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Design Manager – Pre Construction
August 26, 2022 | Comments Off on Design Manager – Pre Construction
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Job Title: Design Manager - Pre Construciton
Location: Glasgow
Business area: Kier Construction - Build Northern & Scotland
Contract: Full time, permanent, Monday to Friday - We're able to offer part time, please state in your application.
Benefits: You can expect a competitive salary and an outstanding package that includes a matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, 26 days' annual leave + bank holidays (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday) together with two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan). To find out more about the rewards and benefits at Kier, click here.
Being one of the leading regional builders in the UK means many things to the team here at Kier Group. Our people are trusted to deliver projects of all sizes and complexities, across very diverse sectors, throughout the country. Join us and you could be involved in building anything from a strategic asset costing hundreds of millions of pounds, to a small-budget school extension that creates priceless classroom space. Whatever you do, you'll be making a difference on projects that matter, every day of your working life.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Senior Design Manager 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. At times there may be a requirement to take responsibility for junior staff. ?You will be responsible for the production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules to record progress, upline reporting, attending/chairing necessary meetings and workshops. You will be responsible for ensuring that the design is compliant to relevant legislation and technical requirements.??
What?do?we need from you??
We will need you to have solid experience in a design role for a main contractor in a similar role. You will ideally be qualified with a relevant construction related degree and will have good experience in working across a range of sectors including; Education, Industrial, Commercial, Healthcare, MOD/DIO. We will also need you to be educated to degree level, or equivalent experience, have proven experience in a similar role and be an excellent communicator. You will have a track record in collaborative working with Clients and Consultants and be able to deliver results within a tight deadline. Communication skills are essential to interpret the requirements of the operations staff and provide the link to the design team. Experience in managing information within an electronic document management system is desirable. You should have experience of delivering BIM level 2 projects, including COBie data, LoDM, federating models and model clash detection.
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: 25th September 2022
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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