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Assistant Design Manager

October 28, 2022 | Comments Off on Assistant Design Manager

We're looking for an Assistant Design Manager to join our Major Projects team based on our Full Sutton Prison project. Within this role, you can enjoy exposure exciting projects, progression opportunities, support in obtaining further qualifications and even more.

Location: Full Sutton, Yorkshire

Contract: Permanent, full time

Salary: Competitive + Benefits


Responsibilities

As an Assistant Design Manager, you will be supporting the Design Manager and the Design Team by coordinating and liaising on design, drawings, issues and programs. You will be involved from inception to handover.

Your day to day will include:

  • Assisting with the Design management process, design programme and documentation and working collaboratively within or pre-construction and operational teams

  • Working with internal and external stakeholders such as the design team and building control officers to architects and the local planning authority

  • Attending client meetings, site meetings and subcontractor meetings when required


What are we looking for?

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

  • Are either qualified or working towards your professional qualification

  • Have previous workplace experience in a design focused environment

  • Are willing to train and develop

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.


Benefits 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. Some of our favourites include:

  • New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more

  • 26 days' annual leave + bank holidays (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday)

  • Two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan)

  • A free healthcare app giving you access to clinicians and experts on fertility, pregnancy and baby, menopause and men's health

  • An additional two days' leave to take part in volunteering activities of your choice

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website: www.kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits


Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: https://www.kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.


Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here: https://www.kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf


Closing date: 28 November 2022

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

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