Assistant Design Manager – Wakefield
Looking for your next big step into construction design management?
We’re working with a highly successful main contractor that’s expanding its design team and offering a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Design Manager / Design Coordinator.
With a strong pipeline of projects secured well into 2026, this is a chance to be part of a thriving business delivering varied schemes across education, healthcare, commercial, distribution and industrial sectors, typically valued up to £15m.
This is the perfect role for someone with experience in design management, or for an Architect/Technologist who’s ready to move into the contracting world and apply their design skills in a fast-paced, practical environment.
What you’ll be doing:
* Coordinating design information across live projects to keep everything moving smoothly
* Carrying out design-gap reviews, value engineering and design risk management
* Collaborating with project teams, consultants, clients and subcontractors to create the best design solutions
* Driving safe, efficient and profitable project delivery through clear sequencing of design
* Managing consultant appointments and scopes of service
* Leading and contributing to design meetings, ensuring timely, accurate information
* Providing technical input for pre-qualification and client presentations
What’s in it for you:
* Salary up to £40,000
* Car allowance + full benefits package
* Ongoing training and clear career progression with a highly successful main building contractor
* The chance to work on diverse, high-profile projects in a supportive, ambitious team
If you’re ambitious, detail-focused and ready to push your design management career forward, this is the role for you