Design Manager

Location: Bromsgrove/Shrewsbury

Full Details:

As a Design Manager for VINCI Building, you play a pivotal role in assessing various factors to ensure that a project can be completed as planned within the parametres of time, budget, and quality, leading, preparing, and completing feasibility documents, advising on all design/architectural aspects with support from an experienced Team.

The Role:

  • Reporting to Senior Design Manager, the key responsibilities include:
  • Assist the Regional/Senior Design Manager in discharging their tender stage tasks and responsibilities.
  • Agree, in conjunction with the site team, the specialist subcontractor procurement strategy.
  • Produce and agree the Project Stage Design Programme and associated Design Deliverables with the primary, secondary and specialist subcontract designers and monitor / report on progress, examining the physical characteristics of the site.
  • Evaluating proposed designs.
  • Manage the on-site design process at ‘RIBA Stage 4 and 5'
  • Ensuring regulatory compliance.
  • Cost estimating to give our customers a guide on cost.
  • Funding evaluation.
  • Evaluating the return on investment to ensure it is a viable project.
  • Establish and agree the project Common Data Environment (CDE), the project file structure, virtual file links, email file links, security rights, workflows and voting rights.
  • Establish the frequency and content for all design coordination workshops and progress meetings.
  • Produce the project specific Design Management Plan (DMP) and BIM Execution Plan (BEP) and monitor compliance.


Essential and Desirable Criteria:

  • An architect or Design Manager with relevant qualification.
  • Previous experience working on projects in construction across varying sectors such as education, healthcare, and commercial.
  • Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills with the ability to influence others.
  • Previous experience in the Construction sector working on mid to large new build & refurbishment projects.
  • A good team player and communicator who is able to work with all levels of the organisation.


We are VINCI Building

Operating from our network of offices throughout England and Wales, VINCI Building delivers new build, refurbishment and associated fitout works, with particular expertise in the education, healthcare, industrial, air, retail, commercial and mixed-use sectors.

We focus on technical excellence and experience to sustainably deliver best value for our clients. We understand and respond to the challenges of the modern built environment.

Our goal is always to build strong partnerships with our customers and stakeholders to ensure success by unlocking your strategic vision and turning it into a deliverable scheme. We are active in a wide range of sectors and value bands, allowing us to provide a regional service with national resources.

VINCI Building delivers complex projects and programmes, blending our corporate stability with the local knowledge our teams offer.

Sustainability is at the heart of our approach, and we are committed to respecting and protecting the environment in everything that we do. We take the time to understand and make a positive difference to each community that we work in to ensure that our projects leave a lasting legacy.

Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Building is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process, please contact us directly.

VINCI Building recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.