Senior Design Manager

Hertfordshire

£85k-£95k + Package

Opportunity for a Senior Design Manager with a background of Main Contracting and experience of managing residential led schemes to join a family owned residential contractor in the Hertfordshire area. The business have a great mentality towards work and the employees, giving great opportunities to work on interesting projects.

Key Deliverables

Provide technical advice on proposal documents, presentations and meetings

Conduct audits and technical reviews of tender information, subcontractor proposals, company proposals and in some cases a secondary project being overseen by the SDM directly

Monitor and report against compliance requirements during adjudications

Develop detailed understanding of clients' ideas, expectations and requirements, breaking down technical jargon and ensuring clients' ideas and needs lead to concepts and detailed designs

Prepare and develop employer requirements and robust contractor proposals

Identify and evaluate design risk to ensure ease of buildability thereby reducing/eliminating company risk/claims

Identify any scope gaps thereby mitigating risks and developing value engineering/programme opportunities

Review subcontractors' proposals to identify and develop value engineering opportunities

Produce detailed design programmes and design delivery schedule

Ensure consistency of design management process on schemes, reviewing protocols, reviewing design programmes, design specification, and design scopes

Contribute to commercial and contractual documentation, negotiations and disputes

Ensure design delivery is in line with procurement strategy, project cost plan and value engineering targets

Ensure compliance of design brief and managing change control process

Recommend and initiate changes to project delivery plans, develop new project management and operating tools and processes

Ensure effective procurement of design services

Manage consultant/subcontractor teams ensuring works are delivered according to specification

Ensure the compilation of detail requirements and responsibilities for technical handover documentation including H&S file, building manuals, Building User Guide

Continuous development of design management team and self by conducting lessons learnt activities, ensure information from lessons learnt flow into new, similar projects, improving design processes

Proactively seek business development opportunities through professional networks