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We're looking for Senior Design Manager's to join our Strategic Projects team at Kier Group.

 

Location: Nationwide (Various Locations)
Hours: Full Time, Permanent (Flexibility on offer)

 

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role

Join our Strategic Projects team delivering large-scale acute healthcare facilities across the UK. As a Senior Design Manager, you'll lead design delivery for a designated workstream comprising of multiple packages across complex major projects worth over £250m. You will be managing a team of design managers, and supporting the Head of Design to manage design consultants team and supply chain partners to achieve exceptional outcomes.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Design Manager, you'll be working within the Design Management team, supporting them in delivering outstanding healthcare facilities. Your day to day will include:

Leading design delivery across your designated workstream, collaborating with other workstreams to ensure seamless coordination

Supervising design team consultants and supply chain partners to ensure consistent quality and compliance with project programmes

Managing design risks and opportunities within your workstream while ensuring timely design deliverables

Supporting client interfaces including user groups and stakeholder engagements

Line managing and mentoring design management members, providing growth opportunities and career development

 

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Design Manager is great for you if:

You have experience leading design on complex projects (£50m to £150m) or package delivery on major projects (over £250m), preferably in healthcare

You possess construction qualifications (minimum HND/HNC/T Level) in a relevant discipline

You have strong technical knowledge of regulations and digital applications in construction

You're collaborative with excellent communication skills and the ability to nurture relationships

You're passionate about creating supportive team environments where everyone can flourish

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits .

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan . As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

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