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    Design Manager - Warrington, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

    Balfour Beatty
    Balfour Beatty Warrington, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    Description

    About the role

    Shape your career in construction with some of the best in the business. When it comes to design management challenges, we pool our creativity and ambition to make big things happen. Our size and stability mean theres always something new to get stuck into, exciting design and engineering career opportunities to explore, and invaluable experiences to grow from. Join us as a Design Manager and open up your future to more.

    As a Design Manager you will manage delivery of design on a major projects in the North West working closely with commercial and production team in both preconstruction and construction stages. Based out of our Warrington office you will be working across multiple sites and projects within our Regional Civils team, travel will be required. We will also consider part-time hours for this position.

    What you'll be doing

    You will manage the development and implementation of design proposals ensuring they meet customer requirements including budget constraints, presenting proposals for approval to the customer.

  • The design should deliver:
    Safety in construction and use
  • Quality within affordable parameters
  • Ease of maintenance, energy efficiency with minimum environmental impact
  • Innovation to meet customer goals and positive impact on the local community
  • Manage and ensure effective briefing of the Design Team This includes, where necessary, the management of any 3rd parties or novated design teams to ensure that they meet all customer specifications, and where necessary, checking the competence and resources of any incumbent design teams or 3rd parties
  • Manage Subcontractor design packages and technical approvals
  • Provide advice and guidance on the buildability of the design proposals to the design and construction teams on all packages
  • Liaise with all statutory bodies/authorities as required such as town planning, building control and services e.g. gas and water
  • Support Change Control Process
  • Lead Value Engineering Process
  • Support the Safety by Design & Engineering forum or other similar forums, representing the business stream, as required
  • Lead the development and management of the design deliverables programme
  • Ensure there is a clear schedule of design deliverables
  • Lead gate reviews activities to ensure that they are timely and appropriate sign off is achieved at each project gate to include appropriate communication to project manager and principal design manager
  • Lead the co-ordination and production of design data, design deliverables, reports and documentation essential to the project and contractual requirements and report progress against the design deliverables programme
  • Support implementation of the BIM CSUK protocols, including teamwork and collaboration and the management and sharing of data relating to BIM models
  • Support BIM management during the bid stage ensuring the supply chain is fully aware of BIM requirements
  • Consider the application of Lean construction techniques in order to save money, reduce waste and optimise construction
  • Ensure that learning and best practice is captured from the bid/project with the aim of sharing it across the business stream and the business
  • Proactively contribute to the Risk and Value Management process
  • Live the Balfour Beatty Values
  • Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm

    • Who we're looking for

    This role requires an individual with proven experience in:

  • Delivering design services on site during construction stage and successfully implementing design strategies
  • Leadership skills in a matrix organisation are required to deliver design services in a timely manner with a customer and business sector specific focus
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills are required, coupled with an ability to form effective relationships with partners under time pressure
  • The individual will know what good looks like in bid submissions and work winning and have hands on experience of delivering work-winning bids in a timely manner
  • Good working knowledge of BIM is required
  • Experience within the most current forms of procurement
  • Relevant Professional membership with an appropriate institute, e.g. RIBA, BIBSE, IET, aligned to the workstream is recommended. A valid CSCS card is a requirement.
  • Excellent IT Skills relevant to the Business Stream are desirable and Microsoft Office is essential
  • Detailed knowledge of codes of practice and other regulatory material, applicable to the Business Stream
  • The individual should have a desire to continuously pursue innovation and development, with a focus on the customer and the relevant Business Stream
  • Numeracy and bid/report writing is a requirement.

    • Why work for us

    If youre inspired by the chance to grow like never before through meaningful work, join us as a Design Manager. As well as benefits that include a share plan, pension, recognition scheme, employee assistance programme and generous annual and volunteering leave, you'll be safe, seen, heard and respected throughout your career with us. Apply now.

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