Senior Design Coordinator

UI Social Infrastructure Limited; Dartford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

United Infrastructure is seeking a Design Co-ordinator to drive technical and design coordination across detail design, procurement and construction. You will work with design teams and subcontractors to ensure delivery on time and within budget.

In this role you will review consultant and subcontractor designs, coordinate deliverables, and ensure compliance with company standards and project programmes. The position involves site visits, attending meetings, and providing timely design responses

Qualifications

• Coordinate technical and design processes with design teams and subcontractors to deliver detail design, procurement and construction on time and on budget.
• Coordinate technical design to meet programme targets while maximizing quality, cost-effectiveness and buildability.
• Assist Design Manager with reviewing consultant detail designs and subcontractor designs.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical and design processes with design teams and subcontractors throughout detail design, procurement and construction.
• Assure designs comply with company standards and budgetary constraints.
• Manage and coordinate design approvals, RFIs and monthly design schedules.
• Attend site meetings and monthly/weekly project meetings to monitor progress.

Job description

Specific Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical and design processes, design teams and subcontractors throughout detail design, procurement and construction, monitoring progress to ensure delivery on time and in budget
• Technical design coordination of schemes, in accordance with agreed programme, ensuring company targets are met and that the maximum revenue is generated by the quality, cost effectiveness and buildability of the design.
• Assisting Design Manager with reviewing of consultant’s detail design drawings and subcontractor designs.
• Coordinating consultants and their deliverables driving a high standard.
• Ensuring that designs comply with Company’s standards.
• Promoting design that respects budgetary constraints.
• Providing support to Design Manager on job running
• Ensuring fully complete, correct and coordinated packages issued to Commercial and Construction teams.
• Maintaining and delivering in accordance with Company values.
• Managing subcontractor and supplier design approvals ensuring timely turnaround.
• Monitoring subcontractor design approvals and keep up dated approvals schedule in line with build programme.
• Managing the flow of information to Commercial, Operations and Client.
• Updating and coordinating monthly design schedules
• Reviewing and coordinating design and technical related issues with the Commercial and Operations teams.
• Managing change control process for variations in relation to drawing revisions, construction programmes and costs.
• Monitoring and obtaining all critical certificates to ensure documentation is in place for completion and handovers.
• Collating all required information and liaising with Planning Authorities and Building Control to make submissions and obtaining all necessary approvals as required.
• Ensuring all documents are correctly available for the Document Controller.
• Managing the processing of information through workflows on the document management system.
• Ensuring current drawings are filed in order and design information exchange is as per the company protocol.
• Undertaking site visits as required.
• Attending site meetings and monthly/weekly project meetings.
• Principle design and technical contact during construction works.
• Monitoring work executed on site to ensure that is as benchmarked and as designed/specified.
• Managing, investigating and responding promptly with full close out to RFIs from site team and subcontractors.
• Reviewing and advising on corrective measures for identified design issues.
• Compiling H&S files and O&M manuals.
• At all times comply with company policies, procedures and instructions.
• Comply with responsibilities as laid down in the group’s health, safety and environmental policy.

Join us at United Infrastructure and be part of our mission to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to the complex infrastructure needs of the UK.

Here at United Infrastructure, we invest in our people and firmly believe that our workforce is our most valuable asset. A driving force for success and the core to achieving our vision of creating a connected and sustainable future, our team is the heart of our organisation.

Are you looking to be part of an exciting journey within an evolving business? Want to learn something new, every single day? Then you’ve come to the right place. A fast-paced, diverse, and hugely ambitious business, we welcome challengers, innovators and people who embrace change. Establish yourself in a creative environment that champions freedom of expression, and supports you in your personal and professional development – because together, we achieve more.