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Senior Design Manager

February 2, 2023 | Comments Off on Senior Design Manager

Senior Design Manager

Kier Construction have a great opportunity for a Senior Design Manager to join their growing regional business unit in Nottingham, this role will be part of the wider design team and will be aligned to a flagship £70M new build project.

The Senior Design Manager will be key in coordinating, interrogating, and integrating the activities of our external design consultants to ensure that all is managed to programme timescales and quality standards. The role will also offer the opportunity to assist on pre-construction activities and tender opportunities for the business.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage the design process during the pre-construction and as required, the construction phase.
  • Fully investigate Value engineering and value creation opportunities.
  • Interrogation of enquiry documents, in the form of an Employer's Requirements.
  • Production of a Contractor's Proposal document in liaison with other internal departments.
  • Manage our design process via external consultants.
  • Drive innovative and cost effective solutions into the design.
  • Progress design issues within a strict timescale & ensure designers meet information delivery dates.
  • Review Sub contractor design proposals.
  • Verify & control status of consultants and subcontractors drawings and specifications & maintain registers.
  • Ensure the consultant scope of services, responsibilities and fees are agreed.
  • Facilitate the completion of a project risk register.
  • Attend tender launch /tender adjudication and launch meetings as required.
Key Skills and Qualifications:.

  • Experience of delivering high value, complex design work from the main contractor perspective.
  • Ability to organise, plan, programme and manage workloads.
  • Understanding of Building Regulations and Planning Permission procedures.
  • Commercial awareness.
  • Understanding of different Client procurement routes.
  • Experience of site/contract procedures would be an advantage
We would expect suitable candidates to hold a relevant design qualification ideally to degree level.

About Kier:

Kier Group plc. is a leading construction, property, residential and services group which invests in, builds, maintains and renews the places where we work, live and play. We operate globally across a range of sectors including defence, education, health, housing, industrials, power, transport and utilities. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, we are a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

With a network of 88 UK offices Kier offers national coverage across all of its core activities. Employing 22,000 people, Kier has the financial strength and technical expertise to undertake some of the most significant construction, civil engineering and service contracts in the country.

Kier is an equality and diversity employer.
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