Design Manager - Mechanical - Science & Research - Oxford

at  Laing ORourke

Location:Oxford Pandemic Sciences
Region:Birmingham, National, Oxford, West Midlands
Employment type:Permanent
Job family:Technical
Business unit:[EUR] Crown House Technologies

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES:

• Creating and owning the design brief
• Design optimisation
• Design for Manufacture and Assembly
• Managing consultancies
• Information and Change Control
• Design compliance

WHAT SKILLS & EXPERIENCE ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• First degree in Mechanical Engineering. Other appropriate construction related qualification plus design related experience.
• Approx 5 years’ experience. Different procurement routes, different sector experience. Experience end to end in managing design – from concept to handover.
  Don’t match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

ABOUT US:

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O’Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O’Rourke’s story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme’. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.co

• Supporting our consultant teams to maximise their effectiveness and value optimisation in the provision of effective integrated design solutions that meet our clients our business needs (strategies and budgets).
• Maximising the effectiveness of consultant relationships.
• Reviewing design delivery to enhance quality of solutions and efficiency of design, procurement, manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and handover of total engineering excellent solutions for our clients.
• Supporting our consultants in adopting LOR’s design processes, deliver with rigour and quality project management processes and to ensure effective collaboration throughout the supply chain (using appropriate tools for this including, but not limited to, BIM/Digital Engineering).
• Capturing business knowledge and capability enabling continuous improvement, innovation and improved capability towards an Engineering Enterprise.