Join Our Team as a Design Manager!
Are you ready to take your career to the next level? We have an exciting opportunity for a Design Manager in our Eastern South Construction team, located in the vibrant town of Witham, Essex. This is a full-time, permanent position where you can make a real impact!
Your Responsibilities
As our Design Manager, you will be at the forefront of a variety of projects across sectors such as Education, Healthcare, MOD, and MOJ, with project values ranging from £20m to £80m. Your day-to-day tasks will include:
* Managing and delivering design information in line with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule.
* Ensuring our appointed design consultants fulfill their duties, while rigorously checking their returns for compliance with standards and briefs.
* Providing design input during both the preconstruction and construction stages of projects.
* Assessing, mitigating, and managing design-related risks, ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation, sustainable building standards like BREEAM, and industry codes of practice.
* Producing design programmes, scopes, responsibility matrices, appointments, and schedules.
* Recording progress and conducting upline reporting.
* Attending and chairing necessary meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.
* Ensuring designs comply with relevant legislation and technical requirements.
What We’re Looking For
This role is perfect for you if you have:
* Demonstrable experience in a design role within a main contractor environment or architectural practice, particularly with large-scale construction projects.
* A relevant construction qualification (Degree / HND or equivalent) in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, etc.
* Experience with BIM Level 2 projects.
Why Join Us?
At Kier, we believe in rewarding our brilliant people with a wide variety of benefits tailored to your needs. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we value the contributions of all our employees in shaping our initiatives.
As a Disability Confident employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We can’t wait to see your application! Join us and be part of something great at Kier!