Design Manager

September 4, 2023 | Comments Off on Design Manager

We're looking for a Design Manager to join our Kier Strategic Projects team based in Glasgow. Within this role, you can enjoy private healthcare, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, and even more, flexible working, exposure across multiple projects and the opportunity for career development.



Location:?Stepps, Glasgow

Contract:?Full time, permanent



Responsibilities??

As a Design Manager,?you will form part of our team delivering HMP Glasgow - a new build prison campus based North East of the city.



Your day to day will include:

· Taking responsibility for the management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule.

· Looking after the design input at both preconstruction and construction stage of projects.

· Ensuring the production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, and schedules.

· Record progress and carry out upline reporting,

· Attending/chair necessary meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.



?Who are we looking for?

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

· Demonstrable experience in a design role within a main contractor environment

· Experience of BIM level 2 projects, including COBie data, LoDM.

· Full UK Driving License



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 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

· 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

· 24/7 GP for you and your family

· 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:



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:

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:



Closing date: 17 September 2023



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



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