Design Manager

MB930: Design Manager Location: Workington Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 + £5,750 Car Allowance Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP Overview: First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Design Manager on a permanent basis due to growth based at their Workington depot. Duties and Responsibilities: • Manage the process, resolution and communication of all design queries as part of the project. • Review contract requirements and ensure compliance with requirements. • Raise requests for further information internally and externally from the whole project team. • Collaborate in the preparation of design programmes. • Manage communication with the Client design representative throughout the contract period. • Produce monthly reports on design progress and any other design-specific elements. • Manage and update the design deliverable schedule. • Review all design deliverables and ensure that they are completed to the expected standard. Challenge and resolve when not. • Manage and chair design reviews with the project team. • Manage and chair all design interface meetings with external parties. • Review designs for compliance with contract requirements and tender intentions. • Ensure compliance with design approval processes required by the contract. • Routinely monitor and report on progress of the design and explain any necessary actions. • Collaborate with the engagement of external suppliers/subcontractors. • Ensure the document register is completed by designers correctly and issued periodically. • Manage provision of drawings to the project team (document control). • Establish technical query procedure. • Review all design communications and collaboratively resolve queries. • Agree changes with the project team in accordance with project authority protocol. • Issue instructions to the Designer in accordance with project authority protocol. • Implement change order management. • Approve the designer’s quality management system. • Lead Design Reviews with approval and acceptance bodies. • Support Assurance functions with design-specific requirements. Skills and Qualifications: • Wide-ranging understanding and working knowledge of construction methods and outputs and can coach others. • Must have spent 12 months completing designs as part of a consultancy or temporary works design department. • Will have both substantial construction and design experience. • Ability to deputise for the Project Manager if required. • Understands the Principal Designer Duties including ERIC. MB930: Design Manager Location: Workington Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 + £5,750 Car Allowance Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP