About the role
Shape your career in construction with some of the best in the business. When it comes to design management challenges, we pool our creativity and ambition to make big things happen. Our size and stability mean theres always something new to get stuck into, exciting design and engineering career opportunities to explore, and invaluable experiences to grow from.
Join us as a Senior Design Manager and open up your future to more, supporting the development of the Design strategy and implement and manage the control of the design process to ensure that the design is a winning solution and can be delivered to meet the project requirements and are in line with cost parameters.
You will manage the design aspects of projects and provide specialist support and guidance to the Design team. The role may be on single large or complex projects or across multiple projects
What you'll be doing
As a Senior Design Manager, you will have the following accountabilities:
1. Lead the development and implementation of design proposals, ensuring they meet customer requirements, including budget constraints, presenting proposals for approval to the customer
2. Manage and ensure effective briefing of the Design Team including M&E elements. This includes the management of any 3rd parties or novated design teams to ensure that they meet all customer specifications and where necessary, checking the competence and resources of any incumbent design teams or 3rd parties
3. Provide advice and guidance on the buildability of the design proposals to the design and construction teams on all packages
4. Liaise with all statutory bodies/authorities as required such as town planning, building control and services e.g. gas and water.
Who we're looking for
You will have the following qualities and experience:
5. This role requires an individual with proven experience at a senior level in delivering design services within a Work Winning environment and or in delivery of a project and successfully implementing design strategies as well as relevant project experience
6. Leadership skills are required to deliver design services in a timely manner with a customer and business sector specific focus
7. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are required, coupled with an ability to form effective relationships with partners and delivery team members under time pressure
8. Experience of leading a team and/or coaching team members is desirable
9. Numeracy and bid/report writing is a requirement
10. The individual will know what good looks like in bid submissions and work winning and have hands on experience of delivering work-winning bids in a timely manner
11. Good working knowledge of BIM is required
12. The individual will have experience within the most current forms of procurement
13. Relevant professional membership with an appropriate institute, e.g. RIBA, BIBSE, IET, aligned to the workstream is recommended
14. A valid CSCS card is a requirement
15. Excellent IT Skills relevant to the Business Stream are desirable and Microsoft Office is essential
16. Detailed knowledge of codes of practice and other regulatory material, applicable to the business stream
17. The individual should have a desire to continuously pursue innovation and development, with a focus on the customer and the relevant business stream
Why work for us
If youre inspired by the chance to grow like never before through meaningful work, join us as a Senior Design Manager. As well as benefits that include a share plan, pension, recognition scheme, employee assistance programme and generous annual and volunteering leave, you'll be safe, seen, heard and respected throughout your career with us. Apply now.