Senior Design Manager required ASAP

JobMatcha Recruitment now operate on civil, rail and construction projects across the UK and pride ourselves, on empowering the worker by using our award winning technology to match workers to jobs.

We offer to upskill our workers and to maintain our workforce from project to project.

JobMatcha are looking for a dedicated Senior Design Manager to be involved in the design of a healthcare project based in Cambridge

Role Background:

Manage the off-site design process on Stage 1 and 2 tenders, commencing at 'RIBA Stage 2 or 3 - Concept or Developed Design' Design Management processes and procedures.

Manage the on-site design process at 'RIBA Stage 4 and 5 - Technical Design and Construction', in accordance with the Design Management processes and procedures.

Note: in instances where support from a Building Services Manager is unavailable then the Design Manager is responsible for the successful discharge of their specific Tasks and Responsibilities

Tasks and Responsibilities:

Tender Stage - Pre Contract

· 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

Project Stage - Post Contract:

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

Establish and agree the project Common Data Environment (CDE), the project file structure, virtual file links, email file links, security rights, work flows and voting rights

Establish the frequency and content for all design coordination workshops and progress meetings · Produce the project specific Design Management Plan (DMP) and BIM Execution Plan (BEP) and monitor compliance

Close out design assumptions, design opportunities (VE), design risks (HSE/CDM) made during the early stages of the design and or tender process

Verify that all new design documentation is compliant, coordinated, affordable and buildable on a weekly basis in accordance with the DMP

Manage the submission and timely approval of all reviewable design data · Assist in the commercial and technical review of specialist subcontract tender returns, establish interfaces and review alternative design

Prepare technical submissions for alternative designs, system, component, product and or material proposals for client approval

Progress the discharge of all outstanding Planning Conditions and the approval of all Building Regulation matters

Manage the post contract change control process in accordance with the DMP · Ensure all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor Design Risk Assessments are produced for review and approval

Chair and record the outcomes of all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor design workshops/meetings

Obtain responses to primary, secondary designers' TQs from the client's team and specialist subcontractor TQs from the primary designers

Monitor the production and quality of all design documentation against the agreed Design Quality / Key Performance Indicators

Review and approve primary and secondary designers' Applications for Payment · Obtain Design Reports from the primary and secondary designers to accompany the monthly CVRs

Progress the approval of specified design certificates including, CDM, BREEAM, Secure by Design, etc.

Ensure that all changes to primary and secondary design work are incorporated in the As-Built design documentation

Undertake design performance reviews for all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor designers

Assist the Document Controller in compiling and archiving the final issue of design documentation, for the; As-Built records, O&M Manuals, Health and Safety File and Post Construction Stage BREEAM certificate

Undertake or commission design autopsies on primary / secondary design defects · Produce a project specific Best Practice / Lessons Learnt paper

Role requirements:

• 5-years working in a Design Manager role for a Tier 1 Main Contractor in UK

• Experience in delivering major projects in excess of £100M

• Experience in delivering projects now considered as' High-Risk Buildings' under Building Safety Act (over 18m and habitable)

• Degree qualified in a technical subject appropriate for role - required to demonstrate competence to Building Safety Regulator as part of approvals under Building Safety Act

• Professionally chartered to a body appropriate for role - required to demonstrate competence to Building Safety Regulator as part of approvals under Building Safety Act

Benefits:

* 24hr management support

* PPE Supplied

* Paid weekly and payroll support

If interested in the role of Senior Design Manager, then please apply ASAP