Head of Design Management - Public Sector

England, United Kingdom

3/27/2025

BakerHicks has a long history of working with clients in the healthcare, custodial, primary, secondary, and further/higher education sectors. Our approach is to develop sustainable and flexible buildings that nurture, foster creativity, and deliver engaging environments.

Our multidisciplinary set-up, combined with a heritage in construction, means we can deliver the most challenging and complex public sector projects. From large-scale public health schemes to award-winning health centres, hospitals, prison facilities, schools, and universities, we operate as a national company focusing on local delivery.

Due to significant growth, we are looking for a dynamic and experienced Head of Design Management to join our Public Sector team. This role will support the ongoing expansion of this sector and assist the Sector Director in managing the current Custodial work portfolio, as well as play a key role in negotiating future projects.

You will work collaboratively with the BakerHicks Project Management and Design Teams, the Director of Public Sector and wider BakerHicks group.

You will contribute to our success through building positive relationships with our clients, customers, stakeholders and internal BakerHicks Teams, to help deliver the budget targets for 2025 and beyond.

Key Objectives

• Support tenders for new work, reviewing contract documentation and closing out with the Client – managing BakerHicks Risk exposure at all times.
• Oversee the Project Managers in the successful running of current projects and workload
• Remain familiar with the unique requirements/standards and ways of working in the Public Sector, particularly the Custodial market (preferable but not essential).
• Be a dynamic and seek to drive standards and a high degree of professionalism for BakerHicks
• Forward and growth thinking / innovative and contribute to the development of the Public Sector
• Ensure a technically compliant & quality delivery, on time and budget
  
  

About You

• Significant experience in the construction industry with a Design Engineering consultancy or contractor
• Significant demonstrable experience in design specialising in a given discipline.
• Significant demonstrable management skills in an engineering/construction Design delivery environment
• Demonstrable organisational skills in a Design delivery environment
• Commercially astute and able to foresee and manage Risk / Change proactively
• Willing and able to obtain security clearance
  
  

Many of the positions within our company are subject to security clearance. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by various factors. The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain security clearance for this role as required by our clients and sectors.

Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

About BakerHicks

We’ve been innovating in design, engineering and project delivery since 1957 and operate from 14 locations for a truly European reach. For more about our company story, see: About | BakerHicks.

BakerHicks. A Morgan Sindall Group company.

 

Benefits

Whatever your discipline, you’ll be alongside some of the most talented people in the industry. Our network of offices are appealing, friendly and comfortable spaces, easily accessible by car or public transport. And, our salary and benefits packages are some of the best in the industry.

What you get will depend on what you do, with individual performance-related rewards also on offer in addition to:

• Company car or cash allowance
• Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
• Life assurance scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave
• Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc)
• Flexible working
• Family friendly policies
• Employee assistance
• Professional development
  
  

 

BakerHicks is an equal opportunity employer. We care about creating an inclusive atmosphere and are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion throughout.  

BakerHicks is an inclusive organisation welcoming talent from all backgrounds. Applicants are assessed on the basis of personal merit and qualifications.

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