Senior Design Manager

Kier Group plc; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction management firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Design Manager to join their Strategic Projects business. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and delivering design information on major projects, with specific involvement in the Life Sciences sector. Ideal candidates will have experience in managing complex design work from the contractor's viewpoint, as well as strong organizational skills. The role offers a full-time permanent contract with a variety of rewards and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering high value, complex design work from the main contractor perspective.
• Ability to organise, plan, programme and manage workloads.
• Experience working on construction projects in a Design Management capacity.

Responsibilities

• Management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed programme.
• Design input at both preconstruction and construction stages of projects.
• Production of design programmes and schedules.

Skills

Management of design information

Organizational and planning skills

Design management experience

Understanding of construction site procedures

Job description

We're looking for aSeniorDesign Manager to join our Strategic Projects business at Kier Group.

Kier Strategic Projects are a specialist business unit that manage and deliver major projects across our core sectors of Science, Health, Commercial, Defence and Custodial.

Location: Coventry, West Midlands

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Design Manager you'll be working within the Design team on a major project in the Life Sciences sector.

Your day to day will include:

• Management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule.
• Design input at both preconstruction and construction stage of projects
• The production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules.
• Attending/chair necessary meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Design Manager is great for you if you have:

• Experience of delivering high value, complex design work from the main contractor perspective.
• Ability to organise, plan, programme and manage workloads.
• Experience working on construction projects in a Design Management capacity
• Experience of site/contract procedures would be an advantage

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

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