Design Coordinator

Story Contracting Limited; United States; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Award-winning training

Competitive salary and pension

Health cash plan

Hybrid working (1 day WFH)

Volunteering days

Job summary

Story Contracting is seeking a Design Coordinator to help coordinate safe, buildable designs from development through AFC. You will gather input from disciplines, monitor design deliverables, and resolve interfaces and comments with designers to reduce risks and rework.

You will champion design controls, maintain accurate records, and support timely decision-making while upholding our commitment to high-quality outcomes for clients across infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in design management or project delivery across construction, infrastructure, or engineering sectors.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specs, and design assurance processes and seek clarifications.
• Strong organisational skills to track actions, records, and deadlines.
• Effective communication with project teams, consultants, and suppliers.
• Proactive in identifying issues and improving design processes.
• Knowledge of CDM 2015 and health and safety in design.
• Willingness to learn new project systems and tools.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate input from multiple disciplines to deliver safe, buildable designs.
• Monitor design deliverables and interfaces, resolving comments with responsible designers.
• Identify missing information and seek clarifications to prevent rework.

Skills

Design management

Project delivery

Coordination across disciplines

Organisational skills

Communication

Health & safety in design

Education

Construction/engineering qualification or apprenticeship

Tools

Excel

Job description

As a Design Coordinator, you will help coordinate safe, buildable, and well-integrated designs for our projects, supporting the design process from development through to Approved for Construction (AFC) issue. You will bring together input from different disciplines, monitor design deliverables, and coordinate the resolution of interfaces and review comments with the responsible designers. Your contribution will help the wider business identify and manage design risks early, improve project certainty and reduce avoidable change and rework. By encouraging collaboration, maintaining clear design controls, and sharing accurate performance information, you will support better decision-making and help strengthen our reputation for delivering high-quality outcomes for our clients.

We are proud to be a place where everyone can be part of the Story!

As part of our pledge to eliminate discrimination and encourage diversity among our Story Team, our 'Every Story' policy https://www.storycontracting.com/about-us/our-culture-values/ ensures all employees are a part of a diverse environment and always feel included. All applicants will receive careful consideration for employment regardless of who you are, where you come from or what you believe in.

Essential:

• Relevant experience within design management or project delivery across construction, infrastructure, or engineering sectors; working with technical information and project teams.
• An understanding of drawings, specifications, and design assurance processes, with the ability to identify missing or conflicting information and seek clarification.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to maintain accurate records, track actions, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills when working with project teams, consultants, and specialist suppliers.
• A proactive approach to identifying issues, improving processes, and supporting successful design outcomes.
• An understanding of health and safety in design, design risk and relevant industry requirements including the principles of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
• Confidence using excel spreadsheets and other digital tools to track information and progress, with a willingness to learn new project systems.

Desirable:

• A relevant construction or engineering qualification or apprenticeship.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design activities or collaborating with external designers, consultants, and specialist suppliers.
• Familiarity with Network Rail standards, procedures, and assurance requirements.

Story Contracting is a privately-owned, award-winning infrastructure company who is financially secure and agile with a wide range of public, private and third sector clients who enjoy working with our talented and committed team. Our track record for delivery on time and to budget, safely and reliably, has meant repeat business from our clients, which is reflected in our motto of 'Do It Right!'.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do - the way we work and the behaviours we display. We believe that this is what makes Story Contracting and our people exceptional.

• GROUNDED - Everyone is equal at Story. We are down to earth and treat each other with respect.
• HARDWORKING - We all pull our weight and work hard for each other.
• PROUD - We are proud of our safety, our projects, our people, our clients, and the success we create together.
• FAMILY - We nurture, train, develop and keep our people safe, just like a family. We are inclusive and do the right thing for the business and its people.
• TRUSTED - What we say is what we do. Our clients, our people and our communities trust us to do it right.
• WINNERS - We are hungry for success and want to be the best performing contractor for our clients, our people, and our communities.

Find out more about what it's like to be part of Team Story here. https://www.storycontracting.com/jobs

At Story Contracting, we invest in our people. You'll benefit from:

• Award-winning training and development opportunities
• Competitive salary, pension, and company car/allowance
• Health cash plan and wellbeing support
• Working from home (1 day per week) and agile working policies.
• Two paid volunteering days each year