At Amicus, we look for individuals with the right skills and experience who are a great cultural fit. Our activity-based workspace and hybrid work arrangements empower you to find a balance that works for you.
About the Role
You will play a critical role in guiding clients through the early stages of their workplace transformation journey – bridging vision and reality before construction begins. Your focus will be on planning, budgeting and design development, ensuring projects are strategically aligned and delivered with clarity and confidence.
* Concept Design & Initial Budgeting – Translate a 2D plan into a concept layout with a high-level budget aligned to client's functional and aesthetic objectives.
* Detailed Planning & Compliance Preparation – Develop a return services brief (detailing spatial use and services requirements by room) and engage surveyors to assess NCC compliance, ensuring early regulatory alignment.
* Design Development & Cost Refinement – Lead the design development process, incorporating client feedback and providing a refined budget based on clearer scope and design resolution.
* Tendering & Market Pricing – Manage trade tendering to obtain market-informed pricing, leading to a final, validated pre-construction budget.
* Construction Handover – Provide a comprehensive hand over to the construction team inclusive of but not limited to: IFC documentation, Approved budget, Statutory approvals, Executed construction agreement.
Throughout this process, you'll provide commercial clarity, communicate the financial implications of design and compliance decisions and ensure all necessary documentation is secured (e.g. architectural drawings, permits, IFC). You'll work alongside Estimators, Designers, Subcontractors and Sales to ensure projects flow seamlessly into delivery – with no surprises, just confidence.
* Maintain strong, positive relationships with clients, delivering exceptional experiences.
* Manage expectations around budget, program, design and quality.
* Collaborate closely with Subcontractors, Estimators, Services, and Construction teams.
* Manage consultants and stakeholders from engagement through to construction handover.
* Lead project scheduling, document control, cost management and HSEQ site setup.
* Provide financial updates and reporting against agreed budgets and forecasts.
* Ensure key regulatory and design approvals are in place (NCC, IFC, permits, architectural documentation).
* Comfortable with ERP/project systems like Procore, ACC, Excel and MS Project.
* Proven experience guiding clients through a multi-stage design and costing process.
* Strong commercial acumen and understanding of how design impacts budget.
* Experience collaborating with Sales and Estimating teams from bid through to handover.
* Qualifications in Construction Management or Project Management preferred.