Senior Design Manager

The Team

We are an award winning global consultancy and have been named Building’s Engineering Consultant of the Year in 2024, 2022 and 2021. We are at the forefront of the industry, priding ourselves on our exemplary track record of designing innovative and sustainable projects.

Sustainability runs through everything we do at Cundall, and our people are empowered to drive change and decarbonise the built environment. By the end of this decade, we have set ourselves an ambitious goal to only work on projects that meet our zero carbon design criteria, a commitment we have called our Zero Carbon Design 2030 goal. We need engineers who share this passion for sustainability and thrive in designing energy efficient buildings and communities.

Cundall is a multi-disciplinary consultancy, offering a wide variety of engineering and sustainability services, together with complementary specialisms, from locations across the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and North Africa. Our growing Design Management Function is integral to the successful delivery of large complex projects across many industry sectors. 

Cundall's mission is to play a key role in making buildings more energy efficient, sustainable and cost effective to operate. We pride ourselves on our exemplary track record of designing innovative and sustainable design solutions, which minimises the use of natural resources. 

Cundall’s multidisciplinary design teams are a source of world leading expertise - and offer a pro-active and collaborative approach to skill development, and professional experience. 

The Role

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and dynamic Senior Design/Project Manager to join the Design Management Function in our London office and to play a role in ensuring the successful delivery of some of the most exciting and high-profile projects within the UK and internationally. This is a role has a stimulating level of exposure to the wider project teams and stakeholders with great potential to develop your career and expand experience. 

Working closely with senior members of the Design Management Team, the Senior Design/Project Manager is responsible for the day to day running of large and/or complex projects which may include sub-consultants and may be presented as the project lead to the client teams.   

This role includes planning and implementing project delivery, facilitating coordination and communication. Candidates will typically be knowledgeable in project methods and tools, and building/maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders.  You will manage the design delivery, submissions, risk management, planning, commercial obligations, and progress monitoring whilst also ensuring the client objectives are understood and met. 

You will also have the opportunity over time to assume greater levels of responsibility and autonomy as your professional skills develop and collaborate closely with colleagues of various disciplines to manage the delivery of profitable projects and will be supported towards chartership. 

The Skills

The candidate shall be educated to bachelor’s degree level or higher in project management, engineering or architecture, or similar approved vocational qualification.  

They will also be a member of APM, PMP, MCIOB, MRICS, CIBSE, Engineering Council, IET, or similar approved professional organisation.  

We seek experience within a similar Project/Design Management consultancy role or within an appropriate design field.  They will have some commercial awareness to administratively support the Partners/Associates with the preparation of bids, requests for proposals, sub-consultant appointments and their contract administration.

Job Description

Your career at Cundall

We know that to be the best at what we do we need a diverse workforce underpinned by an inclusive culture. Creating environments where everyone can find joy doing their best work is also great for everyone. That’s why we positively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities, and encourage, support, and celebrate the diverse voices of our people.

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