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Date Added: Mon 23/03/2026

Senior Design Manager

Tonbridge, UK
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Company: THE GRAPEVINE CONSTRUCTION RECRUITMENT LTD

Job Type: Permanent, FullTime

Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 per annum

We are looking for a main contractor’s Senior Design Manager on the behalf of a Tonbridge-based firm, noted for its stable business model of working with blue chip clients and maintaining a close-knit team, boasting staff turnover as low as 1.8% and an average length of service of 17 years.

With a broad portfolio of interesting, bespoke, high quality community projects (libraries, schools, leisure centres and housing) in the £5m to £20m value range, the company is embarking on a planned doubling of annual turnover and the role has been created in line with the requisite expansion of the technical team.

The Opportunity

  • Long term, stable, career development with a profitable, management and staff-owned main contractor.
  • A forward pipeline comprised of new build community projects with quality clients (DfE, Government and Local Authorities) located exclusively in southeast London and Kent.
  • Leading a professional and motivated team with an award winning employer.

Candidate Essentials

  • BEng / HND Civ Eng, BSc Quantity Surveying, or RIBA qualified.
  • 10+ years’ design management and team leadership experience with good quality main contractors.
  • A stable employment record of working on a salaried basis with no more than three roles in the last ten years.
  • A project portfolio of; schools, leisure centres, NHS and office fit outs.

With interviews available from w/c Monday 23rd March, this represents a great opportunity to join one of the industry’s best employers and salary is a competitive £70k to £80k + package.

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