Senior Design Manager

4 weeks ago


Thame, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom United Living Group Full time
Job Description

Job Title: Senior Design Manager

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Design Manager to join our team at United Living Group. As a Senior Design Manager, you will be responsible for leading the design and technical aspects of projects, ensuring delivery on budget and to programme.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead technical and design processes, design teams, and subcontractors throughout design, procurement, and construction, monitoring progress to ensure delivery on time and in budget.
  • Technical design management 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.
  • Review and input into allocated bids, undertaking technical appraisals of design information, assessing design requirements, compliance, consultant fee requirements, and production of a design programme.
  • Review ER technical specifications.
  • Produce, develop, control, and manage the project-specific design programme and provide regular progress reporting.
  • Produce detailed project-specific design scoping and undertake procurement of consultant and subcontractor designers.
  • Assess consultant and subcontractor designers' completed competency assessment questionnaires and supporting evidence provided.
  • Monitor and manage consultant fees and invoicing.
  • Fulfilment of CDM Principal Designer role.
  • Fulfilment of Building Regulations Principal Design role and named as Designated Individual.
  • Undertake thorough reviews and interrogation of consultants and subcontractor designs, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, compliance with system literature, compliance with planning consent, buildability, completeness, presentation, best value, accuracy, level of information, and ultimately eliminating risk.
  • Review and assess alternative build methods and practices.
  • Manage and coordinate external consultants in their day-to-day duties related to design, coordination, and technical aspects of production information and to ensure delivery within the constraints of time, quality, budget, and technical requirements, driving a high standard.
  • Ensure that designs comply with company standards.
  • Promoting design that respects budgetary constraints.
  • Organise and manage weekly, fortnightly, or monthly technical coordination workshops, package reviews, and design team meetings.
  • Ensure that all aspects of the building design are fully coordinated, including but not restricted to, fire safety, structures, M&E, façades, internal specification, service strategies, maintenance strategies, etc.
  • Ensure fully complete, correct, and coordinated packages issued to Commercial and Construction teams.
  • Establish required scoping for survey and investigative works.
  • Maintain and deliver in accordance with company values.
  • Manage subcontractor and supplier design approvals, ensuring timely turnaround.
  • Monitor subcontractor design approvals and maintain a tracker in line with programme.
  • Manage the flow of information to Commercial, Operations, and Client.
  • Update and coordinate monthly design schedules.
  • Chair and undertake design package presentations in conjunction with consultant and subcontractor designers.
  • Review and coordinate design and technical-related issues with the Commercial and Operations teams.
  • Monitor changes from Client, design consultants, subcontractors, and proposed changes by construction team.
  • Manage change control process for variations in relation to drawing revisions, construction programmes, and costs.
  • Collate all required information and liaise with Planning Authorities and Building Control to make submissions in accordance with programme and obtain all necessary approvals as required.
  • Oversee document control with regards to registration and distribution of design and technical information.
  • Monitor and manage the processing of information through workflows on the document management system.
  • Ensure current drawings are filed in order and design information exchange is as per the company protocol.
  • Undertake site visits as required.
  • Attend site meetings and monthly/weekly project meetings.
  • Monitor work executed on site to ensure that it is as benchmarked and as designed/specified.
  • Manage, investigate, and respond promptly with full close-out to RFIs from site team and subcontractors.
  • Review and advise on corrective measures for identified design issues.
  • Monitor and obtain all critical certificates to ensure documentation is in place for completion and handovers.
  • Oversee and participate in the collation of handover information, golden thread, H&S files, O&M manuals, and resident packs.
  • 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.
  • Ensure that United Living's drive for world-class Health and Safety is delivered in all aspects of your work.

What We Need from You:

Thrive within United Living's values and culture of relentlessly striving for excellence through;

  • Doing the right thing.
  • Raising the bar.
  • Positive attitude and energetic pace.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Integrity.
  • Ability to make things happen – starter/finisher.
  • Tact and the ability to deal with difficult situations.
  • Proactive.
  • Ability to challenge the norm and look for alternative solutions (positive deviance).
  • Ability to work under pressure and multi-task.
  • Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
  • Passionate to achieve exceptional standards for business and personal gain.

Criteria:

Essential:

  • Thorough with a pro-active management style.
  • Capability to lead and coordinate with managers across a wider team.
  • Ability to prioritise and delegate as appropriate, effectively negotiate, motivate, and communicate in order to influence others to ensure that the required objectives are met.
  • An analytical approach to work with an eye for detail.
  • Leadership skills including assertiveness, being decisive, flexible, good time management, organised, effective at leading/participating in meetings, works well under pressure, and to strict deadlines.
  • Ability to review drawings and identify buildability and technical issues.
  • Effective people management of direct reports, including goal setting, performance management, giving feedback, direction, support, and coaching.
  • Problem-solving and decision-making.
  • Effective communication with all levels of management and project teams, both internal and external to the Company.
  • Proven track record of successfully managing all aspects of the design and technical process in relation to residential buildings.
  • Up-to-date relevant construction industry knowledge, including legislation and procedures.
  • Valid driving licence.
  • Knowledge of methodology and sequencing process in delivering a construction project, including design and pre-construction activities.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • High-rise development experience.
  • Understanding of the building safety legislative framework, including the Building Safety Act, Building Regulations (dutyholder roles & competency requirements, and the HRB Procedure Regulations).
  • Strong technical knowledge and skillset to assess, challenge, and monitor design work compliance.
  • Experience in designer scoping.

Desirable:

  • Passionate about construction and customer satisfaction, with a focus on high standards and excellence.
  • Proven track record of design requirements for procurement and construction purposes.
  • In-depth knowledge of contractual requirements, section agreements, and utility application process.
  • Tenacious and driven.
  • Strong practical knowledge of construction work types, methods, and design solutions.
  • Experience of producing and managing design programmes.
  • Knowledge of PAS9980 fire risk assessments, EWS1s, and FRAEW.
  • Temporary works knowledge and experience.
  • Experience with CAD (AutoCAD or Revit).
  • Knowledge & understanding of BIM.
  • Member of relevant professional body (e.g. CIOB, CIAT, or RICS).
  • Minimum Level 4 (HNC/NVQ4 etc.) Architectural qualification (or equivalent design, technical, and/or construction-based qualification) and/or

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