Design Manager

Cavendish Professionals; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Birmingham is seeking a Design Manager to lead and manage design aspects of significant projects. The role involves overseeing health and safety, managing teams, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in design and construction, with excellent communication and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Manage design consultants and processes on projects over £10m.
• Establish and monitor site design and procurement programmes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee health and safety protocols and documentation.
• Manage design meetings and document control systems.
• Ensure compliance with building regulations and client requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Risk Management

Education

Degree in Engineering

Degree in Design Management

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We are currently looking for a Design Manager in Birmingham. To Lead and manage the development and delivery of all design aspects of a project. Manage design consultants and process on one or more projects over £10m or on two projects under £10m.

Key Responsibilities

Health & Safety

• Oversee the set up and collation of all O&M documents and H&S File.

• Strives for an injury-free, safe and healthy work environment. Demonstrates awareness and

measurable performance against assigned OH&S responsibilities.

• Educate on projects safety protocols.

People & Team

• Establishing rapport with significant individuals to influence and gain desired outcomes.

• Enthusiastically sharing goals and plans to inspire high levels of achievement.

• Being able to express self clearly, confidently and concisely in written and spoken communication.

• Manage Document Controllers on site

The Business

• Achieves commercial advantages and/or business opportunities. The specific KPI will focus on commercial value that the participant brings to their role. This may be represented by making a saving, ensuring efficiencies, introducing an innovation or creating a new commercial opportunity.

• Optimises results and achieves goals. The specific KPI will focus on setting a specific goal and meeting or exceeding that goal. The goal could be financial, productivity, relationship or quality

based. It should be challenging.

• Sourcing potential opportunities and committing to action that has risks associated with it.

• Protects the interest of by assessing and controlling risk. Risk Management is not about limiting initiatives but rather taking initiative whilst controlling potential risks that could inhibit the initiative.

Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability

• Oversee set up of sustainability process including BREEAM and other accreditation.

• Ensure CR and Sustainability targets/objectives are understood by project team.

• Set up and agree flow of information process with the Client team and liaise with Client when reporting and managing key Client decisions.

• Set up, agree and finalise consultant appointments including scope of services and design programme.

• Communication and focusing on the needs of the customers whilst striving to exceed their expectations.

Pre-construction

• Single and First Stage Tenders – Carry out design management process as part of the bid team.

• Second Stage Tender/PCSA – Carry out design management process to contract.

• Carry out design audit on design information and assess risks, missing and opportunities.

• Manage design team and key subcontractors during PCSA.

• Agree and complete all consultant appointments.

• Provide pre-construction advice when required.

Requirements

• Lead and manage the development and delivery of all design aspects of a project.

• Manage the design process including the set-up of all systems and tools used to facilitate and monitor design progress.

• Manage all design meetings and production of a design issues schedule to resolve all issues identified.

• Manage site document control systems to facilitate the flow of information.

• Set up, agree, and finalise consultant appointments including scope of services and design programme.

• Establish, monitor and manage site design and procurement programme cognizant of quality standards and processes.

• Develop and agree Information Required Schedule including deliverables and design release dates.

• Produce detailed Design Responsibility Matrix to ensure clear split between consultant and subcontractor design.

• Provide input in the procurement process including the work package scope of works and

defining the subcontractors design deliverables.

• Review all design information to ensure compliance with ERs, buildability, co-ordination, cost control and change control.

• Ensure buildability, cost effectiveness and high standard of finish as required.

• Manage the review and status of all design information.

• Manage the submission of information to the Client team including resolving any queries/issues from the Client team.

• Manage the collation and submission of all design information for statutory approval including building control and planning. Manage the resolution of any queries to satisfy the local authority’s needs.

• Ensure that reporting on design is completed accurately and on time.

• Understand the Employer’s Requirements and communicate these to the project team.

• Management and coordination of documentation required to achieve Practical Completion.

Knowledge, Skills & Qualifications

• Background in design, construction and delivery process including design management.

• Knowledge of design principles and experience in project delivery.

• Commercial and financial understanding in the above context – ability to contribute to value enhancement as part of the design process.

• Experience in construction, including a sound knowledge of construction methodology, process and sequence.

• Ability to comprehend and communicate design related documents such as the drawings,

schedules and specifications.

• Ability to coordinate design issues between varying elements of the project and the relevant parties.

• Educated to degree level or equivalent. Recognized disciplines include; Engineering, Building, Design Management or similar building related studies.

• Professional memberships; CIOB, RICS, CIBSE or similar affiliation.

• SMSTS or similar safety test

If you are keen apply now or for more information, please contact Neil Bokhoory.

Cavendish (Recruitment) Professionals Ltd are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we believe that inclusivity begins with the candidate experience

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