Job description

Project Based/Office Based, with flexibility for occasional remote working

We are looking for an experienced and talented Senior Design Manager to manage the design aspects of tenders and projects in progress. This position is project & office based, with flexibility for occasional remote working.

About the Organisation

The organisation is an Investors in People Platinum employer providing national construction services to private and public sector customers across a range of markets. Together, we create great results for our customers, partners and people. We are one of the UK’S most successful Tier 1 contractors. As a progressive and ambitious company, our employees benefit from a safe and rewarding working environment.

About the role:

You will:

Establish, maintain and manage effective project design resources and team profile at bid and delivery stages
Lead and provide a professional, comprehensive and sustainable design service for the customer and key partners and suppliers at bid and delivery stages
Manage and coordinate safely the overall design process through the RIBA design stages, challenging the brief and bringing innovation and continuous improvements benefits to the projects at bid and delivery stages
Ensure completion and compliance of design management and departmental procedures at bid and delivery stages
Involvement with ‘design strategy’ and approach
Ensure adherence to the design brief/scope of service and develop a comprehensive scope of service for key stages of project
Programme and manage all design reviews and coordination meetings
Ensure a fully coordinated design strategy is in place and work closely with discipline lead designers to deliver coordinated design solutions
Establish the need for and input into design reviews
Ensure that design is developed in line with commercial and construction requirements and the cost plan budget allowances

Requirements

Significant experience in the main contracting market with experience of working on Education, Life Sciences, Commercial & Residential schemes
As an experienced Senior Design Manager, you will have a good understanding of construction design techniques and a HNC or HND (or equivalent) in Design Management or other equivalent commercially related subject, and/or CIOB Membership.
Experience on both single stage and two stage tenders
To thrive in our business, you should share our passion for the project at hand and enjoy working in an inclusive and hardworking team environment. At the company, employees work collectively, encouraging and challenging each other to succeed. Across our business we treat everyone equally and have developed a community where voices are heard, and respected.

Benefits

You will be part of a growing and dynamic team of people who are passionate about what they do and enjoy the challenge and pace of work in a hardworking and fun construction environment. No day will be the same and we challenge each other to deliver what’s right for our customers.
Our culture is so important to us and defines the way we go about our business. We are inclusive, supportive and team focused and take pride in the longstanding and committed relationships we have with our supply chain partners.
Our culture places a huge amount of trust in our team – we all know what is expected of us and we are committed to delivering as individuals and as a team.

This role is not open to anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK. In the recruitment process all applicants are required to provide the necessary right to work information and documentation.

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