As the Design Manager - Residential you will manage the pre-construction, design process through the co-ordination of internal and external resources, external consultants and supply chain members. Ensure implemented designs add value, while reducing costs to maximise the Company’s overall profitability. Ensure all statutory requirements are met and that designs are compliant with the Contract Requirements.
DUTIES:
Utilise the various company procedural systems in the manner defined and ensure communication protocols are followed
Help create and promote an environment of professionalism in relation to construction works
Employ previous sector experience to the benefit of the business
Maintain a strong customer focus
Support the business to secure new work
Adapt effectively to varying environments, responsibilities, people and culture
Work with a team and work on more than one project or tender at a time
Maintain a business perspective that is reflected in all decisions and actions
Demonstrate a strong commercial awareness identifying opportunities and risks
Take a strategic view of issues alongside immediate operational requirements
Analyse relevant information and identify innovative and effective solutions to issues
Anticipate problems and modify plans accordingly
Project Responsibilities:
Manage the project design development through pre-construction concept and scheme design stages
Manage delivery of design from both consultant designers and specialist sub-contract designers
Manage design appraisal and review processes
Manage the design process through internal and external review and approval gateways and submissions
Appraise design information and report on level and quality of design information with particular regard to adequacy for pricing and construction
Identify unusual or abnormal design risks and establish mitigation measures to ensure design can be developed and delivered to the client’s satisfaction with solutions properly priced out
Manage third party peer review teams (external consultants) undertaking detailed reviews and gap analysis
Establish strong relationships with specialist supply chain designers to maintain technical knowledge in these areas
Understand the design requirements for BREEAM and establish risk and opportunities associated with compliance with BREEAM obligations
Take the lead on authority approvals in line with project requirements
Lead or participate as required in Value Management and Risk Management exercises
Understand Forms of Contract and identify key design obligations
Understand Contractors Design Portions and establish a strategy to manage the supply chain and design team to ensure CDP solutions are achieved
Review design consultant appointments and identify scope gaps
Review design team fees and advise on adequacy of fees and residual fees
Identify specialist design requirements e.g. fire engineering, acoustician, etc. and deal with appointments and feesCommercial & Tendering:
Support the bid team to achieve commercially attractive tender solutions
Identify tender deliverables and ensure design deliverables are understood by the team and cost effective solutions identified
Oversee and manage the development of tender design solutions
De-risk design issues to ensure tender offering is competitive
Review tender returns from supply chain to ensure CDP offerings are robust and compliant or to identify CDP alternatives which may be advantageous
Manage design solutions to meet client budgetsProgramming:
Develop and maintain (with support of planning function), design programme solutions integrated within the overall design, procure and construction programmes
Appraise client programme and establish client key dates and obligations to ensure they are carried forward into contractors’ design programmes
Establish the position with Building Warrant and Planning Conditions and ensure these are factored into contractors’ design programmes
Establish position with provisional sums and provisional items and ensure these are factored into contractors’ design programmes
Develop design programmes including CDP elements
Develop an understanding of design resources required to achieve contractors design programme to allow delivery teams to track and monitor progressDelivery Stages:
Support the delivery teams, to ensure pre-construction and tendered design solutions can be and are being implemented
Support delivery teams with design issues as they arise to ensure the delivery teams are managing the design solutions in line with tender offers
Ensure design decisions are not taken “in the field” by Contractor or Subcontractors but are considered and approved via a formal process
Manage the delivery of design and production information as required for specific elements of a project through the delivery stages
Qualifications & Relevant Experience.
CSCS card
Professionally recognised qualifications
Design management experience with major contractor preferrably with Residential Builds
Ability to work on own initiative
Ability to manage demanding workloads, by prioritising to ensure all deadlines are met
Ability to identify opportunities and solutions rather than being problem driven
Ability to work as part of a team
Ability to provide leadership to drive design process to cost
Proactive on site presence to lead from the front
Commercial awareness
Excellent written and oral communication skills with internal and external contacts
Computer literate – including BIM 360, Asite and other document control systems
Proficient in Microsoft packages (word, excel, Teams, power point and outlook)
Full UK driving licence**Please note that applicants must have the relevant runretricted right to work in the UK.
People are our business worldwide
Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables
Salary description
£55000.00 - £75000.00 per year