Job Description
About the role
Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise.
Join our Rail team as a Design Manager on the Beckton Depot Southern Extension (BDSE) project and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you!
What you'll be doing
The Design Manager is responsible for the Project Management of the design deliverables to assure the safest, most cost effective and buildable temporary and permanent works designs that meet with the Clients specification and industry standards, within budget and programme constraints.
Key responsibilities include:
* To implement the management of designs and various design deliverables compliant with Client requirements and standards.
* Manage the Design phase of the project from pre-construction through to Acceptance of Design.
* Ensure seamless coordination and integration of all design disciplines.
* Support the interface management between project stakeholders, contractors, consultants, and construction teams to maintain alignment and clear communication.
* Ensure constructability reviews by construction teams to optimise designs.
* To assist with the planning, review and development of the design programme
* To attend and assist with various meetings with designers, client and keeping
records of various discussions and action
Who we're looking for
Desirable personal experience of a Design Manager:
* Degree in Engineering in related subject.
* Progressing towards chartered status.
* Previous Multi-disciplinary Design Management Experience and knowledge of Client Standards and procedures.
* Experienced professional with good knowledge of a discipline and a working knowledge of other related disciplines.
previous site experience in sector.
* Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
* Ability to manage multiple interfaces and drive team performance.
* Sound knowledge of health & safety legislation and CDM 2015 Regulations
* Familiarity with project lifecycles, governance, and risk management.
* Working knowledge of multi-disciplinary railway engineering encompassing P-Way, ETE, Civils and Signalling, etc as a minimum.
* Experience leading IDR/IDCs, meetings, workshops, and presentations.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty works at the heart of the UK’s rail networks – designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.
From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.
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At Balfour Beatty we believe that and are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone and Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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