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Design Manager
May 9, 2018 | Comments Off on Design Manager
Salary and benefits - Competitive salary plus full package, including company car or car allowance, healthcare, matched pension totalling up to 15%, 2x share options, numerous retail discounts and up to 10% off new Kier homes
Location - Within 1 hour commute of Cambridge
The opportunity:
Kier Construction Eastern are looking for an experienced Design Manager to join the team in Cambridge who has a wealth of knowledge throughout the main contracting market, working on projects from £5-40m. Reporting into a Managing Design Manager.
The Team and the Region:
The Cambridge Office and it's team have completed some outstanding projects to date and with a full order book for the coming years we are in place to continue this performance. Our team has been formed for several years now and work in a coherent and professional manner who deliver on what is set out for our clients which is shown by the repeat business from the client base. There is a huge element of being proud of achieving this quality for our clients and the feedback we receive is within this nature. Our team also believes in developing existing staff to improve on their experience to give people the opportunity of having longevity in their careers with Kier Construction.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and delivery of all projects by ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of require project outcomes by exceeding client expectations on programme, cost and quality
- Ensure the Control Manager for the work orders (planned works) is fully aware of any impact on cost, quality and timely delivery of the design teams work
- Ensure all project outcomes meet the customer expectations
- Day to day management of direct reports and providing the strategy / leadership to achieve the business / contract objectives
- Management of the design team
- Manage risk, commercial issues and compliance processes and procedures in relation to Quality, H&S, Environmental Management and other policies
- Create and manage a design library and tap into existing libraries.
- Identify skill specialism and shortages.
- Establish and manage the documentation and deliverables completion processes.
- Verify & control status of consultants and subcontractors drawings and specifications & maintain registers.
- Production of a Contractor's Proposal document in liaison with other internal departments.
- Preparation of Briefs for structural investigations, surveys and monitoring.
- Budgetary management of tender design fees and preparation of detailed design fee estimates.
- Designer liaison including design review meetings, progress & performance reporting, and design change control.
- Liaison with Clients, approval bodies and other relevant third parties.
- Input to analytical & interpretative reports on technical and commercial factors.
- Review of designs on behalf of the contractor, including interrogating drawings and other technical documentation.
- Leading evaluation of added value options and participation in value engineering meetings
Key Skills and Qualifications:
- Holds the relevant qualifications (Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline)
- Chartered or Incorporated of a relevant institution.
- Demonstrable experience of management and leadership of a significant time period
- Experience and a proven track record of successful service/operational delivery and business operations
- Understanding of the relevant engineering, service or technical disciplines
- Knowledge of full MS office suite including Project, Project Server and SharePoint
- Knowledge of operational/project delivery and site experience of major schemes
- High degree of commercial awareness
- Ability to build relationships and interact effectively with all stakeholders
- Effective at presentations and group meetings
- Have vision, commitment and enthusiasm for change
About Kier:
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