Design Manager - Tender

Millbank Holdings; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading civil engineering company in Greater London seeks a Design Manager to oversee design consultant activities for large projects. The role involves managing design deliverables, ensuring compliance with contract requirements, and leading design reviews. Candidates should have substantial construction and design experience, with at least a year's work in consultancy or temporary works design. Excellent remuneration and benefits are offered.

Benefits

Car Allowance

Enhanced Pension

Generous Holidays

Qualifications

• Wide-ranging understanding of construction methods and can coach others.
• Minimum 12 months experience in design within a consultancy or temporary works department.
• Substantial construction and design experience.
• Ability to deputise for Project Manager when needed.
• Understanding of Principal Designer Duties.

Responsibilities

• Manage design consultant activities and deliverables.
• Resolve and communicate all design queries.
• Review contract requirements for compliance.
• Produce monthly reports on design progress.
• Lead design reviews with project teams and external parties.

Job description

Overview

Are you a design manager with experience in pre-construction & tender design for large civil engineering projects?

Do you have a strong understanding of civil design, temporary works design and NEC contract forms?

Would you thrive on working for a company at the cutting edge of the civil engineering sector?

If so, please apply below!

Opportunity

The purpose of this role is to manage the design consultant activities and deliverables to ensure they are completed in line with the agreed programme. To be the technical lead on the project, ensuring both input and output deliverables for the design are tracked and reported.

This role will be based in Paddington, London or Swindon

Remuneration & Benefits

£65,000 - £75,000 per year, Car Allowance, Enhanced Pension, Generous Holidays

Your duties and responsibilities

• Manage the process, resolution and communication of all design queries as part of the project.
• Review contract requirements and ensure compliance with requirements.
• Raise requests for further information internally and externally from the whole project team.
• Collaborate in the preparation of design programmes.
• Manage communication with the Client design representative throughout the contract period.
• Produce monthly reports on design progress and any other design specific elements.
• Manage and update the design deliverable schedule.
• Review all design deliverables and ensure that they are completed to the expected standard. Challenge and resolve when not.
• Manage and chair design reviews with project team.
• Manage and chair all design interface meetings with external parties.
• Review designs for compliance with contract requirements and tender intentions.
• Ensure compliance with design approval processes required by the contract.
• Routinely monitor progress of the design and explain any necessary actions.
• Collaborate with the engagement of external suppliers/subcontractors.
• Ensure document register is completed by designers correctly and issued to HTUK periodically.
• Manage provision of drawings to project team - document control.
• Establish technical query procedure.
• Review all design communications and collaboratively resolve queries.
• Agree changes with Project team in accordance with project authority protocol.
• Issue of instructions to Designer in accordance with project authority protocol.
• Implement change order management.
• Approving designer's quality management system
• Lead Design Reviews with approval and acceptance bodies. TAA, NR, LUL etc.
• Support HUK Assurance functions with design specific requirements

Qualifications & experience

• Wide-ranging understanding and working knowledge of construction methods and outputs and can coach others
• Must have spent 12 months completing designs as part of a consultancy or temporary works design department
• Will have both substantial construction and design experience.
• Ability to deputise for the Project Manager if required.
• Understands the Principal Designer Duties including ERIC

Desirable

• Tier 1 contractor background
• Heavy civils experience, ideally tunnelling

How to apply

Get in touch now. If you're seeking a new opportunity and think you have the skills and experience for this role, then apply now or contact Jordan Tipping via LinkedIn.

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background, and encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, and we are committed to ensuring an accessible and supportive recruitment process for everyone. If you require any adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we'll do our best to accommodate.

Millbank operates as both an Employment Agency and an Employment Business.