Permanent

Design Lead / Senior Design Manager

Amida

City of London, SW1H 0DB

£85000 - £95000 per annum + excellent additional package

Posted: 08 September 2026 (Today)

Closing date: 07 October 2026

Ref: SDM Lead

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About the Role

The Design Lead / Senior Design Manager position with Amida is a permanent role based in the City of London, offering a salary between £85,000 and £95,000 alongside an excellent additional package. Joining a tier one main contractor, you will oversee multiple recently awarded schemes across London, encompassing residential, commercial, and public realm buildings, including complex cut and carve projects and high-profile new builds. Your duties will include driving all design-related project outcomes, offering technical expertise, and acting as the principal point of contact for design matters. Close collaboration with the commercial manager will be essential. Candidates must possess extensive experience delivering projects valued over £100M.

Senior Design Manager / Design Lead

Tier One Main Contractor

£85,000 - £95,000 andamp; package

Amida are currently recruiting for a Design Lead/ Senior Design Manager for a leading principal contractor in Central London.

They have recently been awarded various major schemes across London including residential, commercial, and public realm buildings. Which involves complex cut and carve and high-profile new build developments. You will need to have extensive experience of delivering schemes upward of £100M.

Your responsibilities will include:

Driving all design related project outcomes.
Providing role specific technical expertise in design management and act as focal point for all technical design related matters on projects.
Working closely with the project commercial manager to produce the project specific designer agreements, ensuring the designer''s scope of works and design responsibilities are clearly defined and understood.
Liaising with the project planner to produce, agree and manage a realistic design programme to satisfy procurement and construction requirements.

They are looking for candidates with extensive multiple sector experience in delivering design management on differing building types. Individuals who understand how to identify risk within the design process and deliver a bid presentation successfully.

Would you like to hear more about this fabulous opportunity to join a new and exciting business unit within one of the most respected main contractors in the world£

Please apply now.

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