Head of Design, Decarbonisation

Head of Design, Decarbonisation

Birmingham

Permanent

Senior design leadership

Decarbonisation, offsite MEP and low-carbon building services

Read on to find out what you will need to succeed in this position, including skills, qualifications, and experience.

Ready to design the future of low-carbon buildings?

We’re hiring a Head of Design to build and lead a new Birmingham design function for a specialist offsite MEP and low-carbon building services business.

This is not your standard MEP design role.

This is for someone who wants to shape the team, set the technical standard, lead multidisciplinary design strategy and make sure low-carbon projects are not just clever on paper, but buildable, compliant, commercially robust and ready for delivery.

You’ll be leading design across projects involving:

Decarbonisation

Heat pumps

Energy centres

District heating

Modular plantrooms

Offsite MEP

BIM-led design

Mechanical and electrical coordination

Public and private sector building services projects

The sweet spot?

You’re probably an Associate Director, Technical Director, MEP Design Manager, Building Services Lead or Head of Design with a strong building services background.

Mechanical bias would be ideal, especially around heat pumps, LTHW/DHW, energy centres, district heating, plantrooms and low-carbon heat, but you’ll also need enough electrical awareness to lead true multidisciplinary MEP delivery.

You’ll be responsible for:

Building and mentoring a Birmingham-based design team

Leading design strategy from RIBA Stage 2 onward

Setting design governance, QA and technical standards

Reviewing specifications, calculations, schematics and design risk

Coordinating mechanical, electrical, BIM, commercial, manufacturing and site teams

Supporting offsite fabrication, DFMA, installation and commissioning readiness

Representing the business as a senior technical design authority

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who wants more than another design management title.

It’s a chance to build something.

A team.

A design function.

A standard.

A low-carbon legacy.

Interested? xwzovoh Apply now and let’s start a confidential conversation about your next big design move.

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