Design Manager

Foresight Search Ltd; Exeter; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Package

Job summary

Foresight Search Ltd, on behalf of a leading Devon-based main contractor, is seeking a hands-on Design Manager for on-site coordination of new build and refurbishment projects in Exeter.

You will lead pre-construction and post-contract design work, chair design meetings, manage drawings and specifications, and coordinate with consultants and subcontract designers to ensure contractual and technical compliance. Salary £55,000–£70,000 plus car allowance and package.

Qualifications

• Experience with national or regional main contractors
• Strong experience in commercial (non-residential) sectors
• Hands-on site based design manager with coordination responsibilities
• Experience on pre- and post-construction design and build projects
• Projects up to £5m+ experience

Responsibilities

• Arrange and chair design team meetings with consultants and designers and issue minutes
• Collate and manage contract drawings, specs and documents
• Carry out technical reviews and ensure comments are incorporated
• Prepare and manage design and procurement schedules and release information
• Provide design support to project management teams
• Coordinate information to meet Building Control and planning conditions
• Lead client/design reviews to ensure satisfaction
• Manage design change proposals and capture RFI responses
• Assist in compiling O&M Health & Safety file

Skills

Design management

Site-based coordination

Pre-construction experience

Post-construction experience

Stakeholder liaison

Job description

Title: Design Manager

Location: Exeter

Salary: £55,000 to £70,000 + car allowance + package

Sector: Construction, Main contractor - Refurbishment, New Build

Start Date: ASAP

Design Manager - The Company:

Our client is one of the most successful privately owned main contractors in Devon with a strong reputation and excellent client relationships across varied work streams. Typical projects are between £200k and £12m in value across New Build, Refurbishment and fitout. The company has an excellent pipeline of work within the Southwest and is a fast growing business with exceptional progression opportunity.

Design Manager - The Role:

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Design Manager with varied experience in main contracting across varied (non residential) projects. You will be an important part of the team working on pre-construction and post contract elements across a diverse range of project. This would suit someone keen to join an energetic, fast paced and entrepreneurial environment. You will be a 'hands on' Design Manager in the on site coordination of new build projects.

Design Manager- Accountabilities and key tasks:

• Arranging and chairing the Design team meetings to lead the process with the consultants and subcontract 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
• Utilising 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

Design Manager - The Person

• You will have solid experience with either a national or regional main contractor
• MUST have strong experience in Commercial (non-residential) sectors
• Hands on - site based Design Manager who can cordinate the design pon projects
• Demonstrable experience working on pre and post-construction design and build projects.
• Experience working on projects to £5m plus
• Innovative - ability to identify better ways of doing things
• A good communicator, able to liaise between different departments in order to achieve a common goal.

Design Manager - The Reward:

• Competitive salary
• Company benefits package
• Varied projects across sectors
• Continued local work within the Southwest region.
• Flexible working