Design Manager

Kier Group are looking for a Design Manager to join our Strategic Projects business on a major scheme in the Defence sector at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire.

Our Strategic Projects business delivers major projects across the Custodial, Life Science, Commercial, Defence and Healthcare sectors on a national scale.

Location: Cranwell, Sleaford

Hours: Full time, permanent. Flexible working options are available.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

• Design Management & Delivery: Oversee and coordinate design information in line with project schedules and consultant appointments.
• Compliance & Risk: Ensure designs meet health and safety legislation, sustainability standards (e.g. BREEAM), and industry codes; manage associated risks.
• Project Involvement: Provide design input during both preconstruction and construction phases.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Chair design meetings, produce reports and presentations, and liaise with internal/external stakeholders.
• Documentation & Reporting: Produce design programmes, scopes, responsibility matrices, and maintain progress records with regular reporting

What are we looking for?

• Experience: Proven background in design roles within main contractors or architectural practices on large-scale construction projects.
• Qualifications: Degree or HND in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or similar.
• Technical Skills: Familiarity with BIM Level 2, including COBie data and Level of Detail Management (LoDM).

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role you will be required to complete a Government Security Check (SC) Clearance  which takes place before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. (Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us - to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit jobs.kier.co.uk/prison-programme/). This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-AS2