Design Manager

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

Job summary

Carmichael UK is seeking a Design Manager to join the HS2 project team in Aylesbury. You will lead the delivery of integrated design and design-consenting programmes in line with the construction schedule and project budget.

You will coordinate multiple design disciplines to ensure buildability and timely approvals, liaise with discipline leads and SMT to maintain consistency with EKFB plans, and support utilities coordination with construction activities.

Qualifications

• Experience leading major civil engineering design projects in utilities.
• Ability to deliver integrated design and consents on time.
• Strong cross-disciplinary coordination and buildability focus.
• Excellent stakeholder and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage, enable and monitor the timely delivery of integrated design and design-consenting programmes in line with the construction and overall project programme.
• Coordinate the design disciplines to ensure coordination, buildability and integration with TW designs and current EKFB plans.
• Liaise with Design Discipline leads and SMT to ensure a consistent approach across the project and compliance with management plans.
• Oversee design delivery performance reporting (cost, programme, scope, progress, change, governance) with project controls and commercial teams.

Skills

Design management

Project coordination

Communication skills

Commercial management

Job description

Carmichael are seeking a Design Manager to join the team working on HS2 based in Aylesbury.

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 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 constructability, 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