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Client:
Laing O'Rourke
Location:
Sale, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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Yes
Job Reference:
7d805c051441
Job Views:
14
Posted:
22.06.2025
Expiry Date:
06.08.2025
Job Description:
Do you have experience of Prisons or Law & Order projects or other secure buildings?
Are you passionate about exemplary Design Management?
Do you have end to end contractor-side Design Management experience?
Are you considering what's next for your career?
Then we would love to hear from you!
The Opportunity:
Laing O'Rourke has an opportunity for a Senior Design Manager from an Architectural background to join the team on our Prisons portfolio, initially based at our Sale, Manchester office. Current projects are in Lancashire and Buckinghamshire, with the role moving to site when the project progresses.
A Senior Design Manager at Laing O'Rourke leads effective design delivery across projects, focusing on pre-construction design processes, liaising with clients, design teams, bid teams, and operations. They implement processes to challenge and interrogate design collaboratively, reducing risks.
This role ensures technical excellence, assurance, and performance across all projects, from early engagement to delivery, maximizing the potential of design to increase project certainty.
What will the role look like?
* Leading pre-construction briefing and design processes.
* Managing design procedures, connecting commercial, construction, and design teams.
* Facilitating collaborative design interrogation.
* Managing design information production, control, and distribution.
* Reporting on design progress.
* Reviewing design for buildability, safety, maintainability, compliance, and technical suitability.
* Promoting innovation in design management and practices.
* Aligning activities with the company's vision and values.
Technical Capabilities:
* Creating and owning the design brief.
* Design for Manufacture and Assembly.
* Information and Change Control.
* Design compliance.
Skills & Experience:
* Experience with prisons or justice projects, or a strong modular construction background.
* Approximately 10 years of sector-specific experience, managing design for construction or building services projects, preferably with international experience.
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