Design Manager

Talk Recruitment; Market Harborough; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Pension

Bonus

Job summary

Talk Recruitment is seeking a Design Manager for a reputable main contractor in the UK. You will lead design coordination across diverse projects, chair design team meetings, and manage documentation through to approvals. This on-site role suits someone with solid building sector experience and strong communication skills.

Open to Design Managers, Design Coordinators, Architects and Engineers transitioning into the role. Competitive package with pension and bonus, commensurate with experience.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Design Manager or Design Coordinator.
• Background in building sector projects.
• Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC).
• Strong communication skills.
• Main Contractor experience preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Cover all aspects of design coordination across multiple projects.
• Chair design team meetings with consultants and sub-contract designers.
• Collate manage contract drawings/specifications and release information.
• Conduct technical reviews for contractual and technical compliance.
• Develop design and procurement schedules and monitor actions.
• Support project management teams with design input.
• Coordinate M&E installation / commissioning inputs.
• Ensure submissions satisfy Building Control and planning conditions.
• Lead design review workshops with clients/tenants.
• Manage design change proposals and RFIs.

Skills

Building sector knowledge

Design Manager experience

Communication skills

Education

Degree/HND/HNC in relevant field

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:

• 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:

• 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:

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

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