Design Manager

Ekfb; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

EKFB is delivering major civil works for HS2, coordinating extensive utilities and multi-disciplinary design to meet the integrated design and consenting programme. The role ensures buildability, timely design deliveries and strong collaboration with design leads and construction teams.

You will support commercial aspects of design contracts, manage design risk and ensure CDM 2015 compliance while fostering an inclusive, safe working environment across the project.

Qualifications

• Experience leading design management for large-scale civil engineering projects.
• Ability to manage design delivery and consents integration.
• Experience coordinating with commercial and project controls.
• Experience in utilities projects is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage, enable and monitor the timely delivery of integrated design and design-consenting programmes in line with the construction and overall project programme.
• Provide overall technical accountability for the coordination of designs involving multiple disciplines and their buildability.
• Liaise with Design Discipline Leads and SMT to ensure consistent design delivery across the project.
• Ensure Designers' requirements for reliance information are articulated and actioned by EKFB personnel; guide liaison with construction on topics like utilities coordination.

Skills

Design management

Contract management

Stakeholder communication

Utilities experience

Job description

EKFB is a joint venture that brings together international, market leading expertise from four leading civil engineering and construction companies: Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall. All four partners have specialist expertise in the design, construction, operation, financing and maintenance of railway networks, including the construction of one of Europe's latest high speed rail projects. You'll be responsible to manage, enable and monitor the timely delivery of the integrated design and design-consenting programmes in line with the construction and overall project programme, and in consideration of quantities and cost implications You have overall technical accountability on the overall coordination of all designs involving multiple design disciplines, its buildability, ensuring the coordination and integration of the PW with the Key TW designs It will be key to establishes a collaborative working environment within the C23 IPT, to deliver best for project outcomes. Whilst liaising closely with the Design Discipline leads and other Technical Function Senior Management Team (SMT) to ensure the delivery of designs with a consistent approach across the project, and in compliance with the relevant EKFB Management Plans You'll ensures that Designers' requirements for reliance information in the Section are timely articulated and then actioned by the relevant EKFB personnel. Guide and support the link and coordination with construction for management of topics such as utilities coordination with the construction programme as well assist the discipline lead in issues related to construcability, TW Integration. Supports the Design Delivery Director with the commercial management of designers, liaising with the Commercial team as required. As well with the design risk management, ensuring that key risks are articulated and communicated to EKFB risk team for quantification and proper commercial management. Experience within Utilities would advantageous. Have responsibility for reviewing and reporting design delivery performance in the section through (to include cost, programme, contract, scope, progress, change, compliance, governance etc.), in liaison and with support from project controls and commercial teams. Ensures compliance with the CDM 2015 Regulations.About You

• Design Management in large scale projects, leading and overseeing major civil engineering works within utilities.
• Focus on the timely and integrated delivery of design and design-related consents
• Management of commercial aspects of design contracts with a focus on overall performance
• Strong communication skills at multiple organizational levels, internally and externally

EKFB is a joint venture that brings together international, market leading expertise from four leading civil engineering and construction companies: Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall. All four partners have specialist expertise in the design, construction, operation, financing and maintenance of railway networks, including the construction of one of Europe's latest high speed rail projects.

EKFB is proud to have been appointed by HS2 to deliver civil engineering works across an 80km section of the new high speed rail link between the Chiltern Tunnel and Long Itchington Wood. Our scope of the works includes 15 viaducts, 5km of green tunnels, 22km of road diversions, 67 overbridges and around 30 million cubic metres of excavation. EKFB is committed to improving lives, communities and the engineering and construction industry by providing sustained employment opportunities and being a good neighbour, protecting the environment and the places we work.

In return, we're offering a competitive salary & benefits.

We are committed to, and strongly believe in, inclusiveness and equality of opportunity. Everyone who works with EKFB has a contribution to make; this is why we welcome applications from different backgrounds, experiences and abilities.

Our aim is to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels they are able to be themselves.

Pre-employment checks: It's worth remembering that we'll undertake the relevant/standard employment checks if you're successful in the selection process. This includes taking up your references, as well as checking your ID, driving licence (if appropriate) and your right to work in the UK. Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks. NB. BPSS security clearance will be required (to be undertaken as part of onboarding process)