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Senior Design Manager

Job DescriptionDesign roles do not come much better than this!!!  Our client, a top-tier Main Contractor delivering high-profile Data Centre projects, is looking to appoint a Senior Design Manager to lead CSA (Civil, Structural & Architectural) design from preconstruction through to delivery.\n
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\nThis is a superb opportunity to join a specialist contractor that is making great strides into the Critical Infrastructure market in both the UK and Europe.\n
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Senior Design Manager roles & responsibilities:\n
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  • Leading CSA design management on one live project at a time, from preconstruction through to delivery
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  • Coordinating designers, subcontractors and the wider project team to ensure design information supports programme and buildability
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  • A hybrid working pattern: typically 3 days working from home, 2 days on site
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  • Working within a well-resourced project team on a major, live construction scheme
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Senior Design Manager experience required: \n
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  • Previous Data Centre build project experience is essential — this is a non-negotiable requirement
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  • A strong Design Management background covering both preconstruction and delivery stages, ideally CSA-focused
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  • Main contractor background
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  • Comfortable managing design risk, coordination and stakeholder input across a live, fast-paced projectS
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Senior Design Manager remuneration:\n
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  • £95,000 – £110,000 + full package
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  • Hybrid working — flexibility to balance home and site
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  • The opportunity to lead design on some of the most significant Data Centre projects in the UK, for a business genuinely on the front foot in this sector
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This is a red hot role for a start ASAP.  Want to know more about this opportunity?  Drop me a line at Build Space HQ for full details: dominic.c@buildspaceuk.com / 0208 332 2727.

Senior Design Manager

London, UK
Full time

Published on 09/22/2026

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