Assistant Design Manager

We're looking for an Assistant Design Manager to join our Assured Delivery team based in Nationwide (Manchester/Birmingham/London). We believe in building teams around our people, rather than squeezing people into our teams, and we want to help you carve out a role in which you'll grow and thrive for many years to come. We offer market-leading development opportunities, supporting our graduates through the early stages of their careers, enabling our people to become professionally qualified, providing management training and qualifications, and supporting ongoing technical development throughout our people's careers.

Location: Nationwide (Manchester / Birmingham / London) - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required.

Hours: 42 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

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

What will you be responsible for?

• As an Assistant Design Manager, you'll be working within the Assured Delivery team, supporting them in delivering safe, efficient, and compliant infrastructure projects.
• You'll work alongside experienced Design Managers, supporting the coordination of multi-disciplinary design teams whilst gaining the skills and confidence to progress into a full Design Manager role.
• Whether you're supporting smaller work packages independently or contributing to larger, more complex schemes, you'll play a key role in ensuring our designs are safe, compliant, and ready for construction.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Managing design processes for allocated projects or work packages, coordinating inputs from multi-disciplinary teams including civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering.
• Supporting design reviews and technical assurance to ensure solutions are safe, compliant, and buildable.
• Acting as the primary point of contact for routine design coordination, maintaining clear communication with clients, consultants, and construction teams.
• Ensuring design progress aligns with project programmes and implementing BIM Execution Plans as required.
• Contributing to innovation, value engineering, and continuous improvement initiatives across projects.

What are we looking for?

• You have a degree (or equivalent experience) in an engineering discipline such as civil, mechanical, or electrical engineering.
• You have experience supporting or managing design activities on complex engineering or construction projects.
• You understand design management processes, multi-disciplinary coordination, and CDM 2015 requirements.
• You possess strong organisational and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across teams and stakeholders.
• You're comfortable with design and document management systems such as AutoCAD or BIM environments, and hold a full UK driving licence.

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.

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.

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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