Design Manager

at  Kier Group

We’re looking for a Design Manager to join our project team based in London.
Location: London - remote working available, with occasional travel to the office required
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time

WHAT WILL YOU BE RESPONSIBLE FOR?

As a Design Manager, you’ll be working within the project team, supporting them in delivering a multi million pound scheme.

Your day to day will include:

• Responsibility for the management and delivery of design in accordance with the agreed design programme, design responsibilities, deliverable schedule.
• Ensuring that our appointed design consultants carry out their duties in line with their appointment, interrogating returns to ensure compliance with standards and brief.
• Undertake competency reviews of designing parties
• Design input at both preconstruction and construction stage of projects.
• At times there may be a requirement to take responsibility for junior staff.
• The production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules.
• Record progress and carry out upline reporting,
• Attending/chair necessary meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensuring that the design is compliant to relevant legislation and technical requirements.
• Ensure sustainability requirements are embedded within the design • Input into the management of change throughout the lifecycle of a project
• Input into sub-contractor scopes and tender returns, as well as ITPs

This role of Design Manager is great for you if you have:

• Demonstrable experience in a design role within a main contractor environment
• Experience of BIM level 2 projects, including COBie data, LoDM.
• Experience across one or more of the sectors including commercial, education, healthcare, civic and residential.
• Full UK Driving Licens