Senior Design Manager

MS570 - Senior Design Manager 

Salary: £85,000 per annum

Location: Cambridge 

Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Senior Design Manager on behalf of one of our clients. To work on a large scale commercial project to manage the design process, design team and trade contractor design on a project. Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.  

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• 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. 
• Chair design team meetings and other design orientated meetings. 
• Ensure clear record keeping and monitoring of design process/programme/deliverables. 
• Comment and approve design information through the project. 
• Ensure the design complies with client brief, contract, current legislation, town planning, building regulations, CDM and relevant technical requirements 
• Ensure that all responsibilities under CDM regulations are maintained by the project and design teams. 
• Lead buildability and value engineering reviews. 
• Ensure BIM execution plan & CAD protocol are maintained. 
• Ensure contractors proposals are compliant with employer’s requirements. 
• Ensure any design derogations are included in the contract. 
• Monitor and report on design progress on a weekly and monthly basis, including taking action to maintain design delivery to time, cost, quality and safety requirements.  

Skills and Qualifications:  

• Demonstrable experience of delivering commercial projects working through bid, PCSA and delivery stages, and successfully converting and delivering on quality, time and to budget. 
• Demonstrable experience of varied forms of contract including NEC3 & 4, and JCT. 
• Professional architectural or engineering qualification. 
• Extensive experience of design delivery – building, civil engineering & MEP installations. 
• Experience in delivering design across whole project lifecycle (bidding, pre-construction and construction phases). 
• Experienced in use of digital technologies to deliver design (e.g. CDE, BIM and design co-ordination software) and experience of delivering to the ISO19650 information management standard.  
• Experience and working knowledge in use of CDM Regulations and the Principal Designer duties. 
• Experienced in use of sustainability tools (e.g. BREEAM).