Design Manager LEVEL 1

Project Based

Do you want to be involved in creating iconic buildings, using intelligent solutions to deliver bespoke projects to our clients AND be part of the future of construction? Then join our team as the Design Manager.

Location:

North East - Project Based

Morgan Sindall Construction is an Investors in People Platinum employer providing national construction services to private and public sector customers across a range of markets. Together, we create remarkable results for our customers, partners and people. We are one of the UK’S most successful Tier 1 contractors. As a progressive and ambitious company, our employees benefit from a safe and rewarding working environment.

You will be working within our North East & Cumbria business, where you will:

• Establish, maintain and manage effective project design resource and team profile at bid and delivery stages
• Lead and provide a professional, comprehensive and sustainable design service for the customer and key partners / suppliers at bid and delivery stages
• Manage and co‑ordinate safely the overall design process through the RIBA design stages challenging the brief and bringing innovation and continuous improvements benefits to the projects at bid and delivery stages
• Ensure completion and compliance of design management departmental procedures at bid and delivery stages
• Involvement with ‘design strategy’ and approach
• Ensure adherence to the design brief/scope of service and develop a comprehensive scope of service for key stages of project
• Coordinate the activities of the design team, contractors and statutory bodies (e.g. Local Authority planners & Building Control/HSE) in line with programme critical dates
• Ensure the design process recognises compliancy issues, current legislation, standards and codes of practice
• Maintain design within cost restraints fully incorporating customers’ requirements
• Coordinate change control system and ensure changes are accounted for, authorised and implemented, as necessary, with the project manager and client

As an experienced Design Manager, you will have a good understanding of construction techniques and a BSc/HND/HNC, membership of relevant professional institute i.e. CIOB. Ability to lead and provide a professional, comprehensive and sustainable design service for the Client at Bid/Delivery stage.

Experience in the main contracting market working on Healthcare, Education, Residential, Leisure, Defence and Commercial Projects between £5 and £50 million. Experience in Pre‑construction (PSCA) and BIM.

To thrive in our business, you should share our passion for the project at hand and enjoy working in an inclusive and hardworking team environment. At Morgan Sindall Construction our employees work collectively, encouraging and challenging each other to succeed. Across our business we treat everyone equally and have developed a community where voices are heard, and respected.

Working in our North East and Cumbria business, you will be part of a growing and dynamic team of people who are passionate about what they do and enjoy the challenge and pace of work in a hardworking and fun construction environment. No day will be the same and we challenge each other to deliver what’s right for our customers.

Our culture is so important to us and defines the way we go about our business. We are inclusive, supportive and team focused and take pride in the longstanding and committed relationships we have with our supply chain partners.

Our people in the North East and Cumbria area are encouraged and rewarded to work as a team to achieve our Perfect Delivery philosophy. The success of this strategy to find – win – deliver – repeat has yielded a healthy forward order book, enabling us to focus on strengthening our long‑term work winning capability in our primary sectors of education, public sector frameworks, civic buildings, leisure, investment linked opportunities and healthcare.

Our commitment to our people is as strong as the commitment to our clients. At Morgan Sindall Construction…