Careers
At Paye, you will work alongside and become part of an exceptional team. We can offer you a unique opportunity to grow your career and find the challenges you are looking for while working on some of the most historic and important buildings and monuments in the UK.
For those looking to launch their career in construction, at Paye we run an exceptional craft and management apprenticeship programmes as well as offering personally tailored year out opportunities and graduate roles.
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Design Manager
Location: London (office and site-based)
Employment type: Full-time, permanent
Eligibility: Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
About the role
We’re looking for a proactive and detail-driven Design Manager to join our team. This role is central to the coordination and delivery of design across our projects, working closely with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams.
Reporting to the Head of Design and Construction Director, you’ll oversee design management activities from tender stage through to completion, ensuring programmes, responsibilities, and compliance are all on track. You’ll be a key link between project stakeholders and an ambassador for our standards of quality, collaboration, and professionalism.
Key responsibilities
• Lead and manage the design process across multiple projects, ensuring designs are delivered on time and to specification.
• Coordinate with clients, architects, consultants, and subcontractors to resolve design issues.
• Develop and maintain design programmes, design responsibility matrices, and technical submittals.
• Manage subcontractor and supplier inputs, including tendering and appointments.
• Ensure design output meets compliance, quality, and health & safety requirements.
• Support the Head of Design with departmental processes and continuous improvement.
• Represent the business professionally at meetings and build positive relationships across the supply chain.
What we’re looking for
• Proven experience as a Design Manager (or similar role) within construction, façade, or specialist subcontracting environments.
• Strong technical knowledge of stonework, cladding, façades, and associated construction methods.
• Ability to read and interpret contracts, drawings, and technical documentation.
• Excellent coordination and communication skills – both internally and with external stakeholders.
• Commercial awareness with the ability to balance cost, quality, and programme.
• Organised, disciplined, and able to lead by example.
What we offer
• Opportunity to work on a variety of complex and high-profile projects.
• Supportive environment with a focus on collaboration and professional growth.
• A company culture built around integrity, teamwork, and excellence.
If you’re an experienced Design Manager looking for your next challenge and want to be part of a company that values expertise, teamwork, and high standards, we’d love to hear from you.
How to apply
Email Tina Barnes, HR BP, tinabarnes@paye.net quoting Ref : DM1025
Apprenticeships
We recognise the importance of training and developing a skilled workforce for the future and believe that by investing in apprentices we will continue to be recognised as a company that provides work of the highest quality. We are actively involved in the development and promotion of traditional crafts to ensure that we have a skilled workforce for the next generation in addition to offering under-graduate or degree apprenticeships in site management and quantity surveying.
Paye apprenticeships are ideal for those looking to gain on the job experience and our craft apprentices are given the opportunity to develop their stonemasonry skills by working on some of the most prestigious buildings and monuments in the UK.
If you would like more information or to apply to join a Paye apprenticeships please contact us using the form at the bottom of this page.
Graduate opportunities
Graduates have always played an important role at Paye. As our graduate trainees progress through their careers, they will do so supported through structured mentoring from senior members of the Paye leadership team enabling them to tap into unique and specialised experience as they work on some of the most historic and important structures in the UK.
Most of our graduates will have a relevant degree in Construction or Project Management, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying or similar, and the roles we are recruiting for are:
Graduate Site Manager | Graduate Site Engineer | Graduate Quantity Surveyor | Graduate Design Manager
We know how important that first step is given many of the senior leaders at Paye also started their careers here in graduate roles. We know that by investing in the next generation, we will continue to play our intrinsic role as custodians of the country's historic past.
To apply, contact us by using the form at the bottom of this page and let us help you build your career.
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Year-Out Placements
A Year Out Placement with Paye is the ideal place to experience your first foray into the construction industry.
You will get real hands on experience, supported and developed through a professional mentorship from the best in the industry.
If you are studying towards a relevant degree in Site or Project Management, Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying or similar, why not get in touch with us before you graduate.
Typically during your year out with us you will gain experience in site surveys, quality and cost control, contract correspondence, programming works and liaising with client representatives.
To apply, use the form at the bottom of the page...
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