Senior Design Manager

O'Neill & Brennan; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Design Manager to join their dynamic team in Birmingham. This role offers the opportunity to lead innovative design projects, focusing on student accommodation and BTR/PRS developments. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background and the ability to communicate effectively with clients, ensuring their visions are transformed into practical designs. Join a friendly and flexible workplace that values its employees and fosters professional growth. If you are passionate about design management and eager to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing design processes for construction projects.
• Strong background in student accommodation or BTR/PRS projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical advice and conduct audits on proposal documents.
• Develop client requirements into detailed designs and manage change control.

Skills

Technical Advice

Design Management

Risk Evaluation

Value Engineering

Client Communication

Education

Degree in Architecture or Engineering

Professional Certification in Design Management

Tools

Project Management Software

Design Software

Job description

O’Neill & Brennan have an amazing opportunity for a Senior Design Manager to join a UK Leading Developer. Due to multiple project wins in the Midlands, they are now in the market to add value to their already impressive Pre Con Team. We are looking for Senior Design Managers with Student Accommodation or BTR/PRS backgrounds for projects in and around Birmingham. The culture is about never settling for second best, surprising the customers with an understanding of their marketplace and always overcoming barriers to deliver quality and innovative outcomes. The team is friendly, sociable, and flexible; best of all, the employees all feel valued. So why not get involved!

Key Deliverables

1. Provide technical advice on proposal documents, presentations and meetings
2. Conduct audits and technical reviews of tender information, subcontractor proposals, company proposals and in some cases a secondary project being overseen by the SDM directly
3. Monitor and report against compliance requirements during adjudications
4. Develop detailed understanding of clients' ideas, expectations and requirements, breaking down technical jargon and ensuring clients' ideas and needs lead to concepts and detailed designs
5. Prepare and develop employer requirements and robust contractor proposals
6. Identify and evaluate design risk to ensure ease of buildability thereby reducing/eliminating company risk/claims
7. Identify any scope gaps thereby mitigating risks and developing value engineering/programme opportunities
8. Review subcontractors' proposals to identify and develop value engineering opportunities
9. Produce detailed design programmes and design delivery schedule
10. Ensure consistency of design management process on schemes, reviewing protocols, reviewing design programmes, design specification, and design scopes
11. Contribute to commercial and contractual documentation, negotiations and disputes
12. Ensure design delivery is in line with procurement strategy, project cost plan and value engineering targets
13. Ensure compliance of design brief and managing change control process
14. Recommend and initiate changes to project delivery plans, develop new project management and operating tools and processes
15. Ensure effective procurement of design services
16. Manage consultant/subcontractor teams ensuring works are delivered according to specification
17. Ensure the compilation of detail requirements and responsibilities for technical handover documentation including H&S file, building manuals, Building User Guide
18. Continuous development of design management team and self by conducting lessons learnt activities, ensure information from lessons learnt flow into new, similar projects, improving design processes
19. Proactively seek business development opportunities through professional networks