Senior Design Manager

Domis Construction is a leading main contractor delivering complex, high-profile residential and commercial developments across the North West and beyond.

Working closely with our in-house businesses, consultants and specialist supply chain, we combine technical expertise, commercial awareness and practical delivery experience to develop coordinated, buildable and cost-effective solutions.

We are seeking a Senior Pre-Construction MEP Design Manager to lead all Mechanical, Electrical, Public Health and specialist systems design activities during the pre-construction phase of our projects.

The Senior Pre-Construction MEP Design Manager will provide technical leadership from bid stage through to project award and the successful handover into construction.

Working directly with the Domis Pre-Construction team, the role will act as the key link between the Group’s MEP division, external MEP consultants, clients, specialist subcontractors and internal delivery teams.

You will ensure that building services designs are coordinated, compliant, commercially viable, buildable and aligned with project programme and cost requirements.

• Lead the MEP design management process from tender stage through to contract award
• Review Employer’s Requirements, specifications, tender information and associated technical documentation
• Prepare and coordinate the MEP elements of the Contractor’s Proposals
• Develop and implement project-specific MEP design management strategies
• Manage consultant and specialist subcontractor design development
• Coordinate Mechanical, Electrical, Public Health and specialist building services systems
• Ensure effective multidisciplinary coordination across architectural, structural, civil and MEP disciplines
• Develop and manage design programmes to support tender submissions, procurement and construction requirements
• Identify technical risks and implement appropriate mitigation strategies
• Maintain design risk, assumption, responsibility and interface registers
• Ensure design information is issued in line with agreed programme requirements
• Monitor consultant performance and manage the timely completion of design deliverables
• Chair internal and external design coordination meetings

• Smoke control, smoke clearance and stair pressurisation systems
• Fire detection, alarm and cause-and-effect strategies
• Emergency Voice Communication and disabled refuge systems
• Emergency lighting and life safety electrical systems
• Sprinkler, water mist and gaseous fire suppression systems
• Fire and smoke dampers
• HV and LV electrical infrastructure
• Busbar and busduct systems
• Standby generators, UPS and central battery systems
• Building Management and Energy Management Systems
• Security, access control, CCTV and intruder alarm systems
• Structured cabling and ICT infrastructure
• Audio visual and public address systems
• Lift interfaces
• Photovoltaic and battery storage systems
• District heating and utility infrastructure
• Medical gases and pneumatic tube systems, where applicable

Ensure that all specialist systems are coordinated, compliant with statutory requirements and fully integrated into the overall building design.

• Provide technical leadership throughout the bid and pre-construction process
• Review designs against Employer’s Requirements, British Standards, Building Regulations and project-specific requirements
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and guidance, including:
• Building Regulations
• Building Safety Act requirements
• BS 7671
• CIBSE guidance
• BSRIA guidance
• CDM Regulations
• Sustainability and energy performance requirements
• Review energy strategies and building performance requirements
• Promote Modern Methods of Construction and off-site manufacture
• Drive design standardisation, technical improvement and innovation
• Provide practical and commercially informed technical guidance to the wider project team

• Lead MEP BIM coordination alongside the BIM management team
• Review clash detection reports and coordinate the resolution of design conflicts
• Manage interfaces between MEP systems, specialist packages and the wider building design
• Review cause-and-effect matrices and…