Senior Design Manager - Northumbrian Region

Morson Group; North East; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Group is recruiting a Senior Design Manager for the Northumbrian Water Living Water Enterprise Framework. The role is on a permanent or contract basis (Inside IR-35) with hybrid working across Newcastle and Durham offices, partner offices, NWL sites and home as required.

You will report to the Principal Design Manager and lead design delivery on water projects, ensuring scope, programmes and budgets are met while managing design partners and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Civil engineering qualification and practical delivery experience.
• Good organisational skills.
• Effective communication and strong stakeholder management skills.
• Passionate about improving performance in the sector through best practice and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Identify design scope and deliverables.
• Support development and agreement of design scopes, programme and budgets.
• Manage allocated design partner and project teams to deliver against design deliverables, programmes and budgets.
• Manage the design contract and co-ordinate reporting aligned to Framework requirements.
• Ensure design compliance with NWL, industry and client standards, securing any derogations as required.
• Coordinate and manage design reviews, technical assurance reviews and CDM reviews.
• Ensure design is implemented and managed aligned to the project BIM strategy.
• Support the framework nominated principal design partner and interface with wider teams.
• Be conversant with current legislation, especially health and safety, relevant to tasks.

Skills

Civil engineering

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership experience

Education

Civil engineering qualification

Tools

NEC 4 contracts

Job description

Senior Design Manager - Newcastle/ Durham

Job Type - Permanent or Contract (Inside IR-35)

Pay Rate - Negotiable based on experience

Job Description

Morson are working alongside a Tier 1 Design and Build Contractor on the Northumbrian Water Living Water Enterprise Framework to recruit a Senior Design Manager, on either a Permanent or Contact basis (Inside IR-35), to join the Framework team and drive quality design delivery.

Reporting to the Principal Design Manager you will be responsible for the design delivery of water projects on the Northumbrian Water (NWL) AMP8 Framework. Adopting a hybrid working model you will split your time between the Client’s Newcastle office, NWL Durham offices, design partner offices, NWL sites and home as required.

Responsibilities:

• Identify design scope and deliverables
• Support the development and agreements of design scopes, programme and budgets
• Management of the allocated design partner and project teams to delivery against agreed design deliverables, programmes & budgets
• Management of the design contract and co-ordination of reporting aligned to the Framework requirements
• Ensure design compliance with NWL, industry and our client’s standards ensuring necessary derogations are secured as required. Challenge design solutions to ensure a safe, efficient and buildable design, considering DfMA and low carbon solutions which meet the Client’s affordability challenges
• Co-ordinate and manage design risk, buildability, carbon and DfMA workshops (amongst others)
• Coordination and management of design reviews, technical assurance reviews and CDM reviews
• Ensure design is implemented and managed aligned to the project BIM strategy
• Support the framework nominated principal design partner and their interface with the wider project and Enterprise teams
• Be conversant with current legislation, especially that which applies to health and safety, which is relevant to tasks being carried out
• Promote the business in a professional manner to both external and internal persons or organisations
• Maintain and grow professional working relationships with the design team, delivery team, commercial team, and employer team and communicate well with them
• Liaise closely with other members of the Framework team to support procurement decision making for each package of work, which will include the Project Manager, Commercial Manager, the Lead Design Consultant, MEICA lead and any respective supply chain partners
• Adhere to the Client’s governance in relation to design management and project delivery

Qualifications:

• Civil engineering qualification and practical delivery experience
• Good organisational skills
• Effective communication and strong stakeholder management skills
• Passionate about improving performance in the sector through best practice, process improvements and continuous improvement practices
• Able to work and learn quickly in a fast paced, fun and dynamic environment
• Care about doing a great job and exceeding expectations
• Previous experience of management on complex/sensitive programmes
• Practical experience working with NEC 4 contracts