Senior Design Manager water

Carmichael UK; North East; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Carmichael UK is seeking a Senior Water Design Manager to lead design delivery for water projects around Newcastle/Durham. You will report to the Principal Design Manager and drive design management, procurement, risk and quality assurance in line with NEC4 contracts and BIM ISO 19650.

This role requires proven leadership, stakeholder management, and a proactive approach to delivering safe, buildable, low-carbon solutions within budget and schedule constraints.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Design Manager on a water project.
• Delivery experience for UK contractor advantageous.
• CSCS/SMSTS and driving licence essential.

Responsibilities

• Identify design scope and deliverables.
• Develop design scopes, programmes and budgets.
• Manage design partner and project teams to meet deliverables and budgets.
• Coordinate design contracts and reporting to framework requirements.
• Ensure design compliance with standards and apply DEROGATIONS where needed.
• Lead design meetings to manage progress and coordination.
• Coordinate design reviews, safety and CDM processes.
• Align design with BIM strategy and ISO 19650 using NEC4 contracts.

Skills

Effective communication

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

BSc/Dip Civil Eng. Chartered desirable

Job description

An excellent long-term opportunity exists for a Senior water Design Manager on a multimillion Pound framework. Reporting to the Principal Design Manager you will be responsible for the design delivery of water projects in Newcastle/Durham. Your experience and thorough understanding of design delivery, design procurement, design management, design control, quality assurance, BIM to ISO 19650 using NEC4 contracts would be advantageous.

Your responsibilities will include –

• 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
• Ensuring design compliance with industry and Company standardsensuring 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
• Hold and record regular design meetings to actively manage progress and coordination
• 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 Company Project Manager, Commercial Manager, the Lead Design Consultant, MIECA lead and any respective supply chain partners
• Adhere to the Company governance in relation to design management and project delivery

Requirements for this post include –

• BSc/Dip Civil Eng. Chartership desirable
• Poven experience as a Design Manager on a similar water project
• Previous delivery experience for UK contractor advantageous
• Passionate about improving performance in the sector through best practice, process improvements and continuous improvement practices
• Previous experience of management on complex/sensitive programmes
• Effective communication and strong stakeholder management skills
• CSCS, SMSTS and drivers licence essential

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