Pre-Construction Design Manager

Job description

Pre-Construction Design Manager – Industrial & Logistics

Location: London

Salary: Up to £95k basic + package

Sector: Industrial & Logistics / Warehousing / Design & Build

The Opportunity

A major UK construction business with an excellent reputation across the industrial and logistics sector is looking to appoint a Pre-Construction Design Manager to join its work-winning team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Design Manager who enjoys being involved before a project reaches site — shaping design solutions, influencing buildability and helping develop the strategy that ultimately wins the job.

The business has a strong pipeline of industrial and logistics opportunities, with a growing portfolio of warehouse and large-scale industrial projects. As a result, this is a role with genuine long-term opportunity rather than a position tied to one project.

We're particularly interested in individuals with experience delivering or tendering steel-framed industrial, logistics or warehouse projects.

The Role

Working within the Pre-Construction team, you'll play a key role in developing design solutions for major industrial and logistics opportunities.

You'll work closely with Estimating, Pre-Construction, Planning, Commercial and Operations, as well as clients, consultants and the supply chain, to develop solutions that are technically robust, commercially competitive and ultimately deliverable.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading design management throughout the pre-construction and tender stages.
• Supporting the development of design strategies for industrial, logistics and warehouse schemes.
• Coordinating architects, engineers, specialist consultants and subcontractors.
• Reviewing and challenging design proposals from a buildability and commercial perspective.
• Developing and assessing value engineering opportunities.
• Identifying design risks and opportunities at an early stage.
• Working closely with Estimating to ensure design development aligns with the commercial strategy.
• Supporting construction methodologies, programme development and tender submissions.
• Managing design deliverables against tender programmes and deadlines.
• Supporting client and consultant meetings throughout the pre-construction process.
• Assisting with tender presentations and technical submissions where required.
• Ensuring design information is sufficiently developed to support a successful transition into delivery.
• Capturing design lessons learned and feeding these into future tenders.

The Experience We're Looking For:

We're looking for someone who understands industrial construction, rather than a purely traditional building Design Manager.

You'll ideally have experience with:

• Steel-framed industrial or warehouse projects.
• Large-scale logistics / distribution centres.
• Industrial and commercial design & build.
• Pre-construction and tender-stage design management.
• Working with structural steel, cladding, roofing and associated building systems.
• Coordinating multidisciplinary design teams.
• Value engineering and buildability reviews.
• Working alongside estimating and pre-construction teams to develop winning solutions.
• Managing consultants, specialist subcontractors and supply chain partners.
• Delivering design packages within demanding tender programmes.

Experience working on large warehouse or logistics schemes is particularly important.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to join a business that has significant momentum within the industrial and logistics market, with a strong forward pipeline of work and ambitious plans for further growth.

You'll be joining a team where pre-construction genuinely matters.

Rather than simply managing design information, you'll have the opportunity to influence how projects are won — working alongside experienced commercial and pre-construction professionals to develop the technical solution, challenge the brief and help create the proposition that secures the project.

The culture is collaborative, entrepreneurial and high-performing, with a genuine emphasis on teamwork, development and doing things properly.

You'll have exposure to major clients and consultants and will be working on some of the most interesting and technically challenging industrial projects in the market.

This could be a great move for a Design Manager, Senior Design Manager or Pre-Construction Design Manager currently working within the industrial/logistics sector who wants greater exposure to work-winning and pre-construction.

If you're looking for a role where your design expertise can have a direct impact on winning the work, this is worth a conversation!

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

05-09-2026

Profession type

Design / Fashion

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English