WANTED Assistant Design Manager / Design Coordinator or Design Manager
What makes it great?
* Professional & friendly team environment
* Excellent relationships and a prompt payer to subcontractors and suppliers
* Big enough to keep you busy, but small enough to know your name – excellent option if you are fed up of being treated like just another number
* Diversity of projects: leisure, commercial, industrial, student accommodation, Care Homes, Hotels, Education and Healthcare
* Excellent opportunity for career progression, going through a period of organic growth
Company
My client is a reputable building main contractor, with a busy and fast growing workload. As a result of securing further new projects, this employer is looking to strengthen their team further with the appointment of a Design Coordinator / Manager to work on a range of exciting projects. Multi‑Million Pound Projects live and ready to go.
Role & Responsibilities
* Design Manager covering all aspects of the design coordination for the business on various projects. Design Coordinator is similar in scope but on smaller projects or as part of a team on a larger scale project
* Arranging and chairing the Design team meetings to lead the process with the consultants and sub‑contract designers, issuing minutes and ensuring the resulting actions are actioned
* Collating and managing the contract specifications, drawings and related documents for the construction process
* Carrying out drawing reviews issuing comments then ensuring all comments are added accordingly to the design
* Carrying out technical reviews of any proposed works to ensure contractual and technical compliance
* Preparing and managing the design and procurement schedule and issuing information release schedules to set design target dates
* Offering input and design reviews into the procurement process
* Providing design support to Project Management teams
* Reviewing and implementing value engineering opportunities
* Coordinating with the M&E managers to ensure coordination of the M&E install and commissioning process
* Utilising specialist consultants to coordinate the information and design to ensure BREEAM and Part L compliance are attained as required
* Coordinating the submission of information to satisfy Building Control compliance
* Coordinating the submission of information to satisfy all planning conditions are discharged
* Leading Design review workshop with the client / tenant to ensure understanding and satisfaction with proposed works
* Managing the Design Change Proposals for client sign‑off
* Submitting design information to the client team and recording, tracking and closing out any comments and queries that arise
* Issuing, tracking and closing out any Requests for Information that arise to enable the design to be completed; assisting in the collation of the O&M Health and Safety file
Requirements
* Knowledge of the building sector
* Previous employment as a Design Co‑ordinator, D&B Coordinator, D&B Manager, Design Manager, Site Engineer, Project Manager or Design Engineer (civil/structural), Architect or Architectural Technician background also considered
* High level of communication skills
* Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc), ideally a civil engineering qualification
Remuneration
* Competitive basic salary, dependent on experience
* Car allowance
* Pension
* Bonus
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