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Design Manager
Job Posted: 10 hours ago
Salary: £ 70,000 - 75,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for a Design Manager on a permanent basis in Leeds.
In this role you will be supporting the full life cycle of our projects from development and design, through to construction and commissioning. You will manage external and internal design teams to ensure buildable designs that mitigate construction and operational risks, execute energy savings, and deliver solutions on time.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
Ownership of the customer journey from development opportunity to the completion of technical delivery.
Provide technical support to the project manager throughout the construction phase.
Acting as the single point of contact with major clients for all technical status and coordination topics.
Overseeing a portfolio of projects in the region varying from £100k feasibility opportunities through to £30m energy performance contracts.
Maintain all relevant project documentation in line with document control processes.
The management of survey and design programmes in conjunction with the Project Managers and external planning resource.
The recording and management of technical risks as part of the overall project risk management process.
Working in conjunction with the centre of excellence to maintain processes and governance.
Ensuring that schemes are designed withing budget.
The management and coordination of internal technical resources to produce scopes of requirements to design consultants and subcontractors, review external consultant deliverables, analyse options against cost and safety considerations, and deliver designs to the correct scope and detail.
The management and coordination of technical resources and information to resolve project challenges, produce workable solutions within your team, and sustain project programme.
The development of client opportunities for additional revenue to formal proposals, liaising with project, technical, commercial, and procurement colleagues.
Reporting of the statuses, actions, and escalations to the regional Project Director.
The management of external design consultants to produce designs for major packages such as heat pump, boiler, chiller, energy centre, borehole, and high voltage infrastructure designs.
The coordination and alignment of technical packages and design outputs to remove gaps and omissions from being carried into tendering and construction.
The high-level commercial oversight of the managed works, including risks and opportunities, handling variations, and basic progress reporting.
The provision and coordination of construction stage support to facilitate progress, resolve clashes and issues, and manage change.
(The above list is not exhaustive and can change due to business requirements.)
Knowledge, Skills, Education & Experience
Demonstrable experience in M&E design in a project delivery environment - Essential
Line Management Experience of a small team - Essential
Proven hands-on experience working on engineering projects from conception through to delivery, working with large scale heating systems (i.e. 2-10MWt) and technologies such as heat pumps, boilers, CHP, chillers, heat exchangers and air handling units - Essential
Planning and organisation skills to be able to manage multiple elements and projects at once - Desirable
An awareness of regulatory compliance associated with industrial projects, including planning, building control, fire, environmental permitting, noise assessments and electrical connections - Essential
Exposure to energy saving measures and initiatives from conception through to delivery, such as building fabric (i.e. roofing, cladding, windows), solar PV, LED lighting, ECDC fans, and BMS upgrades - Essential
Project Management experience - Essential
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We would welcome the opportunity to discuss this role informally.
Why We're Different:
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