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Design Manager

Job Posted: 2 hours ago

Salary: £ 60,000 - 65,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: St Albans

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Morson Edge are working with a tier 1 contractor who are seeking a Design Manager to join their Build/Construction division. 
 
Title - Design Manager 
Location - St Albans, Hertfordshire 
Salary - up to £65k + Package (could be some room for negotiation). 
Project - Healthcare 
 
 Specific Tasks and Responsibilities 
- Assist the Regional/Senior Design Manager in discharging their tender stage tasks and responsibilities 
- Review the Project Information including the Employer's Requirements, Contractor's Proposals and Design Team appointments to brief the Design Team on their contractual obligations and their corresponding duties 
- Agree, in conjunction with the site team, the specialist subcontractor procurement strategy 
o Produce and agree the Project Stage Design Programme and associated Design Deliverables with the primary, secondary and specialist subcontract designers and monitor / report on progress 
o Produce and agree the Project Stage Specialist sub-contractor Procurement Schedule and Installation/Commission Programme 
o Monitor / report on progress to ensure overall progress against programme is maintained 
- Establish and agree the project Common Data Environment (CDE), the project file structure, virtual file links, email file links, security rights, work flows and voting rights 
- Establish the frequency and content for all design coordination workshops and progress meetings 
- Produce the project specific Design Management Plan (DMP) and BIM Execution Plan (BEP) and monitor compliance 
- Close out design assumptions, design opportunities (VE), design risks (HSE/CDM) made during the early stages of the design or the tender process 
- Verify that all new design documentation is compliant, coordinated, affordable and buildable on a weekly basis in accordance with the DMP 
- Manage the submission and timely approval of all reviewable design data 
- Assist in the commercial and technical review of specialist subcontract tender returns, establish interfaces and review alternative design 
- Prepare technical submissions for alternative designs, system, component, product and or material proposals for client approval 
- Progress the discharge of all outstanding Planning Conditions and the approval of all Building Regulation matters 
- Manage the post contract change control process in accordance with the DMP 
- Ensure all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor Design Risk Assessments are produced for review and approval 
- Chair and record the outcomes of all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor design workshops/meetings 
- Obtain responses to primary, secondary designers' TQs from the client's team and specialist subcontractor TQs from the primary 
designers 
- Monitor the production and quality of all design documentation against the agreed Design Quality / Key Performance Indicators 
- Review and approve primary and secondary designers' Applications for Payment 
- Obtain Design Reports from primary and secondary designers to accompany the monthly CVRs 
- Progress the approval of all specified design certificates including, CDM, BREEAM, Secure by Design 
- Ensure that all changes to primary and secondary design work are incorporated in the As-Built design documentation 
- Undertake design performance reviews for all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor designers 
- Assist the Document Controller in archiving all final issue design documentation, for all As-Built Drawings, O&M Manuals, Health 
and Safety File and Post Construction Stage BREEAM certificate 
- Undertake or commission design autopsies on primary / secondary design defects 
- Produce a project specific Best Practice / Lessons Learnt paper 
 
To be considered for this role please send updated CVs to - (url removed)

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