Tender Design Manager

Our client is a leading support services organisation, with a long term 35-year PFI contract, providing construction & facilities management services, across a complex range of commercial & industrial defence asset in Wiltshire & Hampshire.

Your Role

Manage a portfolio of lifecycle projects from inception (RIBA 0) through to the start of delivery (RIBA 5), balancing technical requirements, programme objectives, commercial priorities and stakeholder expectations. Define project scope, funding routes and delivery approaches with AMP managers and stakeholders, implementing appropriate design strategies across projects and the wider lifecycle programme. Manage and coordinate design consultants, design and build contractors, and contractor design elements where required. Provide ongoing design support through construction and handover phases, ensuring maintainable solutions, suitable specifications, operating manuals and warranties. Collaborate with commercial, procurement, maintenance, asset management and authority stakeholders to achieve value for money and sustainable outcomes. Engage with Building Control, Planning Authorities and Fire Officers to ensure compliance requirements are incorporated from an early stage. Lead design coordination, manage documentation from scope development through to construction issue, and ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations. Oversee design risk assessments, design programmes, progress reporting, meetings and multidisciplinary team coordination activities. Support procurement and construction teams throughout tendering, design development and project delivery. Qualifications & Experience:

Degree, HND or HNC in Building, Engineering or Architecture. Professional qualifications in Architecture, Engineering, Construction or Project Management are advantageous. Proven design management experience across complex multi-funded projects, with current knowledge of JSPs, Building Regulations and fire standards within a defence environment. Experience delivering sustainability improvement projects and exposure to PFI/PPP arrangements and two-stage tendering processes are essential. Experience working within a BIM environment would be beneficial. Strong written and verbal communication skills, excellent IT and organisational abilities, and the capability to influence and guide stakeholders. You will be a collaborative team player with a flexible and pragmatic approach who is comfortable working in a changing environment