Design Manager

VINCI Building have an incredible opportunity for someone with experience of delivering high value, complex design work from the main contractor perspective.

As Design Manager you'll be able to organise, plan, programme and manage workloads, being able to demonstrate a track record working within the Design Team on a variety of projects across different sectors, predominantly Healthcare but also Commercial & Public sector.

• Management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule.
• Ensuring that our appointed design consultants carry out their duties in line with their appointment, interrogating returns to ensure compliance with standards and brief.
• Design input at both preconstruction and construction stage of projects.
• The production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules.
• Attending and chairing necessary meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.

• 4+ years in a Design Manager role for a Tier 1 Contractor in the UK.
• Degree qualified in a construction related subject.
• Professionally chartered MCIOB, MICE or equivalent.
• Experience working on healthcare projects.
• Experience working on mid-large-scale projects.
• Experience in delivering civils, sub-structure and super-structure structural design packages, as well as experience delivering facade design packages, including unitised/off site.

• Review the Tender Information including the Employer's Information Requirements and any existing Design Team appointments and determine the scope and extent of all remaining design work, prior to the Tender Start-up meeting.
• Verify that the existing Tender (design) Information is compliant, coordinated, affordable (within the existing budget) and buildable prior to the Tender Settlement meeting.
• Determine, in conjunction with the bid team, the strategy for the completion of all remaining design work.
• Assess / audit all novated Design Team members and if applicable negotiate any additional services.
• Prepare and issue fee enquiries for supplementary Design Team members.
• Select and informally appoint supplementary Design Team members for both Pre and Post Contract Stages.
• Prepare and issue fee enquiries for any additional survey work and or reports.
• Produce and agree the Tender Stage Design Programme and Design Deliverables with the primary, secondary and specialist subcontract designers and monitor / report on progress.
• Produce and agree the Project Stage 'draft' Design Programme, Design Deliverables and Specialist sub-contractor Procurement Schedule.
• Establish a Common Data Environment (CDE).
• Produce the 'draft' Design Management Plan (DMP) and BIM Execution Plan (BEP).
• Develop, in conjunction with the Design Team, competitive, technically robust design and engineering solutions that respond to the Employer's Requirements.
• Engage with 'preferred' specialist subcontractors to develop innovative design solutions and close out design interfaces.
• Compile a schedule of design assumptions, design opportunities (VE), design risks (HSE/CDM) identified during the Tender Stage design process.
• Assist in the technical review of specialist subcontract tender returns and review all alternative design solutions.
• Evaluate the commercial responses to specialist sub contract tender returns and propose recommendations for bid inclusion.
• Establish the extent of all outstanding Planning and Building Regulation Matters.
• Review any existing BREEAM Assessments and or undertake a Design Stage Assessments.
• Chair and record the outcomes of all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor design workshops.
• Produce technical responses for all design questions contained in the tender enquiry document and compile a schedule of Tender Stage design clarifications, qualifications and derogations.
• Approve all design proposals that are to be included in the tender offer.
• Prepare for and attend all Pre and Post Tender Interviews.
• Undertake design performance reviews for all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor designers.

• Review the Project Information including the Employer's Requirements, Contractor's Proposals and formally appoint the Design Team and consultants and brief the Design Team on their contractual obligations and their corresponding duties.
• Agree, in conjunction with the site team, the specialist subcontractor procurement strategy.
• Produce and agree the Project Stage Design Programme and associated Design Deliverables with the primary, secondary and specialist subcontract designers and monitor / report on progress.
• Produce and agree the Project Stage Specialist sub-contractor Procurement Schedule and Installation/Commission Programme.
• Monitor / report on progress to ensure overall progress against programme is maintained.
• Establish and agree the project Common Data Environment (CDE), the project file structure, virtual file links,…