Design Manager

We have a fantastic Design Manager  opportunity in our Eastern South Construction team

Location:

Witham, Essex

Hours:

Full Time, Permanent

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As Design Manager you will be exposed to a wide range of projects across Education, Healthcare, MOD and MOJ sectors with project values ranging from from £20m - £80m

Your day to day will include:

Management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule

Ensuring that our appointed design consultants carry out their duties in line with their appointment, interrogating returns to ensure compliance with standards and brief

Design input at both preconstruction and construction stage of projects

Assessing, mitigating and managing risks connected with design, ensuring designs meet health and safety legislation, sustainable building standards such as BREEAM and industry codes of practice

The production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules

Record progress and carry out upline reporting

Attending/chair necessary meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders

Ensuring that the design is compliant to relevant legislation and technical requirements

What are we looking for?

This role of Design Manager is great for you if you have:

Demonstrable  experience in a design role within a main contractor environment or architectural practice involved in large scale construction projects

Relevant construction qualification (Degree / HND or equivalent) Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture etc

Experience of BIM level 2 projects

Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. .

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 initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies.

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As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

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