Senior Design Manager (Defence)

Skanska; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - GBP 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Design Manager (Defence) to oversee and manage the design process from initial inquiry through to project completion. The ideal candidate will have experience with MOD/DIO/USVF projects and a solid understanding of defence JSP standards. Responsibilities include managing the design team, creating management plans, and ensuring compliance with project guidelines and requirements. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to impactful projects across the Midlands and South of England.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of delivering MOD/DIO/USVF projects.
• Clear understanding of defence JSP standards.
• Experience of design delivery in building and civil engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the design process and design management team.
• Manage the creation of the project design management plan.
• Ensure compliance with design management plan and client requirements.

Skills

Design management

Project delivery

Stakeholder management

Job description

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

We are looking for a Senior Design Manager (Defence) to join our Building Operating Unit. This individual will lead and manage the design process, design management team and multi-disciplinary design team on a project, from enquiry through to submission of the bid, PCSA stage and the ongoing management of all design related issues through construction to project completion and handover.

What you’ll do:

• Assist in appointment of design team and management of design team contracts to cost, time, quality & safety requirements.
• Manage the creation of the project design management plan and ensure all members of the design team are aware of their responsibilities
• Manage the production and co-ordination of the design programme, Employers Requirements and design deliverables schedule throughout the project
• Manage the delivery of design in accordance with the design management plan and design brief, including client requirements, cost, programme, best practice design standards, design responsibilities, BIM strategy and contract agreement.
• Chair Design team meetings and other design orientated meetings
• Ensure clear record keeping and monitoring of design process/programme/deliverables

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Demonstratable experience of delivering MOD/DIO/USVF projects working through bid, PCSA and delivery stages
• Clear understanding of and demonstrable experience of working with the MOD/DIO/USVF, including a working knowledge of defence JSP standards.
• Demonstrable experience of design delivery – building, civil engineering & MEP installations
• Ability and willingness to obtain security clearance to required level if security clearance if not already held.
• Ability and willingness to work on project delivery across a wide geography covering the Midlands and South of England

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [e-mail] or call 0330 105 2000 – Option 5 & 1, if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [e-mail]

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.