Design Manager

Kier Construction; Loughton; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Design Manager to enhance their dynamic Construction team. This role involves managing design information, contributing to various projects across sectors such as Commercial and Health, and engaging with stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills and experience in high-value design work. This forward-thinking company values diversity and inclusion, offering a supportive environment where your skills can flourish. Join this exciting opportunity to contribute to the construction revolution and shape impactful projects.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in delivering complex design work from a contractor's perspective.
• Strong ability to manage and prioritize workloads effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver design information according to project schedules.
• Provide design input during preconstruction and construction phases.

Skills

Project Management

Design Management

Organizational Skills

Planning and Programming

Site/Contract Procedures

Job description

We're looking for a Design Manager to join our Construction team based in London.

Location: London/Loughton, Essex - with flexible work times considered

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

What will you be responsible for?

As a Design Manager you'll be working within the Design team, supporting them on projects across a variety of different sectors including Commercial, Public Sector and Health.

Your Day To Day Will Include:

• Management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule.
• Design input at both preconstruction and construction stage of projects.
• The production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules.
• Attending/chairing necessary meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.

What are we looking for?

This role of Design Manager is great for you if you have:

• Experience of delivering high value, complex design work from the main contractor perspective.
• Ability to organise, plan, programme and manage workloads.
• Experience of site/contract procedures would be an advantage.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards And Benefits:
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and Inclusion:
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier