Construction Design Specialist

3 days ago


Bicester, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Lendlease Full time
About the Role

We are currently recruiting for a Design Manager to join our Public Sector and Regions Construction business as part of our DEOP team. The Defence Estate Optimisation Programme is a £5.1bn government major programme of works to rationalise the Defence Estate across the UK.

Lendlease have been awarded five DEOP projects all based in the West Midlands region. The project sites are located in Bicester, Gloucester, Stafford, Leicestershire and Cirencester. All projects are currently in conversion stage. Preconstruction phase, for individual projects, commenced in September 2023.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assist in the selection and procurement of the Design Team if appropriate.
  • Comment on the Design Team fees and resources to provide efficient coverage on the project within the programme and cost constraints.
  • Develop a mechanism for evaluating the Design Teams performance.
  • Challenge Design Team consultants who are not performing ensuring remedial action is taken.
  • Interface with the client on design matters.
  • Auditing design and reporting and signing off design information (if required) on the quality/content of the design information at each Design Stage.
  • Establish and maintain design information release programme to ensure the timely development of the design, client approvals are achieved and subsequent release of robust design information to the project team.
  • Monitor the approval of consultants or contractors designs.
  • Input/Lead into Lendlease Safety in Design process depending on the project stage.
  • Liaising and negotiating where necessary with planning officers, consultants, external groups to ensure that projects achieve the project programme.
  • Establish methods to ensure compliance with all statutory regulations and any additional specific client requirements.
  • Advising the project team of any safety issues in conjunction with the Principal Designer
  • Commenting on contractor or consultants proposals including materials choices.
  • Attending relevant site meetings and carrying out site inspections.
  • Attending relevant meetings at various stages of the project.
  • Alongside the BIM Manager ensure the Design Team implement the Lendlease BIM Strategy and the Project BIM Execution Plan
  • Lead the Design Team to use the BIM toolkit to improve design co-ordination and promote clash avoidance.
  • Become an active part of the Lendlease Design Community of Practice.
  • Proactively engage in Value Engineering ideas throughout the life of the project
  • Liaise with the Information Manager and review delivery of information, content and be able to comment on Document Management Tool.
  • Ensure the Design meets the Employers Requirement and Lendlease record and deliver these at Project Completion


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