Design Manager

At GRAHAM, we are more than a leading construction and facilities management partner – we are a trusted delivery partner supporting critical healthcare environments that provide essential services to patients, staff and visitors every day. As part of our long-term partnerships with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT), we are seeking an experienced Design Manager to play a key role in delivering coordinated, compliant and future-focused design solutions across diverse healthcare estates. This role will support a multi-year programme of capital investment, refurbishment projects across acute, community, mental health and specialist healthcare facilities. The Design Manager will lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design teams, ensuring all design information is fully integrated, compliant, buildable and aligned with healthcare regulations, operational requirements and long-term estate strategies. Working closely with project delivery teams, estates stakeholders, clinical users, consultants, contractors and FM teams, the Design Manager will ensure that design solutions support safe healthcare operations, minimise disruption to patient services and enable seamless transition from design through construction and into operational use. Supported by continued growth and investment in both people and infrastructure, GRAHAM is seeking an experienced and technically capable Design Manager who can drive quality, innovation, compliance and collaboration across a complex and high-profile healthcare portfolio. Benefits: Up to 36 days paid annual leave, Excellent Company Pension, Free Life Assurance, Training and Development, Discounted Private Health Care Scheme, Discounted Gym Membership and BUPA Health Assessments. Location: Manchester Hours Per Week: Monday - Friday, 40 Hours Job Type: Permanent / Full Time The Design Manager will: •Lead and coordinate the full design process from feasibility, pre-construction and concept design through to delivery, commissioning and project completion across refurbishment, infrastructure improvement and capital investment projects. •Manage multidisciplinary consultants, designers, specialist subcontractors and supply chain partners to ensure the development of coordinated, compliant and buildable design solutions. •Review all design information, including drawings, specifications, technical reports, BIM models and submissions, ensuring compliance with project requirements, healthcare standards and statutory obligations. •Develop, maintain and monitor detailed design programmes, ensuring design deliverables align with procurement activities, construction sequencing, operational requirements and key project milestones. •Prepare and manage Information Release Schedules to support project delivery, procurement and stakeholder requirements. •Chair and coordinate design team meetings, technical workshops and stakeholder reviews, ensuring actions are tracked and progressed to completion. •Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, challenging design proposals where necessary to ensure technical accuracy, value for money, compliance and operational suitability. •Identify and implement value engineering opportunities whilst maintaining compliance with project objectives, healthcare standards and client requirements. •Manage design change control processes, including RFIs, technical queries, design amendments, client approvals and change management procedures. •Identify, record and manage design risks, maintaining a robust design risk register and ensuring timely mitigation strategies are implemented. •Ensure compliance with Building Regulations, CDM Regulations, British Standards, Health Technical Memoranda (HTMs), Health Building Notes (HBNs), Fire Safety requirements and all relevant healthcare guidance. •Support planning submissions, Building Control approvals, fire strategy approvals and other statutory compliance processes as required. •Ensure designs incorporate maintainability, accessibility, infection prevention requirements, sustainability objectives, operational resilience and patient safety considerations. •Support the delivery of sustainability, decarbonisation and energy reduction initiatives across the healthcare estate. •Ensure design solutions support the operational requirements of both Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT), minimising disruption to clinical and non-clinical services. •Support commissioning, validation and handover processes by ensuring the provision of accurate asset information, O&M manuals, certification, training requirements and as-built documentation. •Manage the interface between consultant design teams, contractors, specialist suppliers, Facilities Management teams and healthcare stakeholders. •Develop design responsibility matrices and scopes of service for consultants and specia…

Location: Manchester

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