Job title: Design Coordinator
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Location: Carlow, Ireland
Job published: 12-11-2026
Job ID: 67978

Job Description

Design Coordinator - Carlow 

Key Responsibilities

  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the Design & Build Design Team and wider project stakeholders.

  • Prepare, coordinate, and submit technical material submissions (MTS/RDD) to the client’s Technical Assessors and Multidisciplinary Technical Team.

  • Verify that all material and technical submissions comply with project specifications, relevant standards, and contractual requirements.

  • Monitor and coordinate the preparation and submission of design documentation and designer checklists through the Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) Common Data Environment.

  • Organise and oversee site benchmark mock-ups and First-of-Kind installations, ensuring attendance records, photographic evidence, and completion reports are properly documented and uploaded.

  • Review subcontractor and supplier material submissions to confirm compliance with relevant certification and documentation requirements, including Declarations of Performance and CE marking.

  • Contribute to fortnightly construction progress reporting, providing updates on design submissions, material approvals, RFIs, and outstanding technical matters.

  • Manage and monitor design development from initial concept through detailed design and construction delivery.

  • Lead design coordination meetings, ensuring actions, technical queries, and design deliverables are effectively managed.

  • Oversee the development of façade systems, including curtain walling, cladding, glazing, and brickwork, from preliminary design through to detailed construction documentation.

  • Manage the flow, review, and distribution of design information through digital project management platforms.

  • Work closely with architectural, structural, and M&E design teams to identify and resolve design conflicts and technical challenges at an early stage.

  • Monitor design deliverables, technical submissions, RFIs, and approval processes to ensure alignment with the project programme.

  • Coordinate façade mock-ups, sample panels, and material selections in collaboration with design teams and client representatives.

  • Maintain a sound understanding of Irish Building Regulations, BCAR requirements, and applicable façade design and construction standards.

Candidate Requirements

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to manage relationships and work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.

  • Advanced IT proficiency, including Microsoft 365 applications, AutoCAD, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

  • Ability to operate effectively within highly regulated construction environments.

  • Strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detail.

  • Competence in interpreting technical drawings, specifications, and construction documentation.

  • Excellent organisational and time management abilities.

Desirable Experience & Qualifications

  • Previous experience in design management, site management, project management, or a site/senior engineering position.

  • Relevant engineering or construction-related third-level qualification.

  • Experience contributing to medium or large-scale construction projects.

  • Knowledge of construction techniques, sequencing, and delivery methodologies.

  • Familiarity with online contract administration and project communication systems.

  • Valid Safe Pass certification and Manual Handling training.

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