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Design manager, blue octopus recruitment ltd

Cambridge
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Design manager
Posted: 21 June
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Design Manager, BLUE OCTOPUS RECRUITMENT LTD

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We are looking for an experienced and talented Design Manager to manage the design aspects of projects and tenders in progress within the Cambridge business. This position is office and site based.

Design Manager

Cambridge

Highly Competitive + Benefits

Full Time, Permanent

We are looking for an experienced and talented Design Manager to manage the design aspects of projects and tenders in progress within the Cambridge business. This position is office and site based.

About the role:

The Design Manager will establish, maintain and manage effective project design resource and team profile at bid and delivery stages, whilst leading and providing a professional, comprehensive and sustainable design service for the customer and key partners / suppliers.

Managing and co-ordinate 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.

You will ensure completion and compliance of design management departmental procedures, be involved with “design strategy” and approach and ensure adherence to the design brief / scope of service and develop a comprehensive scope of service for the key stages of the project.

The successful candidate will co-ordinate the activities of the design team, contractors and statutory bodies (e.g. Local Authority planners & Building Control/HSE) in line with programme critical dates, and ensure that the design process recognises compliance issues, current legislation, standards and codes of practice.

What are we looking for?

As an experienced Design Manager, you will have a good understanding of RIBA work stages, two-stage design and build procurement and design management in pre-construction aswell as on site design management. You’ll ideally also hold construction knowledge from previous main contracting position held with qualifications to a BA / BSc level and/or membership of relevant professional institute i.e. CIOB. Main contractor experience is preferred.

Ideally you will have:



* Significant experience in the main contracting market with experience of working on Education, Office/Lab & Residential schemes between £10 and £50 million.
* Ability to lead a professional team of consultants is important along with strong sustainability knowledge including Passivhaus/Nabers/BREEAM previous project experience across the Bid/Delivery stage.
* Experience in Pre-construction (PSCA), 3d design / BIM, Knowledge of low carbon design techniques and practical application.


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. Our 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

We strive to support our colleagues to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We understand that many of our people have family and personal responsibilities and so we are committed to providing that support. Pension Scheme matched up to 6%; 26 days holiday plus bank holidays and rising to 30 days after 8 years’ service and the holiday plus scheme; Private Healthcare Cover; Life Assurance up to 4 times your basic salary; Recognition for professional qualification/membership achieved up to £1000; Mental Wellbeing and Employee Supports; Company car/car allowance; People Portal for high street discounts; Long Service Wards; Sharesave Plan; Incentive Scheme; Enhanced Family leave and more!

About Us

We provide national construction and infrastructure services to private and public sector customers across a comprehensive range of markets. We aim to create great results for our customers, partners and ourselves.

Our Leadership are focused on building a sustainable and profitable business unit based on selective, relationship-based business driven by outstanding people who are motivated by delivering an exceptional customer experience. Relationships with our customers and supply chain partners drives our business strategy. We have a balanced approach to securing new work, engaging with customers and frameworks that offer the opportunity for long-term relationships and repeat business.

Please refer to the full Job Description upon completing your application.

We encourage diversity of people and thought, and we embrace peoples’ differences.

Everyone is unique and we value the different ideas, experiences, and perspectives that each individual brings to their work, their team, and the wider business.

We are committed to ensuring we create the very best place to work in the industry, and an environment where every person feels included and is treated equally, fairly and with respect.

We actively promote an inclusive culture where you can be yourself at work. It’s this approach we believe brings out the best in everyone and creates a fun, dynamic, innovative, and rewarding environment.

We are an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.


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