Design Manager

A Civil Engineering Contractor are now looking for a Design Manager with structural, temporary works and geotechnical experience to join their growing team in Leeds. They offer a variety of excellent work and lifestyle benefits, and a Salary up to 90,000 + Car allowance, this is a great opportunity to work on some unique projects and make a difference to the UK infrastructure.

The Design Manager will be someone who thrives on bringing people together, setting clear direction, and making sure design is delivered to the highest standard. You may already be working as a Design Manager, or perhaps you're a Project Manager or Engineering Manager with experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and are ready for that next step. This is not a role where you'll be buried in drawings or calculations, instead, you'll be driving design strategy, ensuring delivery is efficient, compliant, and commercially aligned.

• Leading the Leeds Design Office, ensuring design outputs are delivered on time, safely, and within budget.
• Multi-disciplinary team including Design Coordinators, CAD/BIM Technicians, and Graduates, while working closely with project teams, consultants, and clients.
• Coordinating internal teams and external consultants to create integrated, buildable solutions.
• Overseeing design governance, programmes, reviews, approvals, and document control.
• Supporting bids with design strategies and programmes.
• Managing and developing your team, creating a culture of safety, knowledge-sharing and continuous improvement.
• Driving the use of digital tools and BIM processes to enhance project delivery.
• Remit will span project governance, programme and budget control, and people leadership

• Strong background in project or business management, ideally within civil engineering or infrastructure.
• Track record of coordinating design delivery across internal teams and external partners.
• Excellent organisational and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercially aware with knowledge of budgets, forecasting, and NEC or similar contracts.
• Familiar with CDM 2015 and design risk management.
• Confident using CDEs and document management systems.
• Degree/HNC/HND in Civil/Structural Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Chartered/Inc. status (ICE/IStructE/APM) or working towards.
• Experience with temporary works or BIM/digital engineering.

• Salary Up to 90,000
• Car Allowance
• Salary Sacrifice on: Medical, Dental, and Tech Purchases
• Benefit Platform + 4x death in service
• Discretional company bonus
• Pension 5% company 4% employee
• 23 Days Holiday + 8 BH

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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