Senior Design Manager

We are recruiting for a Design Manager/Senior Design Manager to join our UK North Construction division. To fully understand and manage the design requirements of the tender/project and to provide assistance and guidance to design co-ordinators where and when appropriate To fully understand and manage the design requirements of the tender/project and to provide assistance and guidance to design co-ordinators where and when appropriate. John Sisk & Son have been building excellence as a family-owned international construction company by offering trust, certainty and value to our clients whilst being at the heart of change.

• Have input into the selection of the design team.
• Agree the design team’s responsibilities and scope of services
• Agree tender and construction programme with the design team
• Hold and minute regular design meetings and involve critical sub-contractors as necessary
• Advise on the selection of specialist sub-contractors
• Consider alternative building methods, sub-contractor and materials

The ideal candidate would be an experienced Design Manager/Senior Design Manager with strong internal package experience, change control, ideally with BSA experience/Healthcare experience.

• Be able to manage a full design team and oversee design manager and design coordinators
• Experience of site/contract procedures
• Ability to organise, plan, programme and manage workloads
• Good working knowledge of Building Regulations and Planning Permission procedures.
• Be able to use Microsoft Word / Excel / PowerPoint / View Point for Projects (4Projects)
• Competitive Salary with yearly increase
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Healthcare
• 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more)
• Employer pension
• Death in service - life assurance
• Competitive mileage rate
• Travel expenses
• Flexible and remote working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Professional and Educational development

Our people are at the heart of our success and our proposition to them is work with purpose, have time for life, build a career with no limits and surround yourself with great people. Our Internal Recruitment Team fulfil all vacancies on a direct basis. Unsolicited contact by unapproved agencies (sharing speculative CVs) will not be accepted and introductory fees will not apply.

• The full job specification is available on request

At Sisk we are committed to attracting and hiring diverse talent into our organisation. We know the confidence gap and imposter phenomenon can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates. We also know that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't feel they meet all the criteria. Give your transferable skills the chance to tell the full story. It’s not all about your technical expertise. Don’t hold back, we’d love to hear from you.