Senior Design Manager

Kier Group; Bentfield; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Stansted, Essex seeks a Senior Design Manager to lead design delivery from tender to delivery across education, healthcare, and heritage projects within the Eastern South region.

You will manage design information, chair design meetings, coordinate consultants, and ensure health and safety compliance on site.

This role requires a qualification in Construction Management, Engineering or Architecture and BIM Level 2 proficiency.

Qualifications

• Qualification in Construction Management, Engineering or Architecture.
• Experience in a design role within a main contractor environment.
• Knowledge of BIM Level 2 and RIBA Plan of Work.

Responsibilities

• Managing and delivering design information in accordance with agreed programmes and schedules.
• Ensuring appointed design consultants meet their obligations and comply with standards and project briefs.
• Assessing, mitigating and managing design-related risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Chairing design meetings, preparing reports and delivering presentations to stakeholders.
• Ensuring design compliance with health and safety legislation, sustainable building standards and industry codes of practice.

Skills

Design management

Risk management

Stakeholder reporting

Design meetings

Regulatory compliance

Education

Degree in Construction Management, Engineering or Architecture

Tools

BIM Level 2

RIBA Plan of Work

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Design Manager to join our Eastern South region team based in Stansted, Essex.

Location: Stansted, Essex
Hours: Full-time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Kier Construction leads the way in delivering public sector works across our Eastern South region. As a Senior Design Manager, you'll play a vital role in our Design and Build capability, providing essential management and expertise to drive project success from tender through to delivery. This is an opportunity to make a real impact, working on meaningful projects across education, healthcare, and heritage sectors.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Design Manager, you'll be working within the Eastern South region team, supporting them in delivering exceptional design outcomes for our clients. Your day to day will include:

• Managing and delivering design information in accordance with agreed programmes and schedules
• Ensuring appointed design consultants meet their obligations and comply with standards and project briefs
• Assessing, mitigating and managing design-related risks throughout the project lifecycle
• Chairing design meetings, preparing reports and delivering presentations to stakeholders
• Ensuring design compliance with health and safety legislation, sustainable building standards and industry codes of practice

What are we looking for?

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

• You hold a relevant qualification in Construction Management, Engineering or Architecture
• You have demonstrable experience in a design role within a main contractor environment
• You possess strong knowledge of the design process at both commercial and construction stages
• You have experience with BIM level 2 projects and understand the RIBA plan of work

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. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

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