Design Manager - Surrey
A leading Group are currently looking to expand within the Design department and hire a Design Manager. The group itself turnover around £75m across multiple sectors. This particular company within the group cover all Glass Partitions & Glazing.
Responsibilities & Duties:
* Providing technical review of tender packages, highlighting risks and opportunities
* Populates a Specification matrix with rationalised and value engineered alternative partition clauses.
* Produces proposal sketches for alternative construction details.
* Attends mid bid meetings with the client where appropriate.
* Reviews design related contract clauses.
* Prepares design related tender qualification.
* Attends hand over meetings.
* Review contractual requirements / tender scope and level of design Collates construction issue drawings and specifications.
* Identifies details and drawings required.
* prepare and populate a drawing log and drawing numbering list.
* Checks layout plans to ensure partitions are suitably located to suit slab heights, fire & acoustic strategy, and environments (such as bathrooms).
* Identify any risks and opportunities.
* Produces a specification matrix using the performance criteria only.
* Populate risk register.
* Identify all systems and materials that would require a technical submittal and populate a technical submission matrix.
* Reviews project information and raise any RFI's for missing or required information.
* Prioritisation of workload and work to deadlines.
* Produces Models in Revit, Layout plans and elevations in Revit & AutoCAD, 2D details.
* Delegate, manage and review Junior Designer workload.
* Manage technical submissions and design related RFI’s on online collaboration systems.
* Challenges comments that are not achievable or technically viable
* Communicate and meet with clients to request information and discuss design/technical issues, proposals, and programme milestones; developing a good working relationship to enable the smooth running of the project and long-term relationships.
* Obtains complex design solutions that are underwritten by the manufacturers or specialist design consultants.
* Attend design workshops with architects, clients, and other trades. Ensures products and systems used have the correct test data and technical back up.
Experience & Capabilities:
Experience in Cat B glazed partitioning and/or glazed firescreens and proprietary curtain walling systems detailing design either with internal glazing sub-contractor or manufacturer, design package production.
* A good understanding of material and labour costs, Typical project specific online collaboration software
* Glazed partitions and /or Forster and Schueco CW and fire screens, Fire stopping applications.
* Understanding of related Standards and Codes of Practice, Revit and AutoCAD Skills, Ability to review on site detail issues