Design Manager

2 months ago

Suffolk, United Kingdom Taylor Woodrow Full time

Taylor Woodrow is recruiting for a Design Manager to work on the design and build of a new substation in Suffolk. The contract with Scottish Power is to support their East Anglia windfarm in the Southern North Sea. The project forms a vital part of Britain's transition to renewable energy and Net Zero.


The project involves carrying out significant earth moving operations on the greenfield site, new roads and road junctions, reinforced concrete works and steel framed superstructures housing the next generation of equipment to deliver balanced renewable power into the National Grid. Design and environmental consent works are already underway, and construction will commence in spring next year with a planned handover and energisation to grid in December 2027.


Reporting to the Project Director, the Design Manager will be responsible for managing the Designers and coordinating design activities across the project. The role can either be based permanently on site in Suffolk or out of our head offices in Watford, with regular visits to site.


Duties:


  • Manage permanent works design to achieve delivery of cost-effective and compliant Contractor’s design within agreed timescales and fee budgets.
  • Implement design management procedures so as to comply with ISO 9001 design requirements and Client requirements for management of contractor’s design specified in the Contract.
  • Draft project-specific Design Management Plan and revise same periodically
  • Control and track design changes using the Design Manager’s Toolkit.
  • Facilitate technical co-ordination between disciplines on site
  • Facilitate review of design deliverables to ensure required Quality is achieved, particularly with respect to: Compliance with Client’s requirements as defined in the main contract;
  • Application of relevant British Standards and sector or Client-specific standards;
  • Production team requirements for buildability (cost, programme, safety, repeatability, design for offsite manufacture).
  • Ensure compliance with CDM regulations as they apply to design.
  • Oversee fulfilment of Principal Designer, Common Safety Method, and Engineering Safety Management functions
  • Challenge Work-in-Progress design and facilitate development of design that eliminates or mitigates construction health and safety risk
  • Ensure lead designer maintains Design Decision Register.
  • Monitor cost and schedule performance of sub-contracted designers using EPPR proforma from Design Manager’s Toolkit (or project-specific EVM based pro-forma).
  • Review subcontracted designers’ applications for payment and authorise as appropriate.



Person Specification


  • Formal qualification in a civil engineering or construction related subject
  • CSCS card
  • Previous experience managing design activities on a major infrastructure project
  • CEng status is advantageous but not essential

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