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Design the Future of Life Sciences with Laing O'Rourke
Senior Design Manager - Electrical - Oxford (Ellison Institute of Technology)
Are you a passionate design professional with end-to-end contractor-side experience?
Looking to lead a landmark project at the forefront of science and innovation?
Join us at Laing O'Rourke as we deliver the Ellison Institute of Technology - a transformative Life Sciences development in Oxford. We're seeking a Senior Design Manager to drive technical excellence, champion collaboration, and lead with innovation from pre-construction through to project delivery.
The Opportunity:
As a Senior Design Manager, you'll lead either a large, complex project or a portfolio of schemes, ensuring outstanding design delivery from concept through to site. You'll coordinate clients, consultants, commercial and construction teams-ensuring technical compliance, buildability, and innovative thinking at every stage.
This role sits within our Design Job Family and Engineering Enterprise, ensuring your influence shapes not just a single project-but the future of how we design and build.
What You'll Do:
* Lead design briefing and coordination during the pre-construction phase
* Manage internal and external design processes, ensuring clarity, quality, and compliance
* Facilitate collaborative design reviews to reduce risk and improve outcomes
* Ensure effective information and change control
* Champion DfMA, digital integration, and sustainability through design
Core Capabilities:
* Developing and owning design briefs
* Design optimisation and compliance
* Managing consultancy input and integration
* Applying DfMA and modern construction methods
* Delivering to programme with robust governance
What You'll Bring:
* A degree in Electrical Engineering (or related construction field)
* Circa 10 years of experience managing design in infrastructure or complex building services environments
* Experience across the project lifecycle, ideally including international exposure
We value transferable skills and a growth mindset-so even if you don't tick every box, we'd love to hear from you.
About Laing O'Rourke:
We're a global engineering and construction group delivering world-class infrastructure across the UK, Middle East, and Australia. With over 150 years of heritage, we pair deep technical capability with innovation to deliver certainty for our clients.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome candidates with long-term health conditions or disabilities. If you meet the essential criteria, we guarantee an interview-just let us know your requirements.
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Email: resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
Apply today and shape a legacy in Life Sciences.
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