Assistant Design Manager

  • Recruit Build
  • Wakefield, Yorkshire
  • 13/03/2026
Full time Construction Management Architect and Design Assistant Construction

Job Description

Assistant Design Manager Wakefield

Looking for your next big step into construction design management?

We re working with a highly successful main contractor that s expanding its design team and offering a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Design Manager / Design Coordinator.

With a strong pipeline of projects secured well into 2026, this is a chance to be part of a thriving business delivering varied schemes across education, healthcare, commercial, distribution and industrial sectors, typically valued up to £15m.

This is the perfect role for someone with experience in design management, or for an Architect/Technologist who s ready to move into the contracting world and apply their design skills in a fast-paced, practical environment.

What you ll be doing:

  • Coordinating design information across live projects to keep everything moving smoothly
  • Carrying out design-gap reviews, value engineering and design risk management
  • Collaborating with project teams, consultants, clients and subcontractors to create the best design solutions
  • Driving safe, efficient and profitable project delivery through clear sequencing of design
  • Managing consultant appointments and scopes of service
  • Leading and contributing to design meetings, ensuring timely, accurate information
  • Providing technical input for pre-qualification and client presentations

What s in it for you:

  • Salary up to £40,000
  • Car allowance + full benefits package
  • Ongoing training and clear career progression with a highly successful main building contractor
  • The chance to work on diverse, high-profile projects in a supportive, ambitious team

If you re ambitious, detail-focused and ready to push your design management career forward, this is the role for you.