Assistant Design Manager
- Reinforced Recruitment
- Loughton, Essex
- Nov 26, 2025
Full time
Construction
Management
Structural Engineer
Architect and Design
Assistant Construction
Job Description
Assistant Design Manager - High-Rise Re-Cladding Loughton, Essex (4 days in office, 1 day remote) £40,000 - £50,000 + Benefits, Flexible Hours The Headlines
- Join a specialist construction business delivering high-rise re-cladding and façade remediation projects across London and the Southeast.
- Work on technically challenging projects improving safety and compliance on residential buildings.
- Key focus on coordinating design, procurement, and consultant management.
- Excellent salary with clear progression to Senior and Principal Design Manager roles.
- Support delivery of high-rise re-cladding and façade remediation projects - working closely with technical managers, consultants, and contractors.
- Help prepare and manage design programmes to ensure high-quality design information is delivered on time and on budget.
- Coordinate with structural engineers, façade specialists, and local authorities to secure planning and Building Regulation approvals.
- Assist in tendering: gather quotes, negotiate with specialist subcontractors, and feed into cost control.
- Liaise with site and pre-construction teams to respond to design queries and ensure design is buildable.
- Track and manage consultant fees, maintain documentation, and produce regular reports.
- Contribute to ensuring compliance, safety, and quality in all design deliverables.
- Join a family-owned, technically excellent business with over 60 years' heritage, deeply rooted in its values: collaborative, responsible, committed, and respectful.
- Work for a recognised leader in safety-critical remediation - their specialist works division handles fire-safety, façade remediation, and building-safety upgrade projects.
- Be part of major, high-impact frameworks - including a £1.35 billion building & fire safety framework for public sector partners plus a £300 million remediation programme.
- You'll be supported by a business that invests in people and development - they run a degree-apprentice management trainee programme to help people grow their careers.
- Stability & resilience: the company has returned to profit recently and maintains a strong order book and pipeline.
- Someone with prior design-coordination or technical support experience - ideally in façade, remediation, or building-safety works or working on high rise RC frame projects for main contractors
- A strong organiser, communicative, and commercially minded
- Eager to learn, take on responsibility, and work within a collaborative environment
- Technically competent (Excel, Word, project-related software)
- Friendly, reliable, and process-driven
- A competitive salary of £40,000-£50,000 plus benefits
- Flexible working pattern: 4 days in the Loughton office, 1 day working from home
- A clear career path into Senior and Principal Design Manager roles
- Exposure to challenging, socially significant projects that improve building safety
- Mentorship from expert design and technical managers
- Work within a values-led business with a long-term focus on people, quality, and social value
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