Design Manager

Location: Trilogy Office, MotherwellBusiness Unit: EnergyProjects: CMN3 & Harburn

Morgan Sindall is seeking an experienced Design Manager to be based at our Trilogy office in Motherwell, supporting our Energy business unit, with a particular focus on the CMN3 and Harburn projects.

This is a key role responsible for managing and coordinating all design aspects at both tender and project delivery stages, ensuring safe, compliant, commercially sound and fully integrated design solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the design aspects of tenders and live projects from bid stage through to delivery
• Establish, maintain and manage an effective and sustainable project design resource and team structure
• Lead and provide a professional, comprehensive and customer‑focused design service to clients, partners and suppliers
• Develop and implement the overall design strategy and approach for bids and projects

Design Process & Coordination

• Safely manage and coordinate the design process through all RIBA design stages, challenging briefs to drive innovation and continuous improvement
• Set up and agree clear design management regimes with internal and external design teams
• Programme, manage and chair all design reviews and coordination meetings
• Ensure fully coordinated design solutions by working closely with discipline lead designers
• Produce and maintain coordinated design programmes aligned with the overall project programme
• Monitor design progress and report regularly to the wider project team

Compliance, Quality & Change Control

• Ensure compliance with Morgan Sindall design management procedures at bid and delivery stages
• Ensure adherence to the design brief, scope of services and specifications
• Ensure designs comply with current legislation, standards, codes of practice and statutory requirements
• Coordinate activities with contractors and statutory bodies (e.g. Local Authority Planning, Building Control, HSE)
• Manage change control, ensuring design changes are properly authorised, costed and implemented
• Ensure design solutions meet commercial, construction and cost plan requirements

Commercial & Sustainable Outcomes

• Maintain design development within agreed cost restraints and customer requirements
• Ensure sufficient sustainable design expertise, resources and approaches are embedded within the project
• Ensure integration of sustainable solutions across design and delivery stages

Qualifications, Experience & Technical Knowledge

• HNC / HND / Degree in a relevant discipline
• Membership of a relevant professional institute (e.g. CIOB)
• Proven experience delivering design management services at both bid and delivery stages
• Experience across key sectors such as Education, Health, Manufacturing, Industrial, Leisure or Transport
• Experience with both single‑stage tenders and preferred terms / negotiated routes
• Demonstrable experience bidding for and winning work
• Strong technical knowledge of construction practices, standards and design coordination
• Experience working with ViewPoint and Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)

Skills & Attributes

• Strong leadership and teamworking skills, with the ability to influence across a business unit
• Excellent management and organisational skills with a focus on quality and compliance
• Strong planning and time management skills, capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Confident working collaboratively to deliver project and operational performance
• Ability to maintain high standards and ensure specifications are met
• Specialist knowledge within a chosen field, with a proactive and solutions‑focused mindset

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