Design Manager

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity:

Jacobs are looking to hire an experienced and highly motivated Design Manager to join a multidisciplinary project delivery team who are working on construction projects on regulated sites near Reading. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage in high level projects with some of Jacobs' most lucrative and exciting clients and be at the forefront of offering solutions that contribute to Jacobs' global strategy of an integrated, connected, and sustainable world.

Successful candidates will work closely with the team's Project Managers and Planners to assist in the development of design strategies from conception to completion, ensuring they meet budget and quality requirements, as well as being delivered on time. Candidates should have experience in the following:

• Developing and implementing design strategies, standards, and processes;


• Large scale innovative design projects;


• Ensuring structural drawings and designs are produced on time and are easy to decipher;


• Motivating and encouraging large internal and external design teams;


• Working in a large multidisciplinary team;


• Regularly reviewing designs to look for improvement opportunities;


• Attending, hosting, and coordinating meetings;


• Client facing collaboration


Here's what you'll need:

• Excellent leadership and organization skills;


• Architectural degree or equivalent NVQ;


• Experience in working in a regulated, process driven environment;


• Experience in coordinating 'Contractors Design Portion' from numerous sub-contracts and ensuring conflict resolution;


• Experience in commercial buildings;


• RIBA chartership or similar;


• Ability to obtain minimum SC clearance


• UK driving license and right to work in the UK


Our Culture:

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

Your application experience is important to us and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.

Jacobs are looking to hire an experienced and highly motivated Design Manager to join a multidisciplinary project delivery team who are working on construction projects on regulated sites near Reading. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage in high level projects with some of Jacobs' most lucrative and exciting clients and be at the forefront of offering solutions that contribute to Jacobs' global strategy of an integrated, connected, and sustainable world.

Successful candidates will work closely with the team's Project Managers and Planners to assist in the development of design strategies from conception to completion, ensuring they meet budget and quality requirements, as well as being delivered on time. Candidates should have experience in the following:

• Developing and implementing design strategies, standards, and processes;


• Large scale innovative design projects;


• Ensuring structural drawings and designs are produced on time and are easy to decipher;


• Motivating and encouraging large internal and external design teams;


• Working in a large multidisciplinary team;


• Regularly reviewing designs to look for improvement opportunities;


• Attending, hosting, and coordinating meetings;


• Client facing collaboration


Here's what you'll need:

• Excellent leadership and organization skills;


• Architectural degree or equivalent NVQ;


• Experience in working in a regulated, process driven environment;


• Experience in coordinating 'Contractors Design Portion' from numerous sub-contracts and ensuring conflict resolution;


• Experience in commercial buildings;


• RIBA chartership or similar;


• Ability to obtain minimum SC clearance


• UK driving license and right to work in the UK
  
  At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities., Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.


We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role
If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

Your application experience is important to us and we're keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. We welcome feedback on our recruitment process and if you need more from us before deciding to join Jacobs then please let us know.

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We're happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.