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Job Title: Design Manager
Location: London

Are you a forward-thinking Design Manager ready to leave your mark on some of London’s most exciting developments

Our client is a market-leading contractor with a stellar reputation for delivering high-end residential schemes, complex commercial cut & carve projects, and premium commercial fit-outs, ranging in value from £30m to £20m. With a strong pipeline of iconic projects across the capital, they’re now seeking a dynamic and driven Design Manager to join their talented team.

Why Join

• p>Work on landmark schemes that shape London’s skyline and redefine premium living and working spaces.
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• Collaborate with top-tier architects, consultants, and clients.

• Be part of a business that champions innovation, creativity, and technical excellence.

• Progress your career with a company known for investing in its people and rewarding success.

The Role:

As a Design Manager, you’ll be at the heart of the project team, leading the design process from pre-construction through delivery. You’ll ensure that design intent is achieved while balancing innovation, quality, and buildability.

You will:

• Take ownership of the design coordination process across multiple disciplines.

• Work closely with clients, consultants, and subcontractors to drive design excellence.

• Identify and resolve design risks while ensuring compliance with budget and programme.

• Support the bid and tendering process with innovative design solutions.

• Champion collaboration and inspire a culture of best practice across the team.

About You:

• Proven experience as a Design Manager within main contracting or design & build environments.

• A strong portfolio of high-value residential and/or commercial projects in London.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills – able to influence and inspire at all levels.

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• A sharp eye for detail with the ability to balance creativity with practical buildability.

• Ambition, energy, and a passion for delivering exceptional design outcomes.

What’s on Offer:

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Competitive salary package with performance-related incentives.

• The opportunity to work on flagship London projects valued at up to £120m.

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A collaborative, innovative, and forward-thinking environment.

• Genuine career progression with a business that promotes from within.

VGC Group are delighted to be recruiting for Site Managers for a Nuclear New Construction build in Suffolk.

The purpose of the role will be to control, manage and deliver smaller scale site-based Construction project works and/or assist (Senior) Project Manager in the management and delivery of sections of a larger scale project or projects. Working with Project Management, Commercial Teams, Sub-Contractors, Operations Teams and HSW teams.


Job Description:
Your role will consist of, but will not be restricted to the following:
- Working knowledge of Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality procedures
- Subcontract Packages/sections of work
- Quality and delivery within budget and programme
- Experience of Client liaison and reporting
- Planning and design
- Overseeing Engineering/Quality/Record keeping
- Provide Risk assessments and Method statements
- Manage site inductions
- Draw up and monitor short term programmes
- Organise Site Logistics
- Be commercially aware of budgets, cost control and cost recovery, ensuring that expenditure is in line with the contract budget, and that resources are utilised efficiently
- Monitor effectiveness of the H & S Management System
- Manage sub-contractors, including monitoring of contractor attendance and progress, providing direct instruction and support as necessary, such that contractual arrangements are achieved effectively
- Produce and regularly review the project programme to ensure completion on time under the supervision of a Project
  Manager
- Achieve quality/programme
- Ensure site audits are undertaken and take appropriate action on the findings

Candidate Specification:
- People Management and ability to organise labour
- Excellent team player and team leader, able to work competently and independently without supervision
- Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
- Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes with clarity
- Ability to drive and direct a team
- Able to read drawings and successfully track records in managing operational delivery within a Construction, or Construction related environment

Other information:
Hold a valid CITB and CSCS Card, SMSTS, First Aid at Work
Experience of Outlook, Word, Excel and desirable to have Power Projects (Asta)
Permanent Positions on offer
Site based
Full-time hours
Interview process - 1x teams / 1x Face to Face

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Are you an experienced and enthusiastic Nursery Manager or Director, looking for your next exciting adventure?

We are looking for three exceptional Nursery Managers to join a group of thriving nurseries in the beautiful Channel Islands. One role is to manage an existing nursery, another to manage a new nursery, and one to cover maternity.

You will ideally have 4-5 years’ experience at management level, together with a minimum Level 3 in childcare (or ideally level 5 for the more senior role).  You must have good commercial experience with P&L, budgets and staff rotas, plus the ambition and drive to succeed and progress. Experience in inspections with outstanding outcomes would also be advantageous.

You will be fully supported in your journey to the Channel Islands, a safe and beautiful part of the UK to live. You will benefit from an impressive salary with the potential for bonus payments, a relocation package and a license to bring your family over to work. 

Benefits:

• Excellent salary (£45,(Apply online only)-£5,(Apply online only) pa, plus up to 5,(Apply online only) bonus potential)
• Support with relocation
• Working in the beautiful Channels Islands
• Bonuses for hitting targets

Skills and requirements:

• The right to work in the UK
• DBS on the update service (or willing to apply)
• Commercial experience
• Level 3 minimum in Childcare
• Inspirational, driven and passionate
• 4-5 years Nursery Management experience.

Working in the Channel Islands is an easier transition than you might think so if you feel you have the relevant skills, experience and passion, we would love to hear from you. We can talk through how it all works in the Channel Islands, and give you all the information and tools you will need to succeed out there.

At Red Lester we specialise in supporting schools and nurseries in the Channel Islands to find the right teachers within the EYES, primary, secondary, FE and SEN sectors. We offer you the opportunity to work in the most beautiful islands within the UK, supporting you from initial application right through to starting their new role and settling into life on the Island.

Job Title: Design Manager
Location: London

Are you a forward-thinking Design Manager ready to leave your mark on some of London’s most exciting developments

Our client is a market-leading contractor with a stellar reputation for delivering high-end residential schemes, complex commercial cut & carve projects, and premium commercial fit-outs, ranging in value from £30m to £20m. With a strong pipeline of iconic projects across the capital, they’re now seeking a dynamic and driven Design Manager to join their talented team.

