Design Manager - Worcester, United Kingdom - COSTAIN GROUP PLC

COSTAIN GROUP PLC

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Worcester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Costain are recruiting for a
Design Managerto join our growing design team working on our Severn Trent Water framework.

About the Project

Costain is working closely with Severn Trent Water on their Capital Delivery Framework, as part of its c£2 billion capital programme for AMP7.

As part of the Design and Build Framework lot, Costain brings together its design, construction, and consultancy expertise to undertake renewal and refurbishment projects and will assist Severn Trent in its target to make continuous improvements to its safety performance, whilst ensuring continuity of supply and consequently lowering costs of its customers.

About the role

Reporting to the Framework Principal Design Manager you will be responsible for the design management of non-infrastructure projects on the Severn Trent Water AMP7 Framework.

Adopting hybrid working you will split your time between the offices in Strensham and home where you will support the delivery team in managing projects through preliminary, outline, detailed design, and construction support

Key Responsibilities
Identify design scope and deliverables
Review and challenge of the design programme
Management of design deliverables
Challenge design solution to ensure DfMA and low carbon solution which meet the Clients affordability challenges
Hold and record regular design meetings and workshops
Coordination and management of design reviews, technical assurance reviews and CDM reviews
Implementation and management of the project BIM strategy
Maintain professional working relationships with the Design Team, Delivery Team, Commercial Team, and Employer Team and communicate well with them
Liaise closely with other members of the Project Team to support procurement decision making for each package of work

About You
Degree/HNC/HND or degree in a relevant engineering discipline
Progressing towards a Chartered professional review with relevant chartered body
Good communication and collaboration skills
Good technical understanding of water and wastewater processes and asset types
Commercial and contractual appreciation to support the required commercial outcomes
Good understanding of programme preparation and management
Experience and knowledge of CDM Regulations
Experience of delivering multi-disciplinary design/construction projects
Experience of technical project delivery in a design-build environment (essential)
Experience in leading and managing multi-disciplinary design teams (essential)
Experience of working in Joint Ventures (desirable)
Experience working within the water sector particularly non-infrastructure in either a Mechanical, Electrical ICA or Civils disciplines in maintenance, design, or capital delivery roles
Driving licence required

About Costain

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets.

We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency.

Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company.

We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements.

We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets:
future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.

We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.

To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:

Right to Work & Security Checks
Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you.

For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we'll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.

For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance).

To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.

Closing date

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
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