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Sector: Creative and Design
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Role: Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
The Vacancy
Wates Group are recruiting for a Principal Design Manager to join our Wates Fit Out team in London, focusing on high profile, technically complex projects across multiple sectors.
If you are passionate about design, working within a team environment and have proven technical skills, looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas and elevate yourself within the industry, then join us and help to create tomorrow together.
This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Our Principal Design Managers are a valuable part of our business, driving quality outcomes, enhancing buildability, and fostering innovation. Principal Design Managers work collaboratively with our customers and industry specialists to ensure that the design develops in accordance with the brief, with a firm focus on added value, compliance, commercial viability, and best practice.
As our Principal Design Manager, you will:
1. Review the current design of all projects and undertake detailed risk and opportunities appraisal to mitigate risk, enhance buildability, and add value prior to the construction phase.
2. In collaboration with the project team, Lead Designer, and Consultant Team, produce and manage a realistic design programme and information required schedule, to satisfy design, procurement, and construction requirements.
3. Work closely with the Commercial and Operations Teams to ensure all design deliverables are fully coordinated, buildable, and within budget. Contribute to technical workshops and value management exercises as required to align expectations in this respect.
WHAT WE OFFER
* Competitive salary & profit share scheme
* Flexible working
* Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
* Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
* Extensive corporate benefits including: Private Medical, Pension 8% employer's contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays, and much more...
* Excellent range of learning and development activities to support your career progression.
* Industry leading family leave benefits to include 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.
Wates are committed to the fair treatment of people with criminal records, including employees and potential employees. We ensure that our recruitment, promotion, and retention activity does not treat people less favourably because of an offending background.
Basic Check:
Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at the offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.
If you would like clarity on any of our vacancies, discuss career opportunities in strict confidence, or need anything to make our recruitment process easier, please contact our In-House Recruitment Team directly or via recruitment@wates.co.uk and one of us will get in touch as soon as possible.
Work for Wates
Wates is one of the UK's leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment. We are driven by our purpose, 'reimagining places for people to thrive' and our three promises: Thriving places, Thriving planet, and Thriving people.
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