Design Manager; Rolls Royce

Balfour Beatty is looking for an experienced Design Manager to join our team in Derby, working in partnership with Rolls-Royce on a major expansion project. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the delivery of a significant construction programme, working alongside talented engineering, design and construction professionals to coordinate complex design activities and ensure the highest standards of quality, safety and technical compliance.

As Design Manager, you'll be at the heart of the project, helping to turn design concepts into practical construction solutions while ensuring that design information is coordinated, delivered on time and aligned with project requirements. If you're passionate about design management and want to make a real impact on a major project, this is an excellent opportunity to take the next step in your career with Balfour Beatty.

As a Design Manager you will:

• Managing and coordinating design activities across multiple disciplines, ensuring that all design information is accurate, coordinated and delivered on time.
• Working closely with the client, consultants, subcontractors and internal project teams to resolve design challenges and maintain progress.
• Reviewing design information to ensure compliance with technical specifications, relevant standards, legislation and project requirements.
• Monitoring design programmes, identifying potential risks and implementing solutions to prevent delays and minimise design-related issues.
• Managing design reviews, technical submissions and the resolution of design queries.
• Ensuring effective communication between the design team and site-based construction teams, supporting the smooth transition from design development through to construction.

You will have the following:

• Proven experience in a Design Manager or similar design leadership role within the construction industry.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams and managing complex design packages.
• A strong understanding of construction methods, technical compliance, design risk management and buildability.
• The ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications and design documentation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage with clients, consultants and delivery teams at all levels.
• Strong planning and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive approach to managing risks and resolving technical challenges.
• A commitment to health and safety, quality and delivering projects to the highest standards.

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• - Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• - 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• - Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• - Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.

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