Design Manager

Position:              Design Manager
Location:             Hybrid role, part in East London/Essex office, site & home working
Contract:             Freelance / Temp to perm – 6-12 month minimum

This Design Manager role:

An exciting opportunity for a Design Manager to join a successful, growing contractor with a great long-standing reputation. You will work on projects in most sectors including education, social housing, commercial, leisure and healthcare.

As Design Manager, you will be hands on and commercially minded as well as knowledgeable on a variety of different forms of construction. 

The projects:
Future projects will cover most sectors of construction and will include refurbishments, new builds and fitout. As a Design Manager you could run up to 3 projects depending on their values and locations. An example would be to oversee a £4m extension of a school and a £6m hospital refurbishment project while also being involved on others a different stage of the construction and pre-construction process.

What is in it for you?

- Very competitive day rate
- Flexible and relaxed working conditions
- Stable, potentially long term freelance contract
- Work with an established and high functioning team

What you will need for this Design Manager role?

A UK construction qualification in Design Management, construction management or Architecture. Over 5yrs proven experience as a Design Manager, working directly for a main contractor. You will have made the transition from working within an Architects to main contracting.

If you're a Design Manager or Senior Design Manager and interested in this Design Manager position or any other Design Management or technical Management in London or the Southern Home Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire or 

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