Senior Design Manager

2 weeks ago


Oxford Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Laing O'Rourke Full time

Scope: Building

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Design Manager to one of our Oxford projects

We are looking to reinforce our future project technical leadership of the business by investing in high potential Senior Design Managers with our world class people and development strategies.

We are looking for individuals with a proven track record in design and delivery of large-scale intricate building projects.

What will the role look like?

  • Our senior design managers are responsible for ensuring technical excellence, assurance and performance, maximising and realising the potential of design to increase certainty on all of our projects.
  • Providing a focus for, and fronting, the pre-construction phase design processes, liaising with the client, the design team, in-house bid team and the operations team.
  • Implementing the processes that enable the design to be disputed and interrogated within a collaborative team framework, to enable risks to be reduced.

What skills & experience are we looking for?

  • Main contracting mixed-use experience.
  • Degree qualified in Architecture or Engineering (or related qualification)
  • Ability to manage all elements of the technical design process for major projects, from bid and pre-construction phase through to project completion.

About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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