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Pre-construction Design Manager

August 12, 2022 | Comments Off on Pre-construction Design Manager

Do you want to Design your own career? With Kier Places' you can, by joining our Capital Projects Preconstruction team, delivering cladding, refurbishment & decarbonisation retrofit projects in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham

Pre-construction Design Manager

Location: Flexible working available, where you working on sites in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and working with our team based out of our Basingstoke office. Home working available with travel to London & Basginstoke sites/offices 2-3 days a week.

Business Area: Kier Places - Capital Projects - Preconstruction Team

Contract & hours: Permanent, full time, Monday to Friday

Kier Places are recruiting for an experienced Design Manager to join our passionate Capital Projects Preconstruction team, working on projects in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, who also our client. With our diverse portfolio of projects, we are looking for an individual who has a passion for the project at hand, and securing work, whilst also being able to work as part of a closely knit team that has the opportunity to develop and control its own destiny. We understand this approach is essential to ensure we consistently win work and secure repeat business.

Key Responsibilities

As a Design Manager your role will be key to managing and coordinating the design at either pre-construction stage and / or construction stage of multiple projects.

You will be expected to lead internal and external design resources to ensure that design information is produced in a proper and timely manner; risks are identified, managed and appropriately apportioned; all designs by subcontractors and subconsultants are completed in a timely and co-ordinated manner, whilst also managing relationships with the Client and the appointed professional team.

What do we need from you?

As a Design Manager collaborative working with all external and internal stakeholders will be crucial, and successful applicants will need to demonstrate a sound general construction knowledge.

You will have experience motivating and encouraging internal and external design teams and multi-disciplinary design teams; be able to ensure drawings and designs are produced on time to a high quality, are easy to decipher, whilst overseeing the design process using technical expertise; and have a thorough understanding of the RIBA Stages of Design.

Who are we?

The Capital Projects Team have a pipeline of opportunities to deliver recladding, refurbishment & decarbonisation projects to residential buildings across the M4 corridor & in London. You will be working on a portfolio of projects predominantly involving the recladding of high-rise buildings, with typical project values between £2M and £9M, and of a construction nature. You will be joining a newly formed team specialising in this new workstream which has huge long-term growth opportunity, in which successful applicants will have a huge opportunity to grow and develop as this new workstream evolves.

At Kier, we're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

You can expect a competitive salary and an outstanding package that includes a company car or allowance, private healthcare, a matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, 26 days' annual leave plus bank holidays together with two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan).

Some of our other benefits include:

  • New and enhanced family friendly policies with 8 weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, and important guidance on the menopause and the support we can offer

  • Kier's Green Car Scheme

  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family, as well as 4x Life Assurance as standard, with the option for Partner Life Assurance cover

  • A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands

Find out more here about the great rewards and benefits we offer our employees.

Make the journey. Leave a legacy. Join us today as a Design Manager.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

Kier is committed to creating supportive and inclusive opportunities for all our applicants and employees. We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a look here to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk.

Closing Date: 11th September 2022

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

Recruitment agencies - we are unable to accept unsolicited CVs and communications from external recruiters. The recruitment team will engage with agencies who have signed up to our PSL should we require assistance. For further information, visit our careers help page.

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