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Lead Design Manager
Location: Cambridge (Site-based 4 days per week with 1 work-from-home day)
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Reports to: Project Director/Design Director
Pay Rate: £47 per hour
Start Time: 7am
We are a leading Tier 1 Main Contractor in the UK, with a strong track record of delivering large-scale, complex projects across various sectors, including healthcare, commercial, and residential. We are currently seeking a Lead Design Manager to join our team on the prestigious Cambridge Children’s Hospital project, valued at approximately £350M, delivered through the Crown Commercial Services Framework.
Key Responsibilities:
- 10-years working in a Design Manager role for a Tier 1 Main Contractor in UK
- Experience in delivering major healthcare projects in excess of £100M
- Experience in delivering projects now considered as’ High-Risk Buildings’ under Building Safety Act (over 18m and habitable)
- Experience in leading a design management team of 5 or more
- 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
- Cambridge Children’s Hospital delivered via Crown Commercial Services Framework
- Construction value of circa. £350M
