Senior Design Manager

Kier Construction have a great opportunity for a Senior Design Manager to join their growing regional business unit in Nottingham, this role will be part of the wider design team and will be aligned to a flagship £70M new build project.

The Senior Design Manager will be key in coordinating, interrogating, and integrating the activities of our external design consultants to ensure that all is managed to programme timescales and quality standards. The role will also offer the opportunity to assist on pre-construction activities and tender opportunities for the business.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the design process during the pre-construction and as required, the construction phase.

• Fully investigate Value engineering and value creation opportunities.

• Interrogation of enquiry documents, in the form of an Employer’s Requirements.

• Production of a Contractor’s Proposal document in liaison with other internal departments.

• Manage our design process via external consultants.

• Drive innovative and cost effective solutions into the design.

• Progress design issues within a strict timescale & ensure designers meet information delivery dates.

• Review Sub contractor design proposals.

• Verify & control status of consultants and subcontractors drawings and specifications & maintain registers.

• Ensure the consultant scope of services, responsibilities and fees are agreed.

• Facilitate the completion of a project risk register.

• Attend tender launch /tender adjudication and launch meetings as required.

  
  

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience of delivering high value, complex design work from the main contractor perspective.

• Ability to organise, plan, programme and manage workloads.

• Understanding of Building Regulations and Planning Permission procedures.

• Commercial awareness.

• Understanding of different Client procurement routes.

• Experience of site/contract procedures would be an advantage

We would expect suitable candidates to hold a relevant design qualification ideally to degree level.

Who is Kier?

As a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector leading experience and fresh thinking to all that we do.

We are collaborative, trusted and focused, and we will empower you to achieve your career goals, and listen to your thoughts, ideas and challenges.

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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives. You can see more about our D&I action plan here.