Design Manager - Roads

About The Role

Balfour Beatty Power T&D are currently looking for a Design Manager - Roads to join their business in Scotland.

Manage delivery of Design on the Skye OHL and UGC projects working closely with commercial, production and engineering teams in both pre‑construction and construction stages.

• 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 Teams.
• Manage Subcontractor design packages and technical approvals.
• 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, including communication to project manager and principal design manager
  • Lead the coordination and production of design data, deliverables, reports and documentation essential to the project and contractual requirements and report progress against the design deliverables programme
• Solicit and obtain 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).
• Manage Change Control Process.
• Support implementation of the BIM Common Data Environment and Workflows.
• Lead Value Engineering Process & 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 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 and Safety by Design.

This role requires an individual with proven experience in delivering design services, both during design development and on‑site during the construction stage. The candidate should have successfully implemented design strategies into construction practice.

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.

Good working knowledge of BIM is required. The individual will have experience within the most current forms of construction contracts such as NEC
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HND or higher academic base.

Relevant professional membership with an appropriate institute, e.g. RIBA, BIBSE, IET, aligned to the workstream is recommended.

Excellent IT skills relevant to the Business Stream are desirable and Microsoft Office is essential.

Numeracy and report writing are a requirement.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life.

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partner’s leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations…