Design Manager

About us:

We undertake the role of Main/Principal Contractor within the Water, Industrial, MOD, and Power Sectors. This includes all aspects of New Build, Refurbishment, Civil Engineering and MEICA Projects.

We believe our biggest asset is our personnel. With extensive experience within these areas of construction between the Directors, we aim to be pivotal in galvanising the design teams, subcontractors, and supply chain to ensure each project is carried out safely, within programme, to budget and of the highest quality. We pride ourselves on our integrity, competency, transparency and openness with clients and supply chain

Working closely with Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Project Engineers in the generation of outline and detailed designs of process systems and equipment within the Water Industry.

Main Purpose of Job

As a Design Manager your duties will include but not be restricted to:

Full management of the Design Team throughout a project and during the full construction process to maximise opportunities and mitigate risk, monitoring the process and providing updates to the Project Manager and Director.

Undertaking design review and option analysis, providing Value Engineering input where applicable.

Interrogation of tender and construction stage quotations and management of sub-contractor workshops.

Managing the design relationship between the client, design consultants, designing sub-contractors and internal design team whilst acting as a point of contact on design matters.

Ensuring compliance by the Company and all design consultants/sub-contractors are within the scope of CDM regulations.

Ensuring designs are complete and on time including drawings, specifications, and schedules.

Having input into all statutory requirements such as Planning and Building Control.

Conducting site visits where needed to locate grading markers and collect data.

Oversee the design information 

Key Skills / Abilities

To have sufficient breadth of technical knowledge and experience to be able to effectively lead and manage the design process, ensuring all design requirements and details are accurate and circulated.

To be able to produce, read and interpret design and construction programmes.

To have good team interaction and be an effective communicator, able to engage with senior stakeholders.

To have detailed understanding of construction technology, buildability and tender design requirements.

To have a sound understanding of design regulations

Key Qualities and Behaviours

Be enthusiastic, pro–active, flexible, and adaptive in the pursuit of achieving the planned team goals / targets and agreed changes in requirements.

Collaborate fully with other staff, developing effective working relationships with all levels and disciplines

Present ideas effectively, presenting facts clearly and logically.

Respond positively to constructive feedback and engage / act on feedback as appropriate.

Project confidence in handling difficult situations and problem solving to achieve positive results.

Display persistence, determination, and creativity in identifying and overcoming obstacles.

Help develop less experienced members of the team.

Qualifications and Training

A degree/equivalent qualification (HNC/HND)

Have at least five years’ experience in the Design Manager role

May concider someone wanting to progress to this position

Experience within the water industry an advantage but not necessarily

Duties & Responsibilities:

Leading and building a multi disapline design team

Detailed design and development of Plant and Equipment.

Concept and detailed design of new Plant and Equipment.

Creation of technical specifications / documentation for the selection and development of equipment.

Working to product design standards.

Working to departmental design procedures.

Provide internal technical product support.

Complete asset data information on projects, collect from engineers and site

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