Why Join

• p>Work on landmark schemes that shape London’s skyline and redefine premium living and working spaces.
  /li>

• Collaborate with top-tier architects, consultants, and clients.

• Be part of a business that champions innovation, creativity, and technical excellence.

• Progress your career with a company known for investing in its people and rewarding success.

The Role:

As a Design Manager, you’ll be at the heart of the project team, leading the design process from pre-construction through delivery. You’ll ensure that design intent is achieved while balancing innovation, quality, and buildability.

You will:

• Take ownership of the design coordination process across multiple disciplines.

• Work closely with clients, consultants, and subcontractors to drive design excellence.

• Identify and resolve design risks while ensuring compliance with budget and programme.

• Support the bid and tendering process with innovative design solutions.

• Champion collaboration and inspire a culture of best practice across the team.

About You:

• Proven experience as a Design Manager within main contracting or design & build environments.

• A strong portfolio of high-value residential and/or commercial projects in London.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills – able to influence and inspire at all levels.

  /li>

• A sharp eye for detail with the ability to balance creativity with practical buildability.

• Ambition, energy, and a passion for delivering exceptional design outcomes.

What’s on Offer:

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Competitive salary package with performance-related incentives.

• The opportunity to work on flagship London projects valued at up to £120m.

li>

A collaborative, innovative, and forward-thinking environment.

• Genuine career progression with a business that promotes from within.

VGC Group are delighted to be recruiting for Site Managers for a Nuclear New Construction build in Suffolk.

The purpose of the role will be to control, manage and deliver smaller scale site-based Construction project works and/or assist (Senior) Project Manager in the management and delivery of sections of a larger scale project or projects. Working with Project Management, Commercial Teams, Sub-Contractors, Operations Teams and HSW teams.


Job Description:
Your role will consist of, but will not be restricted to the following:
- Working knowledge of Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality procedures
- Subcontract Packages/sections of work
- Quality and delivery within budget and programme
- Experience of Client liaison and reporting
- Planning and design
- Overseeing Engineering/Quality/Record keeping
- Provide Risk assessments and Method statements
- Manage site inductions
- Draw up and monitor short term programmes
- Organise Site Logistics
- Be commercially aware of budgets, cost control and cost recovery, ensuring that expenditure is in line with the contract budget, and that resources are utilised efficiently
- Monitor effectiveness of the H & S Management System
- Manage sub-contractors, including monitoring of contractor attendance and progress, providing direct instruction and support as necessary, such that contractual arrangements are achieved effectively
- Produce and regularly review the project programme to ensure completion on time under the supervision of a Project
  Manager
- Achieve quality/programme
- Ensure site audits are undertaken and take appropriate action on the findings

Candidate Specification:
- People Management and ability to organise labour
- Excellent team player and team leader, able to work competently and independently without supervision
- Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
- Capable of taking ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes with clarity
- Ability to drive and direct a team
- Able to read drawings and successfully track records in managing operational delivery within a Construction, or Construction related environment

Other information:
Hold a valid CITB and CSCS Card, SMSTS, First Aid at Work
Experience of Outlook, Word, Excel and desirable to have Power Projects (Asta)
Permanent Positions on offer
Site based
Full-time hours
Interview process - 1x teams / 1x Face to Face

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• Understanding of JCT / NEC Dnb Contracts.

Based - Cumbria

About PPP

The Programme and Project Partners (PPP) at Sellafield brings together KBR, Jacobs, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Altrad Babcock, Sellafield Ltd as the client, and a wider supply chain to deliver a 20-year pipeline of major infrastructure projects.

This 20-year pipeline of work along with the size, scale and complexity of our projects allows us to offer our people rewarding long-term opportunities with the ability to develop their skills and progress their careers.

The PPP Start Up Capability (Commissioning & Pre-Operations) play a vital part in all the projects by ensuring our new-build or modified plants are transitioned to safe and reliable operations. With several major projects already in-flight and other projects in the pipeline now is a great time to join PPP and drive your career forward.

The role

Due to retirement and new projects coming on line in the future, we are looking for Commissioning Managers to join a fantastic team to oversee commissioning/start up right from initial strategy through pre-commissioning, acceptance testing and construction/completions stages to handover. You will manage teams of Leads, Engineers, and Technicians often across various locations to ensure commissioning work is executed to meet legal, regulatory and project requirements. People management and leadership are key elements of this role as you will set and approve delivery plans as well as manage work progress and performance and, where appropriate, take the necessary corrective actions. This is a great opportunity for an experienced Commissioning Professional with proven leadership skills to play a key role in delivering major projects as part of PPP and develop their career into a Senior Management role in the future.

The ideal person

You will have a Degree/ Level 6 qualification in a relevant discipline as well as experience in managing a multi-disciplined engineering teams delivering technical packages with demonstrable evidence of success against agreed project schedules. You’ll also have experience in managing commissioning activities in a highly regulated environment on large scale projects.

Communication will be one of your key strengths as you will manage an array of stakeholders across the project and wider program as well as holding direct line management responsibility for your own teams.

Experience of being a Commissioning Manager in the Nuclear Industry would be desirable but we are keen to hear from you if you can bring new ideas and a different perspective to a major project. Take the next step and hit apply.

At Altrad we celebrate the importance of having a diverse workforce. We provide an inclusive environment where our people can bring their whole self to work, feel connected and have the space they need to grow – giving everyone an opportunity to reach their full potential.