Senior Design Manager

Galliford Try Plc; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK construction company in Camden Town seeks a Design Manager to oversee the design process, ensuring it meets customer requirements and maintains high standards of safety and quality. The ideal candidate will have extensive new build and refurbishment experience across various sectors and be a member of a professional body. This role offers competitive benefits and career growth opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Wide range of corporate discounts

Cycle to Work schemes

Comprehensive pension plan

Paid yearly membership to a professional association

Qualifications

• Proven ability of delivering design for projects on time and within budget.
• Computer literate and commercially astute.
• Strives for continuous improvement with a focus on customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Manage the design process to meet customer requirements.
• Monitor performance of consultants and ensure deliverables are met.
• Assess health, safety and buildability in designs.

Skills

New build and refurbishment experience

Managing Designers and Consultants

Problem-solving and delivering solutions

Good time management

Team collaboration

Education

Construction/Design related HNC/HND/Degree

Member of Professional Body CIOB/RIBA/RICS

Job description

• To manage the whole process of designing the solution(s) for projects to meet or exceed customers' requirements and framework deliverables.
• To recognise Contractual, Financial, Technical and Operational Risks and to find opportunities for Value Engineering, to minimise risk and maximise gross profit on contracts whilst achieving Customer Satisfaction.
• To support the fulfilment of the pipeline of contracts Safely, On Time, and to the required Quality
• Lead the Appointment of Design and associated Consultants, ensuring a Contractual Requirements are captured, along with the deliverables being clearly defined using such tools as the IRS, MIDP/Design Responsibility Matrix, Deliverables and Scope of Services
• Review and appraise fee proposals from the Consultants. Manage & monitor performance of Consultants encouraging a "Collaborative" approach to deliver robust, co-ordinated designs on time and to budget. Lead the KPI assessment of each and the production of progress Reports as required.
• Support and manage the development of CDP Packages to ensure compliance and that they are fully co-ordinate.
• Assess the Consultants in line with CDM 2015 requirements and ensure all obligations are met. Designs should fully consider Health, Safety and Buildability
• To manage and take ownership of all Design Processes and information flow on Design and Build and heavily CDP contracts to meet the Employer's Requirements, Contractors Proposals and Contract Conditions within the agreed Programme constraints using our CDE. Assess, evaluate, and ensure alignment of Design outputs to each of the relevant RIBA Stages., With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.
• New build and refurbishment experience in: Commercial, residential, mixed use, hotel, city centre developments, Traditional and D&B Contracts, All Building elements - Sub-Structure including basements, Frame and Envelope Solutions, Internal trades and MMC.
• Managing Designers and other Consultants
• Proven ability of delivering design for projects on time, to budget quality standards with high customer satisfaction results. Experienced in analysing problems and delivering solutions.
• Computer literate and Commercially astute.
• Good time management with ability to multi-task.
• Ability to make decisions within authority and able to lead and work as a team member.
• Strives for continuous improvement for the benefit of the company with drive to achieve customer satisfaction.
• Demonstrate our Company Values: Excellence, Passion, Integrity and Collaboration.
• Construction/Design related HNC/HND/Degree
• Member of Professional Body CIOB/RIBA/RICS
• Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.
• Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work. We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.
• We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.
• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role