Design Manager

August 22, 2022 | Comments Off on Design Manager

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Job Title: Design Manager

Location: HMP Glasgow

Business area: Build Strategic Projects

Contract: Full time, permanent (Monday to Friday)

Salary: Competitive salary + industry leading benefits

Kier isn't just built on success. We're built on people. With our expertise and ambition to lead the way, there has never been a better time to be a part of our story.

Kier have been awarded a PCSA contract to develop the design for HMP Glasgow, which is a replacement for the existing adult male establishment at HMP Barlinnie. The project will deliver a new, modern prison that provides secure custody, safe and ordered prison regimes, high standards of decency and care, alongside opportunities for prisoners to develop in a way that helps them reintegrate on return to society on their release.?

The new prison is to accommodate spaces for 1,200 persons along with associated support facilities and regimes with an emphasis on rehabilitation through a focus on health and wellbeing. In developing the design we will explore options for delivering net zero carbon and embrace smart building technologies and automated processes to support the operation of the new facility.

Key Responsibilities

  • Reporting to the Project Lead you will be responsible for the management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule.

  • You will be responsible for ensuring that our appointed design consultants carry out their duties in line with their appointment.

  • Responsible for ensuring that the design is compliant to relevant legislation/technical requirements.

  • To recognise contractual, financial, technical and operational risks and to find opportunities for value engineering in order to minimise risk and maximise gross profit on contracts.

  • To support the fulfilment of the pipeline of contracts.


What do we need from you?

Previous experience in working in large-scale projects of a value between £50m-£100m. Experience of BIM level 2 projects, including COBie data, LoDM.


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Closing Date: 22nd September 2022

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