of age, gender, religion, belief, race, sexuality or disability. We operate as an employment agency and employment business. You'll find a wide selection of vacancies on our website.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.