About the role
At Balfour Beatty, we deliver buildings that make a lasting difference to communities. We're looking for an exceptional Senior Design Manager to join our team and play a leading role in the delivery of works at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a complex and high-profile healthcare environment where design excellence, innovation and collaboration are critical to success. You will lead the design process from pre-construction through delivery, ensuring that technical solutions meet the highest standards of quality, safety, functionality and sustainability.
Working alongside clients, consultants, clinical stakeholders and construction teams, you will help create environments that support world-class patient care and improve outcomes for generations to come.
What you'll be doing
As a Senior Design Manager you will be:
- Leading and managing the design process across all project stages.
- Coordinating multidisciplinary design teams to ensure efficient and effective project delivery.
- Managing design programmes, deliverables and technical approvals.
- Providing technical leadership and ensuring compliance with healthcare standards, statutory requirements and client specifications.
- Identifying and mitigating design risks and driving value-engineering opportunities.
- Managing stakeholder engagement across clinical, operational and technical teams.
- Supporting digital design, BIM and modern methods of construction initiatives.
Who we're looking for
You will have the following:
- Significant experience in a Design Manager or Senior Design Manager role within the construction industry.
- Proven track record delivering large, complex building projects, ideally within healthcare or other highly regulated sectors.
- Strong technical understanding of building design, construction methodologies and project delivery.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary consultant teams and stakeholder groups.
- Excellent leadership, communication and relationship-building skills.
- Knowledge of BIM processes and digital design delivery.
- Degree qualified in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Operating across England and Wales, our buildings teams create places where people live, are cared for, work, learn, meet and have fun, with a focus on the aviation, health, defence, education and development sectors.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK19808
