Design Coordinator

Job description - the role

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces.

We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

We partner with Arup to support their contingent recruitment processes.

Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

Candidate Profile: Key accountabilities, skills & experience

Purpose of the role: We are seeking an experienced Design Integration Manager to oversee and coordinate design activities across a major infrastructure programme.

This role will ensure alignment between multiple design teams, stakeholders, and delivery partners, driving consistency and successful programme outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate design activities across consultants, stakeholders, and project teams.
• Ensure consistency of design standards, assumptions, deliverables, and programme timelines.
• Drive progress against key project milestones and planning submission requirements.
• Identify and manage design risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Facilitate effective collaboration between engineering, design, and programme teams.
• Oversee design delivery through to completion.
• Support change management and environmental requests as required.

Requirements

• Previous experience in Design Management, Design Coordination, or a similar role.
• Experience on large-scale infrastructure, transportation, or engineering projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and consultant coordination skills.
• Ability to manage multiple teams and align delivery to programme objectives.
• Understanding of planning, governance, and regulatory processes.

About the client

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Guided by its values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Arup creates and contributes to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all.

Arup's internal employee networks support their inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion - creating a space for everyone to express themselves and make a positive difference.