General information
City/town: Cambridge Job field: Construction External closing date: Friday, February 6, 2026 Type of contract: Permanent ID: 5894
Description and requirements
We are looking for a Senior Design Manager to join our Building team based in Cambridge, to work on a large scale commercial project to manage the design process, design team and trade contractor design on a project.
This is a key role in managing the delivery of design in accordance with the design management plan and design brief, including client requirements, cost, programme, best practice design standards and design responsibilities.
What you'll do:
1. Assist in appointment of design team and management of design team contracts to cost, time, quality & safety requirements.
2. Manage the creation of the project design management plan and ensure all members of the design team are aware of their responsibilities
3. Manage the production and co-ordination of the design programme, Employers Requirements and design deliverables schedule throughout the project
4. Chair Design team meetings and other design orientated meetings
5. Ensure clear record keeping and monitoring of design process/programme/deliverables
6. Comment and approve design information through the project CDE (e.g. Asite)
7. Ensure the design complies with Client brief, contract, current legislation, town planning, building regulations, CDM and relevant technical requirements
8. Ensure that all responsibilities under CDM regulations are maintained by the project and design teams
9. Lead buildability and value engineering reviews
10. Ensure BIM Execution Plan & CAD protocol are maintained
11. Ensure contractors proposals are compliant with employer’s requirements
12. Ensure any design derogations are included in the contract
13. Monitor and report on design progress on a weekly and monthly basis, including taking action to maintain design delivery to time, cost, quality and safety requirements.
What you'll bring to the role:
14. Demonstratable experience of delivering Commercial projects working through bid, PCSA and delivery stages, and successfully converting and delivering on quality, time and to budget.
15. Demonstrable experience of varied forms of contract including NEC3 & 4, and JCT.
16. Professional architectural or engineering qualification.
17. Extensive experience of design delivery – building, civil engineering & MEP installations
18. Experience in delivering design across whole project lifecycle (bidding, pre-construction and construction phases)
19. Experienced in use of digital technologies to deliver design (e.g. CDE, BIM and design co-ordination software) and experience of delivering to the ISO19650 Information Management standard.
20. Experience and working knowledge in use of CDM Regulations and the Principal Designer duties.
21. Experienced in use of sustainability tools (e.g. BREEAM)
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
Flexible working
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
More information about the role
Closing date
The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.