Design Manager - Freelance

We are recruiting for a freelance Design Manager for a Tier 1 contractor based with schemes across the Thames Valley, Oxford and M3 and M4 Corridor. They operate in the framework and negotiated world of main contracting on schools, NHS, local authority and mixed use schemes from £10 to £40 million. The role is to assist the bid team with detailed design analysis for initial bids on 2no. school schemes and also a 2nd stage scheme value approx £70 million and set up and oversee a smaller project landing on site in September near Oxford so you will be based in the office but must be happy to travel to sites and projects in the Oxford patch when needed. You will be working in the regional office with the precon team consisting of an estimator, planner, project manager and commercial manager to fully investigate the design, work with external consultants, meet and discuss subcontractor's to establish best practice for process and come up with robust design process and drawings for the schemes on a long term pcsa basis. This is an immediate start for the right candidate and could go on for 6 months plus. The role is inside scope of IR35 so will be PAYE, CIS or Umbrella basis. Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business