Role overview
OUR CORE VALUES: RESPECT | TRUST & INTEGRITY | QUALITY | TALENT | RELIABILITY
Design Manager – Construction
Passionate about construction? Want to work on exciting, iconic schemes? Experienced in Design management? Yes? We have the perfect role for you!
Eric Wright Construction work in a variety of sectors including hi-rise residential city apartments, Educational, City Regeneration and Health, schemes that range from £5m to £45m+. We’re looking for a Design Manage r to join our growing team. We have a strong pipeline for 2025 and beyond which will be delivered by our exceptional construction team.
Our business is truly special; part of the Eric Wright Group, and wholly owned by the Eric Wright Charitable Trust, we are a commercially focused business with a social purpose. Forward thinking and people focussed, we retain our traditional values and are extremely proud of our dedicated, passionate and friendly colleagues who live our values and work hard to make a difference every day. Our business would not be the business it is today without its people, we strive to develop and nurture talent, provide a positive healthy environment empowering our people to be the best they can be.
What will you do?
As a Design Manager, you will be a key influencer to ensure the successful delivery of construction projects. You will be instrumental in assisting and leading the design related elements from pre-construction to facilitate work winning through to project delivery. Confident and articulate you will motive the EWC design management team and external design consultants to deliver exceptional work, every day. A full job description is attached.
What we’re looking for?
It is essential that you are qualified to HNC/Degree level in a construction/design related subject and have the appropriate experience. Ideally, you will have demonstrable technical expertise in the construction of complex building types, as well as having knowledge of current design, planning legislation and compliance issues. You will have outstanding IT skills including knowledge of BIM. An effective communicator, able to engage, motivate and influence people in a busy and thriving environment.
At Eric Wright Group, our clients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, who share of values, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger.
1. Competitive Salary
2. Company car / car allowance scheme - we are working towards 100% hybrid / electric vehicles.
3. Enhanced annual leave starting at 26 Days + bank holidays rising with service
4. Learning and development - we offer a range of learning opportunities to develop talent at all levels within our business focusing on technical competence, upskilling, compliance and governance and career development.
5. Pension — 6.5% employer contribution of your salary into your pension to help you save for the future
6. BUPA - optional scheme and can include your family to the scheme (50% contribution)
7. Group Income Protection – 50% of your salary covered for 3 years for long term illness
8. Enhanced Paid Family Leave - maternity, paternity, adoption, fertility, compassion, bereavement, crisis, emergency dependants, and much more
9. Hybrid working - manage your own diary, working in the office, at home or out with clients
10. Virtual GP - 24/7 access for when you need to speak to a GP
11. EAP – Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured, supporting you and your family with advice, guidance and counselling on a variety of areas such as health, fitness, home life, finances and much more.
12. Mental Health support – through the Thrive app, approved by the NHS, provides tools, to tackle, prevent and manage common stressors such as sleep, bereavement, work issues etc. Also provides relaxation, breathing and meditation techniques and measures impact.
13. Savings scheme – Put aside an affordable amount for a rainy day in the future
14. Recognition awards – awards for long service and special birthdays
15. A comprehensive health and wellbeing strategy focused on physical, emotional, financial and career wellbeing
16. A wide range of enhanced benefits to support your well-being and work-life balance
Our ethos
Working at the Eric Wright Group of companies is truly special. Owned by the Eric Wright Charitable Trust, we are a commercially focused business with a social purpose, which means that after reinvestment in the business, our profit is donated to charity via the Trust. This ownership structure provides a high level of stability for the Group and supports longer-term commercial and charitable strategies. We are extremely proud of our dedicated, passionate and friendly colleagues who live our values and work hard to make a difference in communities every day.
The Eric Wright Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its employees, contractors and clients and expects its people to share this commitment. Successful applicants may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check or Disclosure Scotland check and to provide proof of their right to work in the UK. We are committed to equal opportunities, inclusion and fairness across all employment opportunities and service delivery. All managers and employees are expected to promote our values to ensure our workplaces and services are inclusive and accessible.
Department EWC Contract type Full time Hours 43.75 hours per week Salary Competitive with excellent benefits Benefits Competitive with excellent benefits