Senior Design Manager
Senior Design Manager
- 11642
- Basingstoke
- Design
- Permanent
- Closing on: 5 Oct 2026
- 10000083
- Katy Rainford
- katy.rainford@wates.co.uk
- Grade F - Wates 2026
- Basic DBS
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Design Manager to join Wates Residential. You will provide technical leadership across a major project or a smaller cluster of projects, overseeing the design process from pre-construction and tender stage through to completion.
Working closely with our project, commercial and pre-construction teams, you will ensure designs are coordinated, commercially considered, compliant and practical to build. You will also lead and support the development of design management colleagues across the project.
As our Senior Design Manager, you will:
- Lead the design process from pre-construction through to project completion.
- Coordinate consultants, subcontractors and internal teams to deliver compliant, buildable and commercially considered designs.
- Manage design programmes, technical approvals, risks and changes.
- Support BIM, digital information management and Building Safety requirements.
- Build strong relationships with clients and project stakeholders.
- Lead and develop Design Managers and wider design team colleagues.
You will bring strong technical knowledge of construction methods, design processes and project delivery, alongside the ability to communicate confidently with a wide range of stakeholders.
You will ideally have:
- Significant design management experience within construction.
- Strong knowledge of CDM requirements, Building Safety Gateways and health and safety legislation.
- Experience managing consultants, design programmes, technical approvals and design change.
- An understanding of BIM, digital information management and the Golden Thread.
- The ability to identify design risks and develop practical, commercially considered solutions.
- Strong leadership, negotiation, presentation and stakeholder-management skills.
- MCIOB status and/or Chartered Engineer or Architect status, or relevant equivalent experience.
Our commitments:
Wates is proud to be an employer where anyone can thrive, and we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement, as we value transferable skills and assess all applications fairly.
We don't discriminate based on a criminal record; all applications are reviewed on an individual basis against the requirements of the role. Some roles may require additional checks, due to the nature of the work. As a Disability Confident Leader, we offer an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role and opt in to the Disability Confident scheme. Reasonable adjustments are available, please contact us at recruitment@wates.co.uk
