Design Manager

Talk Recruitment; Market Harborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable building contractor seeks a Design Manager with experience in the building sector. The role involves leading design coordination on projects, ensuring compliance, and supporting project management teams. Attractive career development and remuneration package offered including a competitive salary, car allowance, and pension.

Benefits

Car Allowance

Pension

Bonus

Qualifications

• Previous employment as a Design Manager or Design Coordinator.
• Industrial project experience ideal but not essential.
• Previous Main Contractor employment preferred.
• Good communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all aspects of design for various projects.
• Lead Design team meetings with consultants and designers.
• Manage the contract specifications, drawings, and related documents.
• Review and ensure technical compliance of proposed works.

Skills

Knowledge of Building Sector

Good communication skills

Education

Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC)

Job description

Design Manager - Building and Construction

“Opportunity for an already experienced design manager or design coordinator”

*Also open to consider Architectural Technicians, Architects and Civil / Structural Engineers with a view of transferring experience into a full-time design manager role. *

*REPUTABLE BUILDING MAIN CONTRACTOR*

What Makes It Great?

-Excellent opportunity for training and development.

-Stable & growing business, operating in sectors including Commercial, Industrial and Leisure.

-Personable employer(Where you are a name not a number)

Requirements:

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

- Knowledge of Building Sector.
- Previous employment as a Design Manager

- industrial project experience would be ideal but not essential

- Previous experience / knowledge in building sector projects.
- Previous Main Contractor employment would be ideal but not essential.
- Good communication skills.
- Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc).

Role & Responsibilities:

As Design Manager your role will include

•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.
•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

REMUNERATION:

The successful Design Manager will receive:

*Competitive Basic (Dependant on experience)
*Car Allowance
*Pension
*Bonus

To be considered for this vacancy or to find out more information please apply now.

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