Design Manager
Posted on May 12, 2026 by CV-Library
North Acton, Greater London, United Kingdom
Construction
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Contract/Project
Design Manager - MEP required to work for Principal Contractor JV on High Speed Rail Major Tunnels Programme.
Contract initially up to end of Dec 2027 - Inside IR35
Old Oak Common/North Acton - Hybrid Working Arrangements, 3 Days in the office, 2 days WFH.
Skillset: Design Management, Fitout, Engineering, Construction, MEP, CDM.
Design Manager Role Brief:
As the Design Manager for MEPH systems you will take a leading role in the completion of the Stage 5 (Design for Construction & Manufacturing) MEPH design. You will be the principle point of contact for design for the allocated subcontract supply chain members, in this instance the BMS and Fire Systems packages. Your role will oversee the delivery of the design on 12No assets along the line of route for the London Tunnels.
Stage 5 Supply Chain Design Management
-Management of Supply Chain Stage 5 Design Deliverables, ensuring that the supply chain submit quality deliverables in a timely manner.
-Ensure that the design processes are communicated and implemented. Identify where deviations from processes are required and ensure that appropriate exceptions processes are implemented.
-Interface management between Stage 5 Design suppliers and Design Integrator, ensuring that deliverables are aligned to one another and that interfaces are identified and managed.
-Management of Stage 5 supplier queries, interfacing with supply chain to provide responses in a proactive and collaborative manner.
-Ensuring that design accommodates designing for maintenance and health, safety and welfare during construction and in-use.
-Reporting on progress of design for your subcontract packages, identifying key risks and issues and ensuring that these are communicated with the Package Manager (Delivery) and Commercial Package Manager.
Stage 4 Contractors Detailed Design
-Management of Stage 4 design queries and defects. Supporting the Stage 5 designers with identifying these and managing the resolution
-Managing the Stage 4 resources allocated to your package, ensuring that they're resources are prioritised and allocated in an efficient manner.
-Supporting the commercial team in reconciling costs and managing the subcontracts.
Essential Experience/Skills Required:
-Experience of design management for Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health systems, ideally with BMS and Fire Systems experience from a design or delivery perspective.
-Experience of detailed design within an MEP setting
-Have a knowledge of relevant policies and standards related to MEP Design
-Experience of working within a large scale self assured design environment.
-Capable of working independently and proactively to progress works but also skilled at working collaboratively with other integrated team members and external stakeholders for the overall benefit of the project.
-Experience in the management of the implementation of the requirements of the Construction and Design Management Regs 2015 in design
-Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Document Control Systems, Auto CAD, Navisworks and Projectwise).
-Excellent communication skills and ability to adjust communication style to suite receiver.
-Relevant CSCS Card.
NEC Contracts Projects Experience
Contract initially up to end of Dec 2027 - Inside IR35
Old Oak Common/North Acton - Hybrid Working Arrangements, 3 Days in the office, 2 days WFH.
Skillset: Design Management, Fitout, Engineering, Construction, MEP, CDM.
Design Manager Role Brief:
As the Design Manager for MEPH systems you will take a leading role in the completion of the Stage 5 (Design for Construction & Manufacturing) MEPH design. You will be the principle point of contact for design for the allocated subcontract supply chain members, in this instance the BMS and Fire Systems packages. Your role will oversee the delivery of the design on 12No assets along the line of route for the London Tunnels.
Stage 5 Supply Chain Design Management
-Management of Supply Chain Stage 5 Design Deliverables, ensuring that the supply chain submit quality deliverables in a timely manner.
-Ensure that the design processes are communicated and implemented. Identify where deviations from processes are required and ensure that appropriate exceptions processes are implemented.
-Interface management between Stage 5 Design suppliers and Design Integrator, ensuring that deliverables are aligned to one another and that interfaces are identified and managed.
-Management of Stage 5 supplier queries, interfacing with supply chain to provide responses in a proactive and collaborative manner.
-Ensuring that design accommodates designing for maintenance and health, safety and welfare during construction and in-use.
-Reporting on progress of design for your subcontract packages, identifying key risks and issues and ensuring that these are communicated with the Package Manager (Delivery) and Commercial Package Manager.
Stage 4 Contractors Detailed Design
-Management of Stage 4 design queries and defects. Supporting the Stage 5 designers with identifying these and managing the resolution
-Managing the Stage 4 resources allocated to your package, ensuring that they're resources are prioritised and allocated in an efficient manner.
-Supporting the commercial team in reconciling costs and managing the subcontracts.
Essential Experience/Skills Required:
-Experience of design management for Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health systems, ideally with BMS and Fire Systems experience from a design or delivery perspective.
-Experience of detailed design within an MEP setting
-Have a knowledge of relevant policies and standards related to MEP Design
-Experience of working within a large scale self assured design environment.
-Capable of working independently and proactively to progress works but also skilled at working collaboratively with other integrated team members and external stakeholders for the overall benefit of the project.
-Experience in the management of the implementation of the requirements of the Construction and Design Management Regs 2015 in design
-Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Document Control Systems, Auto CAD, Navisworks and Projectwise).
-Excellent communication skills and ability to adjust communication style to suite receiver.
-Relevant CSCS Card.
NEC Contracts Projects Experience
Reference: 225095656
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Design Manager
Posted on May 12, 2026 by CV-Library
North Acton, Greater London, United Kingdom
Construction
Immediate Start
Annual Salary
Contract/Project
Design Manager - MEP required to work for Principal Contractor JV on High Speed Rail Major Tunnels Programme.
Contract initially up to end of Dec 2027 - Inside IR35
Old Oak Common/North Acton - Hybrid Working Arrangements, 3 Days in the office, 2 days WFH.
Skillset: Design Management, Fitout, Engineering, Construction, MEP, CDM.
Design Manager Role Brief:
As the Design Manager for MEPH systems you will take a leading role in the completion of the Stage 5 (Design for Construction & Manufacturing) MEPH design. You will be the principle point of contact for design for the allocated subcontract supply chain members, in this instance the BMS and Fire Systems packages. Your role will oversee the delivery of the design on 12No assets along the line of route for the London Tunnels.
Stage 5 Supply Chain Design Management
-Management of Supply Chain Stage 5 Design Deliverables, ensuring that the supply chain submit quality deliverables in a timely manner.
-Ensure that the design processes are communicated and implemented. Identify where deviations from processes are required and ensure that appropriate exceptions processes are implemented.
-Interface management between Stage 5 Design suppliers and Design Integrator, ensuring that deliverables are aligned to one another and that interfaces are identified and managed.
-Management of Stage 5 supplier queries, interfacing with supply chain to provide responses in a proactive and collaborative manner.
-Ensuring that design accommodates designing for maintenance and health, safety and welfare during construction and in-use.
-Reporting on progress of design for your subcontract packages, identifying key risks and issues and ensuring that these are communicated with the Package Manager (Delivery) and Commercial Package Manager.
Stage 4 Contractors Detailed Design
-Management of Stage 4 design queries and defects. Supporting the Stage 5 designers with identifying these and managing the resolution
-Managing the Stage 4 resources allocated to your package, ensuring that they're resources are prioritised and allocated in an efficient manner.
-Supporting the commercial team in reconciling costs and managing the subcontracts.
Essential Experience/Skills Required:
-Experience of design management for Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health systems, ideally with BMS and Fire Systems experience from a design or delivery perspective.
-Experience of detailed design within an MEP setting
-Have a knowledge of relevant policies and standards related to MEP Design
-Experience of working within a large scale self assured design environment.
-Capable of working independently and proactively to progress works but also skilled at working collaboratively with other integrated team members and external stakeholders for the overall benefit of the project.
-Experience in the management of the implementation of the requirements of the Construction and Design Management Regs 2015 in design
-Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Document Control Systems, Auto CAD, Navisworks and Projectwise).
-Excellent communication skills and ability to adjust communication style to suite receiver.
-Relevant CSCS Card.
NEC Contracts Projects Experience
Contract initially up to end of Dec 2027 - Inside IR35
Old Oak Common/North Acton - Hybrid Working Arrangements, 3 Days in the office, 2 days WFH.
Skillset: Design Management, Fitout, Engineering, Construction, MEP, CDM.
Design Manager Role Brief:
As the Design Manager for MEPH systems you will take a leading role in the completion of the Stage 5 (Design for Construction & Manufacturing) MEPH design. You will be the principle point of contact for design for the allocated subcontract supply chain members, in this instance the BMS and Fire Systems packages. Your role will oversee the delivery of the design on 12No assets along the line of route for the London Tunnels.
Stage 5 Supply Chain Design Management
-Management of Supply Chain Stage 5 Design Deliverables, ensuring that the supply chain submit quality deliverables in a timely manner.
-Ensure that the design processes are communicated and implemented. Identify where deviations from processes are required and ensure that appropriate exceptions processes are implemented.
-Interface management between Stage 5 Design suppliers and Design Integrator, ensuring that deliverables are aligned to one another and that interfaces are identified and managed.
-Management of Stage 5 supplier queries, interfacing with supply chain to provide responses in a proactive and collaborative manner.
-Ensuring that design accommodates designing for maintenance and health, safety and welfare during construction and in-use.
-Reporting on progress of design for your subcontract packages, identifying key risks and issues and ensuring that these are communicated with the Package Manager (Delivery) and Commercial Package Manager.
Stage 4 Contractors Detailed Design
-Management of Stage 4 design queries and defects. Supporting the Stage 5 designers with identifying these and managing the resolution
-Managing the Stage 4 resources allocated to your package, ensuring that they're resources are prioritised and allocated in an efficient manner.
-Supporting the commercial team in reconciling costs and managing the subcontracts.
Essential Experience/Skills Required:
-Experience of design management for Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health systems, ideally with BMS and Fire Systems experience from a design or delivery perspective.
-Experience of detailed design within an MEP setting
-Have a knowledge of relevant policies and standards related to MEP Design
-Experience of working within a large scale self assured design environment.
-Capable of working independently and proactively to progress works but also skilled at working collaboratively with other integrated team members and external stakeholders for the overall benefit of the project.
-Experience in the management of the implementation of the requirements of the Construction and Design Management Regs 2015 in design
-Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Document Control Systems, Auto CAD, Navisworks and Projectwise).
-Excellent communication skills and ability to adjust communication style to suite receiver.
-Relevant CSCS Card.
NEC Contracts Projects Experience
Reference: 225095656
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