Senior Design Manager

Galliford Try Holdings plc; Guildford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Design Manager to oversee innovative construction projects in Guildford. In this dynamic role, you will manage the design process, ensuring that projects meet customer requirements while maximizing profitability. You will lead a collaborative team, focusing on delivering projects safely, on time, and to the highest quality standards. With an impressive order book and a commitment to excellence, this opportunity offers not only stability but also the chance to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects. If you are passionate about construction and design, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Corporate discounts

Cycle to Work schemes

Comprehensive pension plan

Save as You Earn share purchase scheme

Private medical scheme options

Paid yearly membership to a professional association

Qualifications

• Experience in managing design processes and leading teams in construction projects.
• Proven ability to deliver projects on time and within budget with high quality.

Responsibilities

• Manage design solutions for projects, ensuring customer satisfaction and risk management.
• Lead the appointment and performance monitoring of design consultants.

Skills

BIM Expertise

Project Management

Problem Solving

Team Leadership

Customer Satisfaction

Education

Construction/Design related HNC/HND/Degree

Membership or working towards CIOB/RIBA/RICS

Tools

CDE (Common Data Environment)

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Job Description

Senior Design Manager

Guildford

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Design Manager to join the team at Galliford Try.

Ideally, you will be based in or around the Guildford area and will have the opportunity to travel across multiple sites/projects in the Region.

What you will be doing:

1. Manage the whole process of designing the solution(s) for projects to meet or exceed customers' requirements and framework deliverables. Recognise Contractual, Financial, Technical and Operational Risks and find opportunities for Value Engineering to minimise risk and maximise gross profit on contracts whilst achieving Customer Satisfaction.
2. Support the fulfilment of the pipeline of contracts Safely, On Time, and to the required Quality.
3. Lead the Appointment of Design and associated Consultants, ensuring Contractual Requirements are captured, along with the deliverables being clearly defined using tools such as the IRS, MIDP, Deliverables and Scope of Services.
4. 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.
5. 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 full co-ordination.
6. Assess Consultants in line with CDM 2015 requirements and ensure all obligations are met. Designs should fully consider Health, Safety and Buildability.
7. 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.
8. Assess, evaluate and ensure alignment of Design outputs to each of the relevant RIBA Stages.
9. Support the two stage submission requirements of the frameworks, securing the opportunity and delivering the second stage. Managing the designs to achieve the client's expectations, contract requirements and deliver within budget.
10. Support the implementation of the Galliford Try Building Southern's Business Improvement Strategy, "Delivering Excellence". Focus on project delivery through four cornerstones: Safe, On Time, Snag Free and Delighted Client.

About You:

• Construction/Design related HNC/HND/Degree or equivalent
• Member or working towards of Professional Body CIOB/RIBA/RICS
• BIM Expertise
• New build and refurbishment experience in core markets including: Education Buildings, Health Care Projects, Civic, Frameworks, Traditional and D&B Contracts, All Building Sub-Structure, Frame and Envelope Solutions, MMC
• Managing Designers and other Consultants, preferable with a Design background.
• 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.
• 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.

What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 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.

Our benefits:

• 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

About us:
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.

For information about this role or any other roles within our Building Southern Division, please contact Laura Mitchell on [e-mail].

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

Don't meet every requirement of the role? At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position.