Your new company A well established, privately owned UK construction company operating throughout the UK. They deliver major projects across a number of sectors including education, leisure, commercial, and industrial. They have a strong focus on sustainability, community engagement and social value. Your new role An opportunity has arisen for a Design Manager to join the construction team based in the Cambridge area. The role involves overseeing design development from early consultation through to live project delivery, ensuring alignment with project intent and compliance standards. As Design Manager, you will bring strong leadership skills, experience in a principal contracting environment, and a collaborative approach to stakeholder engagement. Duties include: Leading design coordination across projects Managing consultants and subcontractor design inputs Overseeing design programmes, RFIs, and document control Ensuring regulatory compliance and planning conditions are met Promoting buildability and safety in design Supporting BIM processes and digital model reviews Contributing to pre-construction and value engineering efforts Maintaining technical and commercial awareness Representing the design function in client meetings Sharing lessons learned and mentoring junior team members What you'll need to succeed Demonstrated success in a design coordination or management role, preferably within a principal contrac...