Design Coordinator

Story Contracting; Blantyre; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A construction company located in Blantyre is looking for a Design Coordinator to manage and coordinate the design process effectively. The ideal candidate should have strong knowledge of design practices, experience in the rail industry, and excellent communication skills. This role involves ensuring safety in design and leading continuous improvement initiatives. In addition to a competitive salary, the company offers training, development opportunities, and wellbeing support for employees.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Health cash plan

Wellbeing support

Two paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of design disciplines and practices.
• Experience in the rail and/or construction industry.
• Understanding of Health & Safety regulations and legislation.
• Familiarity with Network Rail specifications, standards, and procedures.
• Highly motivated and organized with the ability to manage a high-volume workload.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage, and co-ordinate multi-disciplinary design effectively.
• Ensure consistency is maintained on all projects.
• Lead continuous improvement within design.
• Manage internal design process and procedures.

Skills

Knowledge of design disciplines and practices

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Experience in rail industry

Document management skills

Job description

As a Design Coordinator at Story Contracting you will co-ordinate and manage the design process in an effective and efficient manner, support the Pre-Construction team and facilitate external design teams to ensure key deliverables are consistently managed and delivered to agreed programme / schedules. While Maintaining close links with other business disciplines to drive an inclusive culture of end to end project success and consistency.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, manage and co-ordinate multi-disciplinary design effectively, to agreed programme.
• Manage internal design process and procedures. Ensure consistency is maintained on all projects and design is managed efficiently and effectively at all stages.
• Responsibility for ensuring Safety in Design and Sustainability is considered and captured throughout design.
• Lead continuous improvement within design.
• Delivery of an efficient and profitable work bank through Grip 2-5 design process .

Benefits

At Story Contracting, we invest in our people. We provide award-winning training and development opportunities for all employees to help you get to where you want to be in your career.

In addition to a competitive salary, pension, we show we care about our people by offering a health cash plan and wellbeing support to keep you fit and well - inside and outside of work.

We care about our communities too and offer our employees two paid for volunteering days each year to spend as a team or individually.

The Ideal Candidate

• Strong knowledge of design disciplines and practices.
• Experience in the rail and / or construction industry.
• Understanding of Health & Safety regulations and legislation.
• Familiarity with Network Rail specifications, standards, and procedures.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach.
• Highly motivated and organised, with the ability to manage a high-volume workload.
• Skilled in document management processes.