Design Manager

Design Manager (Welwyn Garden City Business)

Location:
Welwyn Garden CityOffice Based, with flexibility for occasional remote working

We are looking for an experienced and talented Design Manager to manage the design aspects of projects and tenders in progress within the London business. This position is office based, with flexibility for occasional remote working.

About Morgan Sindall
Morgan Sindall Construction is an Investors in People Platinum employer providing national construction services to private and public sector customers across a range of markets. Together, we create great results for our customers, partners and people. We are one of the UK’S most successful Tier 1 contractors. As a progressive and ambitious company, our employees benefit from a safe and rewarding working environment.

About the role:

You will be working within our Construction London & Home Counties business, where you will:

Establish, maintain and manage effective project design resource and team profile at bid and delivery stages

Lead and provide a professional, comprehensive, and sustainable design service for the customer and key partners / suppliers at bid and delivery stages

Manage and co-ordinate safely the overall design process through the RIBA design stages challenging the brief and bringing innovation and continuous improvements benefits to the projects at bid and delivery stages

Ensure completion and compliance of design management departmental procedures at bid and delivery stages

Involvement with ‘design strategy’ and approach

Ensure adherence to the design brief/scope of service and develop a comprehensive scope of service for key stages of project

Co-ordinate the activities of the design team, contractors and statutory bodies (e.g. Local Authority planners & Building Control/HSE) in line with programme critical dates

Ensure the design process recognises compliancy issues, current legislation, standards and codes of practice

Maintain design within cost restraints fully incorporating customers’ requirements

Coordinate change control system and ensure changes are accounted for, authorised and implemented, as necessary, with the project manager and client

Ideally you will have:

Significant experience in the main contracting market with experience of working on Education, Leisure and Healthcare schemes between £10 and £40 million.

Experience in Pre-construction (PSCA), BIM, 3D Models, Digital Construction,

What are we looking for?

As an experienced Design Manager, you will have a good understanding of construction techniques and a BSc/HND/HNC, membership of relevant professional institute i.e. CIOB. Ability to lead and provide a professional, comprehensive and sustainable design service for the Client at Bid/Delivery stage. Main contractor experience is preferred.

To thrive in our business, you should share our passion for the project at hand and enjoy working in an inclusive and hardworking team environment. At Morgan Sindall Construction our employees work collectively, encouraging and challenging each other to succeed. Across our business we treat everyone equally and have developed a community where voices are heard, and respected.

What can we offer you?

Working in our Northern Home Counties business, you will be part of a growing and dynamic team of people who are passionate about what they do and enjoy the challenge and pace of work in a hardworking and fun construction environment. No day will be the same and we challenge each other to deliver what’s right for our customers.

Our culture is so important to us and defines the way we go about our business. We are inclusive, supportive and team focused and take pride in the longstanding and committed relationships we have with our supply chain partners.

Our culture places a huge amount of trust in our team – we all know what is expected of us and we are committed to delivering as individuals and as a team.

We are Morgan Sindall Construction London and Home Counties Region

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