Design Management Team Coordinator
Purpose of the Role
This role supports the Design Management team by helping people stay connected, develop their careers, learn new skills, and continuously improve how they work.
It's a people-focused coordination role that works with Design Managers, HR, early talent teams, and business leaders to support a strong and successful Design Management community.
Team & Community
- Organise team events, meetings, forums, and newsletters.
- Help build a strong and connected Design Management community.
- Maintain team resources, guidance, and information on company systems.
- Gather feedback from Design Managers and help improve the team experience.
Careers & Development
- Support career pathways and development opportunities.
- Help maintain skills and capability frameworks.
- Support mentoring programmes.
- Assist employees in understanding progression and development opportunities.
Early Talent
- Support recruitment of graduates, apprentices, and placement students.
- Help with onboarding and development of new starters.
- Contribute to building a future talent pipeline for Design Management.
Training & Continuous Improvement
- Coordinate training programmes and learning opportunities.
- Support creation of training materials and development resources.
- Capture and share lessons learned from projects.
- Promote innovation, learning, and best practice across the team.
Professional Development
- Encourage professional memberships and accreditations.
- Support employees in their ongoing professional development.
Skills Needed
The ideal person will:
- Be organised and good at coordinating activities.
- Build positive relationships with different teams.
- Communicate clearly and confidently.
- Be comfortable managing multiple priorities.
- Support and influence others without direct authority.
- Be adaptable and open to change.
- Enjoy helping people develop and succeed.
About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
