Design Manager

Talk Recruitment; Crewe; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Pension

Job summary

Talk Recruitment is seeking a Design Coordinator/Design Manager for a growing main contractor, based in Crewe. The role covers design coordination across multiple live projects, chairing design team meetings, managing documentation, and coordinating with M&E and planning teams to ensure compliance and timely delivery.

The position offers a mix of office and site visits, with a competitive salary and benefits including a car allowance and pension.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Building Sector.
• Background as Design Co-ordinator / D&B Coordinator / Design Manager or related roles.
• Degree or equivalent industry qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead design coordination across projects and coordinate with consultants and sub-contract designers.
• Chair design team meetings and issue minutes with actions tracked.
• Manage design and procurement schedules and release information to target dates.
• Provide design support to Project Management teams and review value engineering opportunities.

Skills

Building sector knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Degree / HND / HNC in Civil/Structural/Engineering

Job description

Design Coordinator / Design Manager – Growing Building Main Contractor

(Architectural Technicians or Architects or Civil / Structural Design Engineers also considered with a view of transferring over to a full time Design Coordinator / Design Manager role, support and training provided.).

What makes it great?

• Big enough to keep you busy, but small enough to know your name, close knit team, excellent option if you are fed up of being treated like just another number.
• Company is also a part of a group with their own development division, creating further stability for the company providing a lot of self generating work.
• Fast growing work order book.

COMPANY

My client is a reputable building main contractor, with a busy and fast growing workload.

As a result of securing further new projects, this employer is looking to strengthen their team further with the appointment of a Design Coordinator / Manager to work on a range of exciting building projects.

Multi-Million Pound Projects live and ready to go.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Design Manager covering all aspects of the design coordination for the business on various projects. Design Coordinator is similar in scope but on smaller projects or as part of a team on a larger scale project
• Arranging and chairing the Design team meetings to lead the process with the consultants and sub contract designers, issuing minutes and ensuring the resulting actions are actioned
• Collate and manage the contract specifications, drawing and related documents for the construction process
• Carrying drawing reviews issuing Comments then ensuring all comments are added accordingly to the design
• Carry out technical reviews of any proposed works to ensure contractual and technical compliance.
• Prepare and manage the Design and procurement schedule and issue information release schedules to set design target dates
• Offer input and design reviews into the procurement process
• Providing design support to Project Management teams.
• Review and implement Value engineering opportunities
• Coordinate with the M&E managers to ensure coordination of the M&E install and commissioning process.
• Utilizing specialist consultants coordinate the information and design to ensure BREEAM and Part L compliance are attained as required.
• Coordinate the submission of information to satisfy Building control compliance
• Coordinate the submission of information to satisfy all planning conditions are discharged
• Lead Design review workshop with the client / tenant to ensure understanding and satisfaction with proposed works
• Manage the Design Change Proposals for client sign off
• Submitting design information to the client team and recording, tracking and closing out any comments and queries that arise
• Issue, track and close out any Requests For Information that arise to enable the design to be completed. Assist in the collation of the O&M Health and safety file

REQUIREMENTS:

To be considered for this Design Coordinator role you must meet the following criteria:

• Knowledge of Building Sector.
• Previous employment as a Design Co-ordinator, D&B Coordinator, D&B Manager, Design Manager. Site Engineer, Project management or Design Engineering (civil / structural engineers), Architect or Architectural Technician backgrounds also considered.
• High level of communication skills.
• Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc), ideally a civil engineering qualification.

LOCATION:

Mix of office and site visits

REMUNERATION:

• £35,000 - £55,000 Basic (Dependant on experience)
• Car Allowance
• Pension