Design Coordinator
Rail ¦ Civils Asset Management
Location – Cumbernauld
An outstanding opportunity for an experienced rail and civil engineering Design Coordinator looking to continue their professional development and hone their skills and experience in a rail and civil engineering asset maintenance environment.
Business Unit
A busy and fast paced project and maintenance environment involving in a range of multi-disciplinary civil engineering projects and frameworks, working for a varied range of clients including Local Authorities, Network Rail and Environmental.
Projects can typically include civil engineering works and infrastructure projects such as:
Highways & Roads, underbridges, overbridges and footbridges, tunnels, flood alleviation & repairs, earthworks & embankments and rail platforms and station infrastructure etc.
We currently have a number of live infrastructure projects and long term renewals and maintenance frameworks underway including Civils Asset Management (CAM), Renewals Enhancement Framework (REF) and a Slabtrack framework.
The Role
The purpose of this role is to co-ordinate and manage designers to deliver schemes in the Civils Asset Management portfolio. Supporting the Engineering Manager with management of consultants, development and delivery of robust design remits, liaison with client project engineers.
The key tasks of this role include but may not be limited to:
* Oversee design progress against schedule and budget.
* Implement corrective measures for identified distractions or issues.
* Review, negotiate and recommend for approval/disapproval on design change orders.
* Formal liaison with, and progress reporting to, Design, Business Development, Estimating, Planning, Operational and Commercial functions at each business location as appropriate
* Administer design subcontract including processing monthly invoices for payment.
* Coordinate and monitor status of design incentive/disincentive programs complying with provisions of design subcontract.
* Perform constructive reviews IDC /IDR conforming design to prime contract requirements and proposal commitments.
* Coordinate and control design submittals for owner’s review and approval.
* Facilitate resolving design issues with owner.
* The identification of changes in the scope of work and ensuring that change orders are current and adequate. Prepare early warning and change instruction documentation.
* Identification of risk and opportunity in the design and the design/construct interface
* Check the documents in use are current, readily available to those requiring them and stored securely.
* Assess the standard of all proposed installation work associated within the project, undertaking inspections and preparing full reports, where required and submitting these to the Senior Contracts Manager or including the contents within an appropriate programme of works.
* Input and coordinate review of constructability, value engineering and contractor preferences throughout project life cycle.
* Promoting a continuous improvement culture and the use of best practice
* Support and coordinate hand back process for project close out.
Requirements
To excel in this role, you will have previous experience as a Design Coordinator in a rail and civil engineering environment.
* A Degree in a rail/civil engineering discipline together with Membership of an Engineering Institution providing Chartered Engineer status (or working towards/close to achieving professional qualification. E.g. ICE).
* Experience in a similar Design Coordination role in a rail contracting environment.
* Have a clear understanding of design delivery processes
* Have experience of the management of design consultants including the preparation of consultant’s briefs.
* Have a clear understanding of commercial engagement and contractual management of design consultants
* Have a working knowledge of the CDM regulations including the roles and responsibilities of the Designer and of the Principal Contractor
In return
* Competitive annual salary negotiable dependant on experience
* Company Car or Car Allowance
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
* Up to 3 volunteer days
* Company contributory Pension scheme
* Life Insurance
* Westfield Health Cash Plan & Westfield Rewards
* Generous Employee referral scheme
* Support and employee infrastructure embedded in the business as a platform for personal and professional development creating pathways for unrivalled career development and progression opportunities internally.
* Consistent learning opportunities
* A safe place to work
* Employee forum’s that provide a platform for having your voice heard.