Senior Design Manager - Electrical

Design the Future of Life Sciences with Laing O'Rourke
Senior Design Manager - Electrical- Oxford (Ellison Institute ofTechnology)

Are you a passionate design professional with end-to-end contractor-side experience?

Looking tolead a landmark project at the forefront of science and innovation?

Join us at Laing O'Rourke as we deliver the Ellison Institute of Technology - a transformative Life Sciences development in Oxford. We're seeking a Senior Design Manager to drive technical excellence, champion collaboration, and lead with innovation from pre-construction through to project delivery.

The Opportunity:

As a Senior Design Manager, you'll lead either a large, complex project or a portfolio of schemes, ensuring outstanding design delivery from concept through to site. You'll coordinate clients, consultants, commercial and construction teams-ensuring technical compliance, buildability, and innovative thinking at every stage.

This role sits within our Design Job Family and Engineering Enterprise, ensuring your influence shapes not just a single project-but the future of how we design and build.

What You'll Do:

• Lead design briefing and coordination during the pre-construction phase

• Manage internal and external design processes, ensuring clarity, quality, and compliance

• Facilitate collaborative design reviews to reduce risk and improve outcomes

• Ensure effective information and change control

• Champion DfMA, digital integration, and sustainability through design

Core Capabilities:

• Developing and owning design briefs

• Design optimisation and compliance

• Managing consultancy input and integration

• Applying DfMA and modern construction methods

• Delivering to programme with robust governance

What You'll Bring:

• A degree in ElectricalEngineering (or related construction field)

• Circa 10 years of experience managing design in infrastructure or complex building services environments

• Experience across the project lifecycle, ideally including international exposure

We value transferable skills and a growth mindset-so even if you don't tick every box, we'd love to hear from you.

About Laing O'Rourke:

We're a global engineering and construction group delivering world-class infrastructure across the UK, Middle East, and Australia. With over 150 years of heritage, we pair deep technical capability with innovation to deliver certainty for our clients.

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome candidates with long-term health conditions or disabilities. If you meet the essential criteria, we guarantee an interview-just let us know your requirements.

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