Assistant Design Manager / Design Manager - Bristol - £65K

Assistant Design Manager / Design Manager

Permanent, Full-time

Location: Bristol / South West

Salary: Up to £65,000 DOE

2 Days WFH

My client are a leading tier 1 main contractor with a strong presence in the UK & Europe and they are currently seeking an Assistant Design Manager / Design Manager to work on Education, Student Accom, and Build to Rent projects. These projects are based across Bristol and the South West, you will report directly to the Design Director and play a crucial role in all aspects of Design.

Responsibilities:

• End to end design delivery process starting from brief definition and internal alignment with various stakeholders, to appointment, management and review of external design vendors that carry out design work for projects

• Ensure regular reporting of progress against agreed plans to senior members of Design and Engineering and the associated project managers.

• Advise and ensure corrective action taken promptly to address any design issues

• Ensure quality and value for money received through third party appointments

• Help development of new tools, processes, and procedures for best practice design management

• Develop and manage long term relationships with key third party design and equipment vendors

What is needed from you:

• Degree Educated

• Experience working within multi-disciplinary design teams, preferably in a leading role

• Good written and oral communication skills in English.