Design Co-ordinator Permanent

4 weeks ago


Swanley Kent, United Kingdom United Living Full time

United Living is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future. Our mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure, to create a more sustainable and inclusive society.

Property Services - We revitalise homes and communities through the regeneration of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods. From delivering large programmes of work for social housing providers, to ensuring the highest building safety standards, we provide a range of services for public sector clients.

Infrastructure Services - Our team of infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical energy and water infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators. The work we do supports the requirement for effective solutions to address the UK’s decarbonisation goals, and our processes minimise environmental and carbon impacts, whilst ensuring the safe and reliable operation of assets.

New Homes - As experienced and specialist new build housing contractors, we create homes and regenerate areas with communities in mind. We work collaboratively with registered partners, local authorities, and private developers to provide high quality, energy efficient, and sustainable homes for people to live and grow.

At United Living, we have one of the largest specialist in-house teams for project management, acquisition, design, construction, and maintenance in the UK.

To assist the Design Manager in coordinating the consultant team in the development of the detailed design, ensuring the design is fully coordinated and complies the United Living’s requirements and current regulations, to achieve the necessary approvals and enable a start on site in line with agreed programmes.

Coordinate technical and design processes, design teams and subcontractors throughout detail design, procurement and construction, monitoring progress to ensure delivery on time and in budget
Technical design coordination of schemes, in accordance with agreed programme, ensuring company targets are met and that the maximum revenue is generated by the quality, cost effectiveness and buildability of the design.
Assisting Design Manager with reviewing of consultants detail design drawings and subcontractor designs
Promoting design that respects budgetary constraints
Providing support to Design Manager on job running
Ensuring fully complete, correct and coordinated packages issued to Commercial and Construction teams
Managing subcontractor and supplier design approvals ensuring timely turnaround
Monitoring subcontractor design approvals and keep up dated approvals schedule in line with build programme
Managing the flow of information to Commercial, Operations and Client.
Updating and coordinating monthly design schedules
Reviewing and coordinating design and technical related issues with the Commercial and Operations teams.
Monitoring and obtaining all critical certificates to ensure documentation is in place for completion and handovers
Collating all required information and liaising with Planning Authorities and Building Control to make submissions and obtaining all necessary approvals as required
Ensuring current drawings are filed in order and design information exchange is as per the company protocol.
Attending site meetings and monthly/weekly project meetings
Principle design and technical contact during construction works
Monitoring work executed on site to ensure that is as benchmarked and as designed/specified
Managing, investigating and responding promptly with full close out to RFIs from site team and subcontractors
Reviewing and advising on corrective measures for identified design issues
At all times comply with company policies, procedures and instructions.
Comply with responsibilities as laid down in the group’s health, safety and environmental policy.

Leadership skills including being decisive, flexible, good time management, organised, effective, works well under pressure and to strict deadlines
Project and process management
Design delivery and assessing risks
Effective communication with all levels of management and project teams, both internal and external to the Company
Valid driving licence
Knowledge of methodology and sequencing process in delivering a construction project including design and pre-construction activities
Proven track record of design requirements for procurement and construction purposes.
Proven track record of design coordination.
Strong practical knowledge of construction work types, methods and design solutions.
Relevant Design and Build experience.
Experience with CAD (AutoCAD or Revit)
Knowledge & understanding of BIM
Experience of Building Safety Act relevant works
If you are ready to be part of our expanding team and contribute to our success, apply today for immediate consideration.



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