Design Manager

6 days ago

Speke Merseyside, United Kingdom Kier Group Full time

We have an excellent opportunity for a Design Manager to join our team aligned with a flagship £60M new build project in Chester. The Design Manager can be aligned with either of our North West Offices in Speke or Salford with a project site presence in Chester required from summer 25

 

Location : Chester / Liverpool / Manchester - Hybrid Site/ Office / Home 

 

Our North West business has an exceptional track record in the delivery of Dfe projects, building high spec, energy efficient education spaces across the region as a trusted contractor and key partner to the Department For Education.

 

What will you be responsible for?

 

As Design Manager you will be a key part of the project team, working closely with project lead at pre construction and throughout delivery. 

 

There is no such thing as a "typical" day in Construction however your day to day duties may include, but not be limited to :

  • Responsibility for the 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 and design work meets health and safety legislation, sustainable building standards (such as BREEAM – the Building Research Establishment's Environmental Assessment Method) and industry codes of practice
  • chairing design meetings, writing reports and giving presentations.
  • 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 can demonstrate:

  • Experience in Design Management of Dfe projects (essential)
  • Demonstrable experience in a design role within a main contractor environment or within Architectural Practice focussed on project delivery phase.
  • Experience of BIM level 2 projects
  • Comfort in use of REVIT Autodesk, BIM 360 and MS Project

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

 

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. .

 

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier

 

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