Design Coordinator

McLaughlin & Harvey Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Great benefits

Career growth

Collaborative culture

Job summary

McLaughlin & Harvey Ltd in London seeks an experienced Design Coordinator to join the Design Management Function. You will support design deliverables, manage change control schedules, and chair design coordination meetings with architects, engineers, and subcontractors.

The role offers exposure to preconstruction and construction phases, with opportunities to develop responsibility matrices, assess consultant scopes, and track information flow to satisfy planning conditions and client

Qualifications

• Recognised design or construction related qualification and/or a proven track record of working as a Design Coordinator within the construction industry.
• Ability to work to meet project time and cost constraints.
• Good understanding of design processes and detailed construction design across preconstruction and construction phases.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Experience with document management and change control processes.

Responsibilities

• Attend design team meetings to coordinate information from architects, engineers and subcontractors and produce clear minutes.
• Assist the Design Manager with drawings reviews, identify clashes and ensure comments are integrated.
• Support design, coordination, sub-contractor packages and change control processes.
• Identify value engineering opportunities and actions within the change control process.
• Track information submissions for Building Control compliance and planning conditions.

Skills

Design coordination

Communication skills

Project coordination

Quality focus

Education

Recognised design or construction qualification

Job description

McLaughlin & Harvey is a privately owned company with over 170 years of experience, specialising in construction. We provide quality new builds, extensions, refurbishments, fit-outs, and small works projects. Working within the health, education, commercial, industrial, leisure, sporting, retail, and residential sectors.

The experience and capabilities of our team allow us to deliver award-winning, quality projects. We are known for adding value and innovation throughout the process, saving our clients time and money. We work across several sectors and are partners on a number of framework agreements, creating value in every project we deliver.

We are seeking to recruit an experienced Design Coordinator to join the team.

Responsibilities

In the role of Design Coordinator you will be an integral part of the Design Management Function, reporting to the Head of Design Management with a primary focus on Design Management Activities and supporting our Design Management Team. The role will enable you to expand on your existing design experience and core skills associated with managing Design Deliverables and Change Control Schedules and allow you to develop additional responsibilities including preparation of Design Responsibility Matrices, appraisals of individual consultant Scope of Services, Design Risk and Mitigation together with participating in and chairing Design Coordination Meetings, Workshops and Reporting.

• Attend design team meetings to co-ordinate architects, engineers and sub-contractor information. Assist the design manager in producing and issuing accurate meeting minutes, ensuring actions are closed out within agreed timescales.
• Assist the Design Manager, reviewing design information to ensure compliance with the ER’s and contract information.
• Assist the Design Manager with drawings reviews to identifying clashes, errors, omissions, issuing comments back to the design team / sub-contractors. Ensuring all comments are accurately integrated into the design.
• Provide support to Design Manager and the operations team with all aspects of the design, co-ordination, sub-contractor design packages and change control processes.
• Assist the Design Manager and operations team to identify review and implement value engineering opportunities and the change control process to action any value engineering.
• Track the submission of information to satisfy Building Control compliance and pre-commence planning conditions.
• Assist the Design Manager when submitting Design information to the client team, recording, tracking and closing out comment/ queries that arise.
• Assist the Design Manager to ensure all drawings are distributed to the design team and sub-contractors ensuring the flow of information is completed within the design and procurement programme.
• Report design progress to the design manager using View Point and CDE platforms.

Qualifications

Recognised Design or Construction related qualification and/or a proven track record of working as a Design Coordinator within the construction industry.

Experience

• Ability to work to meet project time and cost constraints.
• In-depth knowledge of design process and detailed construction design at both preconstruction and construction phases of projects.
• Must be able to demonstrate ability as a design coordinator working within the construction industry.
• Good understanding of standard document control processes, being able to manage change control processes, establish design responsibilities with design consultants, and programme design to suit main construction programme and activities.
• Ability to work to meet project time and cost constraints.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Experience in the use of extranet based document management systems.
• Good commercial and technical awareness.
• Exciting Projects – Work on varied sector projects and leave a lasting legacy
• Career Growth – Clear progression pathways and continuous professional development
• Collaborative Culture – Be part of a team that values innovation, integrity, and a commitment to excellence
• Competitive Package – Enjoy a competitive salary and great benefits.
• Check out our full list of benefits here: https://www.mclh.co.uk/careers/employee-benefits/

McLaughlin & Harvey are an equal opportunities employer who are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination or harassment. We expect every employee to care and commit to their contribution to the cultivation and maintenance of an environment where everyone has the opportunity to feel included and is afforded the respect and dignity they deserve.

Decisions relating to recruitment, salary, training, evaluating performance, or termination are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees.

We examine our unconscious biases and take responsibility for always striving to create a collaborative and inclusive environment that makes every employee and candidate feel welcome. As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment where we will provide all reasonable adjustments at interview stage and beyond and commit to extending an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum job role requirements.