CHANTAL MILLER
Worcestershire
Summary
A highly skilled professional with expertise in AutoCAD and a proven track record of promoting integration across disciplines. Demonstrates strong leadership in managing consultants and liaising with clients, ensuring seamless coordination and interpretation of consultant drawings. Adept at researching innovative solutions, on-site problem solving, and dispute resolution. Proficient in producing tender documents, planning applications, and design presentations while maintaining excellent communication and organisational skills. Committed to supporting teams with direction and teamwork, capable of working remotely with self-driven motivation.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Lead Design Manager
Vinci Facilities
West Midlands
2024.12 - 2025.07
- Working on individual projects and alongside the commercial team / senior leadership team to manage the design requirements of the tender/project and provide guidance to the design team.
- Quickly identified as having strong leadership qualities and asked to head up the Design team and be client liaison across the projects.
- Manage design consultants and other external consultants along with design sub-contractors to ensure correct and timely delivery of all design related information for the execution of the works on site.
- Managed and mentored assistant design managers for the projects they are involved in.
- Input into the Employers Requirement/Contractor Proposal Compatibility
- Manage and assist the Design Co-Ordinator during the construction phase
- Chair and minute Design meetings and Client meeting to ensure client satisfaction that projects are running on schedule and to the agreed values.
- Consideration on quality of the service throughout the delivery from RIBA 0-6
- Provide technical / design assistance to the site team and assist the client in understanding the design
- Fostered a collaborative environment within the team for improved idea generation and problem-solving capabilities.
- Coordinated with other departments for cross-functional projects.
- Communicated effectively with stakeholders for better understanding of project requirements and expectations.
- Orchestrated collaborative meetings to ensure alignment of design vision.
- Evaluated success of completed projects, used learnings to optimise future initiatives.
Design Manager through Windgather Design
Atlantic Colonial
Telford
2016.06 - 2024.12
- Company Overview: Design and construction consultancy to the ‘Atlantic Colonial Group’ (consisting of new residential development and renovation, roofing product innovation and childcare property conversions)
- Conversion of 54 bed care home into luxury houses – Project Lead - I ran this project both from Interior design view to Design Managers role and was site manager on site daily. Accountable for delivery of the project, liaising with contractors, planning and building regulations. Cashflow and procurement & management of materials as well as incoming residents (Value 6.5m)
- Working with relevant statutory bodies to obtain planning permission on multiple parcels of land, then integrate this into tender then finally onto site for construction phase. (Value up to 20m)
- Supporting innovative new roofing product, working alongside startup of a new business and the process of taking the idea through to production (Value 2m)
- Property management for Group Childcare facilitiy. Property purchasing, redevelopment, customization in line with regulation and to company requirements. (Value 7m)
- Design and construction consultancy to the ‘Atlantic Colonial Group’ (consisting of new residential development and renovation, roofing product innovation and childcare property conversions)
Design Manager
Maven and Cusp
London
2015.09 - 2016.04
- Product Sourcing and implementation to match the client brief
- Supplier Contract creation
- Consultant co-ordinations to deliver interior fit outs on time and budget
- On site delivery of Interiors schemes in Care Homes
Architectural Technician
Leisure Concepts
Kenilworth
2010.02 - 2015.09
- Site visits and surveys, preparation of planning and building regulations drawings and associated communication with relevant Authorities
- Creating drawing packages from initial scheme design to completion on site
- Producing Schedule information for both project delivery and staff resourcing Resource scheduling enabling cost effective and timely drawing package delivery
- Creating and implementing CAD standards to assist the staff to become more efficient within the information production stages
- In the last few years with this company I took on a Design Managers role to coordinate the team, liase with the client and work through a number of value engineering and problem solving situations both in the design stage and during final delivery on site. The team were responsible for designing the interiors for a luxury care home brand. These projects were highly detailed and spanned over years with overall build costs starting from £20million upwards
Architectural Technician
BBLB Architects
Stourbridge
2002.03 - 2010.02
- Company Overview: (now Corstorphine & Wright)
- Joined as Junior Technician assisting senior staff with drawing work.
- Evolved skill set and industry knowledge including supplementary college based work.
- Progressed at request of partners to provide project and client relationship management.
- Supporting creation of architectural drawings to client specifications
- Interpretation and formalization of client requirements to create core project brief
- Co-ordination and development of working drawings throughout project life cycle
- Leadership and motivation of a multi-skilled team
- Mediation of issue's arising between Client, Contractor and Designers
- Participation in regular site based design team meetings
- Written and Verbal communication between Local Authority bodies and appointed inspectors
- Development and creation of responses to fulfil tender requests
- Preparation and submission of planning and building regulation documentation
- Operating within quality procedures to support ISO 9001 accreditation
- (now Corstorphine & Wright)
Education
PRINCE2 -
Online
Online 2025.01 - 2025.07
HND -
Building Technology
Worcester 2004.01 - 2004.12
Diploma -
Interior Decoration
Pretoria, South Africa 2000.01 - 2000.12
Interior Design
Pretoria, South Africa 2000.01 - 2000.12
Skills
- AutoCAD skills
- Promote integrations of disciplines
- Managing consultants
- Liaising with clients
- Researching innovative solutions
- On site problem solving
- Interpretation of consultants drawings
- Co-ordination of consultants drawings
- Leadership of design process
- Tender document production
- Monitoring consultants
- Reporting consultants
- Reprogramming of trades
- Dispute resolution
- Planning applications
- Design Presentation
- Programming of works
- Proficient time management
- Strong organisational skills
- Leadership skills
- Excellent Communication
- Support and direction
- Teamwork
- Ability to work remotely
- Self-driven
- Understanding of seo principles
Certification
Defence Security Cleared - BPSS /SC /WWW
Timeline
PRINCE2 -
Online
2025.01 - 2025.07
Lead Design Manager
Vinci Facilities
2024.12 - 2025.07
Design Manager through Windgather Design
Atlantic Colonial
2016.06 - 2024.12
Design Manager
Maven and Cusp
2015.09 - 2016.04
Architectural Technician
Leisure Concepts
2010.02 - 2015.09
HND -
Building Technology
2004.01 - 2004.12
Architectural Technician
BBLB Architects
2002.03 - 2010.02
Diploma -
Interior Decoration
2000.01 - 2000.12
Interior Design
2000.01 - 2000.12