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Design Manager

Salary
Location Oxford or Birmingham
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

What’s the Opportunity?
If you are an excellent communicator who can articulate technical design and project management issues this role will provide the opportunity to work across multi-disciplinary projects in Formula 1, Life Sciences, Data Centres, and Automotive sectors. You will engage with our multi-disciplinary design teams to shape how design management is carried out on our projects. If you have experience of running complex projects as a Lead Consultant, or Project Architect this could be a good step-up for your career. This role can be based in either our Oxford or Birmingham offices.

What you need to do to be effective in this role?
•    Apply professional Design Management across projects for Ridge.
•    Show ambition and a willingness to work flexibly, both in our regional offices and on-site.
•    Develop personal growth opportunities for the team.
•    Maintain quality service by enforcing quality and customer service standards and recommending system improvements.
•    A good understanding of the RIBA Plan of Work and experience through pre- and post-contract stages.

What are the day to day role duties?
•    Defining design programmes, design deliverables and communications across multiple complex projects.
•    Supporting the Lead Consultant in project administration and reporting.
•    Leading design team meetings with internal and external consultants.
•    Supporting Client technical approval processes and internal quality assurance.
•    Leading the Design team to ensure projects are set up for success.

The skills and experience you need to have for this role
•    Managing design teams and projects as Lead Consultant.
•    Relevant design industry experience, with a background on large complex projects, such as Architecture or Engineering, ideally with chartered status.
•    Be proficient in the use of digital tools to manage the design process such as MS Excel, MS Project, and document management platforms.
•    Experience of defining BIM deliverables and design programming is advantageous.

Personal Attributes
•    Be a pro-active leader of teams with excellent attention to detail.
•    Be able to work autonomously on projects and have confidence in managing large design teams.
•    Adaptable to work on a range of project sectors and scales.
 

We are Ridge, a Built Environment Consultancy. We help our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.

Our 1,000+ people bring a vast range of skills, delivering a professional mindset, gritty discipline and a genuine passion to every one of the thousands of projects they undertake each year. They’re the foundation of our success - they drive our vision, embody our values and separate us from the competition.

Come and join us if you’re hungry to be part of an exceptional team - if you put quality first - if you’re motivated by ingenuity and if you’re always aspiring to be the very best.

Ridge core values 1. Quality and reliability Pressing for superior results - every time. 2. Agile and flexible Deep listening, a true understanding and workable, bespoke solutions in response. 3. Proactive and creative One step ahead, we dare to imagine a brighter world. 4. Entrepreneurial and dynamic Our inner spirit for learning, discovery and innovation inspires opportunities.

The benefits package we have put together for you supports every aspect of your life.

Annual
leave

A healthy holiday allowance that starts at 25 days pa, plus the option to buy, carry over or sell.

Community
spirit

You can take three volunteering days each year to spend time on causes close to your heart.

Mental
health

Mental Health First Aiders are here to support you, backed up by Unum’s Help@hand app.

Financial benefits

A path to peace of mind: life assurance, pension scheme and income protection.

Physical
wellbeing

Your health is a priority for us too, so we offer medical insurance, private GP access and discounted gym membership.

Flexible
working

Our flexible approach to hybrid working is there to suit you, your family and your team.

Career development

A pathway at Ridge that’s focused on your professional, personal or educational aspirations.

Extra
benefits

Performance bonus, car allowance and more based on your role - and progression.

We believe that everyone performs their best when they feel like they belong and can be their true selves at work. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we will support you to ensure you have everything you need to be successful and achieve your best in your career at Ridge. If you’d like to discuss accessibility, accommodations or adjustments during your application and selection process, please contact us at workwithus@ridge.co.uk and we will work with you to ensure you feel included and supported.

A polite note to Recruitment Agencies
We enjoy great relationships with our agency partners within our framework, and fully believe in the value of a blended approach to finding the best talent. However, we are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from agency partners at this time – any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownerships on any introduction that you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.

We are committed to nurturing strong partnerships within our agency framework, but there are occasions where we looking to enlist the help of others. If you would be interested in working with us in the future, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

A polite note to recruitment agencies

We are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.
If you are a recruitment agency who doesn’t currently work with Ridge but would like to, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

We are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.

If you are a recruitment agency who doesn’t currently work with Ridge but would like to, please send a message to workwithus@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.

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