Senior Design Manager

Senior Design Manager

Full Time (45 hours per week)

Salary: £65,000 to £75,000 per year (pro-rata if part-time)

Plus car allowance £7000 per year

Established in 1868, Kingerlee has been providing high-quality buildings in Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties for five generations. We are a family firm with great values and a forward-thinking, energetic approach. We have a passion for construction and thrive on high quality, challenging projects.

Our experience is wide-ranging and includes state and independent schools, luxury bespoke private homes, university and college projects, hotels & leisure schemes – projects of all type. We believe that we have an enviable track record in new build, conversion, and restoration projects, large and small. We operate in Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties. Supported by an established supply chain and our experienced workforce, we have the skills to undertake all types of building projects up to £70 million.

We are now looking to recruit a Senior Design Manager. This will be mainly based on construction sites in the Oxfordshire area as well as our head office in Kidlington.

You will be responsible for managing design information flow between consultants, sub-contractors and site in accordance with the Design Release Programme, allowing project targets/deadlines to be met.

This will include:

• Managing the production of design programmes.
• Monitoring the design development, release, and approval process in line with the Design Programme.
• Checking information received from design team to ensure elements of various disciplines are fully co‑ordinated.
• Ensuring the design process recognises current legislation, standards, and Codes of Practice where appropriate.
• Liaising with designers and sub-contractors, especially regarding interfaces between trades to eliminate clashes at these interfaces.
• Monitoring and circulating the Request for Information Schedule to ensure design queries and clarifications are closed out in sufficient time to assist the design development process.
• Monitoring and mitigating health and safety also construction risks during the design development process.
• Contract administration including collation and distribution of design information when appropriate.
• Attending site, design and sub-contractor meetings and preparing minutes where appropriate.
• Monitoring design development progress against Design Programme.
• Identifying and evaluating the impact of alternative design solutions and value engineering opportunities for review with the Project and Design Team before implementation.
• Visiting sub-contractors’ production facilities to monitor and report on pre-site production.
• Ensuring compliance with Company Q.A and management systems.
• Performing appropriate additional tasks, as required.

• Prior experience in construction design management
• Excellent IT skills including Auto CAD and BIM
• Excellent people skills, able to build rapport and motivate others
• High attention to detail
• Superb organisation and communication skills
• Ability to manage time and deliver to deadlines

• A relevant degree
• A background in architecture
• Experience managing and/or mentoring others

• We value work/life balance. That’s why we offer a generous starting annual leave entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays, with the entitlement increasing further with long service. We also offer ten weeks’ full pay for maternity / primary adopter leave, full pay for paternity leave, and have a sabbatical policy and paid compassionate leave.
• You’ll get financial benefits, including a generous 6% employer contribution to your pension (you must contribute at least 4%), and coverage by our group life insurance at 4 x your salary, from day one, at no cost to you. You can also choose to participate in our Tusker salary sacrifice car scheme, allowing you to make huge savings on leasing a brand new hybrid or electric car.
• We care about our people’s health and wellbeing. We’ll pay for private medical insurance for you and your partner, with children able to be added at a low cost. We’re corporate supporters of the Lighthouse Club, the construction…