Senior design manager

Are you an experienced design professional ready to take ownership of complex, high-profile projects? We're looking for a Senior Design Manager who thrives in a fast-paced environment, balancing creativity, technical precision, and commercial awareness to deliver outstanding results.

In this key role, you'll manage the design and development process across a diverse portfolio, ensuring every project meets customer expectations, business objectives, and sustainability goals. You'll be the bridge between innovation and execution—bringing ideas to life while maintaining the highest standards of safety, efficiency, and environmental responsibility.

This role is based at our Chester office, with flexibility to work from home and includes travel to project sites as required.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll be responsible for reviewing consultant appointments and ensuring compliance with agreed scopes of service. You'll coordinate design deliverables across disciplines, manage proposals within BIM and commercial constraints, and advise on buildability and technical feasibility. Your role will involve tracking progress, managing submissions to clients and statutory bodies, and identifying opportunities for value engineering and offsite/prefabrication. You'll also support sustainability initiatives, contribute to procurement planning, and help capture and share best practices across the business.