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Design Manager

September 13, 2022 | Comments Off on Design Manager

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

Design Manager

Location: Flexible working available, where you'll be working on sites across London and working with our teams based out of our Loughton & Basingstoke offices 2-3 days a week, with some home working available

Business Area: Kier Places - Capital Projects - Public Sector, Local Authority & Housing Association contracts

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

Kier Places are recruiting now for an experienced Design Manager to join our passionate Capital Projects team, working on projects in London, to manage and coordinate the design process at either pre-construction stage and / or construction stage of multiple projects. 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.

The Capital Projects Team have a pipeline of opportunities to deliver cladding replacement projects to residential buildings in the London area & surrounding counties. 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.

You will be working on a portfolio of construction & refurbishment projects predominantly in the occupied residential building arena, varying in size and complexity ranging in value from £1 million to £30 million, and are centred around external fabric replacement and refurbishment, fire safety improvements, decarbonisation/energy efficiency measures & general upgrading.

Key Responsibilities

As a Design Manager with Kier Capital Projects, your role will be key to planned and sustained business growth through the production of client focused bid proposals within our core markets across the UK.

Your focus will be on leading and owning the Design management process and working collaboratively with our pre-construction and operational teams, where we will look to you to lead internal and external design resources to ensure that high-quality 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 attending and hosting pre-tender and post tender design team meetings, and managing relationships with the Client and the appointed professional teams.

What do we need from you?

To be a Design Manager with Kier, you'll hold relevant qualifications relating to Construction, Design Management and/or RIBA Stages (especially Stages 5+); have good all-round, technical construction knowledge & Building Regulations, especially relating to external construction and refurbishment; and have experience in a Main / Tier 1 Contractor with?similar public sector experience within mid/high-rise Residential or Commercial projects?for?fit-outs, responsive maintenance, refurbishments, planned works, capital construction, or cladding schemes.

Collaborative working with all external and internal stakeholders will be crucial, so you will bring your experience of managing the design process including motivating & encouraging internal and external design teams and multi-disciplinary design teams, ensuring drawings and designs are produced on time to a high quality & are easy to decipher, and appropriately using your technical expertise and thorough understanding of the RIBA Stages of Design.

Who are we?

The Kier Places' Capital Projects Team delivers refurbishment and new build construction projects across the Blue Light, Health, Education, Retail, Commercial & Residential sectors. We combine a national reach with a local focus, combining expert pre-construction, technical and operational skills with regional projects for valued customers.

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.

Be great in a company built on doing good. 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: 4th October 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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