Design Manager
hace 2 días
Farnborough
🚨 We’re Hiring: Design Manager – Secure Facilities & High-Security Projects 🚨 📍 Farnborough, Hampshire (Office / On-site) 🏗️ Design & Build | Offices | Defence & Aerospace | Specialist Projects I’m working with an amazing design and build company that delivers high-profile projects across offices, defence, aerospace, and other specialist sectors. They’re looking for a Design Manager to lead the design and technical coordination of secure facility design-and-build projects, including government, data centre, and high-security infrastructure environments. This is a key role within a growing, high-performing team — offering real responsibility, variety, and the chance to work on projects where precision, trust, and innovation truly matter. 🔑 What You’ll Be Doing Design Leadership & Coordination • Lead the full design lifecycle — briefing, concept, developed design, technical design, construction support, and as-built handover, • Ensure all designs meet client requirements, regulatory standards, security classifications, and accreditation needs, • Produce, review, and manage technical drawings, reports, and design documentation, • Coordinate architectural, structural, MEP, ICT, and security systems into integrated design solutions, • Manage and review outputs from external draftspeople and specialist consultants Stakeholder Engagement • Act as the primary design contact for clients, end users, regulators, and security accreditors, • Collaborate closely with internal engineering, project management, and operations teams, • Lead design workshops, coordination meetings, and technical reviews, • Liaise with contractors, suppliers, and external consultants Technical & Construction Support • Produce and review detailed AutoCAD drawings (essential), • Interpret or contribute to BIM models in Revit (highly desirable), • Support tender documentation, scopes of work, and technical specifications, • Provide design oversight during construction, resolving RFIs and managing design changes, • Conduct site inspections, quality checks, and design audits, • Deliver complete as-built documentation at project close 🧠 What We’re Looking For Essential • Proven experience in design management or senior design coordination within construction, interiors, secure facilities, data centres, or similar technical sectors, • Strong AutoCAD capability with experience producing detailed technical drawings, • Experience leading multi-disciplinary design processes, • Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills, • Comfortable working with sensitive or classified information, • Ability to obtain UK Government security clearance Desirable • Revit / BIM experience, • Knowledge of government or critical national infrastructure security standards, • Experience managing external consultants and specialist designers, • Relevant technical or construction qualifications 💡 About You • Highly organised, proactive, and detail-driven, • Strong problem-solving skills and confident decision-making, • Comfortable juggling multiple projects and deadlines, • Professional and credible with senior stakeholders, • A genuine team player who enjoys a fun, collaborative, high-performing environment, • Growth-minded — personally and professionally 🎯 What’s In It For You • Lead design on technically challenging, high-profile secure projects, • Work within a collaborative environment across offices, defence, aerospace, and specialist projects, • Opportunity for ongoing professional development in secure design and technical environments