We're looking for a Head of Design to join our Eastern South team based in Stansted.
Location: Stansted, Essex
Hours: Full Time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
As a Head of Design, you'll be leading the design function across the Eastern South Portfolio, managing a team of circa 30 talented professionals delivering diverse projects across healthcare, justice, education, defence, and commercial sectors. With project values ranging from £10m to £160m, this is an opportunity to make a real impact while developing and empowering your team to achieve the highest standards.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Head of Design, you'll be working within the Construction team, supporting them in delivering excellence across all design management aspects. Your day to day will include:
- Taking ownership of the design function, ensuring the delivery of all aspects of Design Management within the Eastern South Portfolio
- Direct line management and indirect responsibility for 20 members of design team staff
- Ensuring the development of the design function in its entirety, upholding standards and ensuring collaboration across departments
- Overseeing the development of design team members, empowering them to deliver to the highest standards and quality
What are we looking for?
This role of Head of Design is great for you if:
- You have experience at a Senior Level in Design Management roles, gained within Tier 1 Construction or Main Contracting environment
- You possess detailed knowledge of design process departmental procedures and industry best practice
- You have strong technical acumen with a background in Design, construction management or engineering discipline
- You have knowledge of building control and planning process
- You have the ability to lead a team and be part of a team
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 here.
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 here. 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.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.
