Design Manager

Design Manager

£65,000 - £80,000+ Benefits

Wakefield

Full-Time / Permanent

Are you someone who can manage complexity, hold teams accountable, and deliver design outputs that actually help projects succeed. If you're process-driven, commercially switched-on, and can translate between designers, site teams and clients without losing your mind, then we need to talk.

We need someone to run our clients' Design office and make sure design actually gets delivered on time, within budget, and without drama. You'll be managing the team, coordinating with external consultants, keeping projects on track, and making sure everything that leaves the office is buildable and compliant.

This isn't a design engineer role, you won't be sitting doing calculations or drawings. It's about managing the operation: planning resources, setting up processes that actually work, chairing reviews, challenging designs when they need it, and being the go-to person when project...