Senior Design Manager

Senior Design Manager

Guildford

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Design Manager to join the team at Galliford Try.

Ideally, you will be based in or around the Guildford area and will have the opportunity to travel across multiple sites/projects in the Region.

What you will be doing:

1. Manage the whole process of designing the solution(s) for projects to meet or exceed customers' requirements and framework deliverables. Recognise contractual, financial, technical, and operational risks and find opportunities for value engineering to minimise risk and maximise gross profit on contracts whilst achieving customer satisfaction.
2. Support the fulfilment of the pipeline of contracts safely, on time, and to the required quality.
3. Lead the appointment of design and associated consultants, ensuring contractual requirements are captured, and deliverables are clearly defined using tools such as the IRS, MIDP, and Scope of Services.
4. Review and appraise fee proposals from the consultants and manage & monitor their performance encouraging a collaborative approach to deliver robust, coordinated designs on time and to budget.
5. Lead the KPI assessment of each and the production of progress reports as required.
6. Support and manage the development of CDP packages to ensure compliance and that they are fully coordinated.
7. Assess the consultants in line with CDM 2015 requirements and ensure all obligations are met. Designs should fully consider health, safety, and buildability.
8. Manage and take ownership of all design processes and information flow on design and build contracts to meet the employer's requirements, contractor's proposals, and contract conditions within the agreed programme constraints using our CDE.
9. Assess, evaluate, and ensure alignment of design outputs to each of the relevant RIBA stages.
10. Support the two-stage submission requirements of the frameworks, securing the opportunity and delivering the second stage while managing the designs to achieve the client's expectations, contract requirements, and to deliver within budget.
11. Support the implementation of the Galliford Try Building Southern's Business Improvement Strategy, "Delivering Excellence".
12. Ensure maximum potential is achieved on the framework KPIs.

About You:

• Construction/design related HNC/HND/Degree or equivalent.
• Member or working towards a professional body (CIOB/RIBA/RICS).
• BIM expertise.
• New build and refurbishment experience in core markets including education buildings, health care projects, civic, frameworks, traditional and D&B contracts, all building sub-structure, frame, and envelope solutions, MMC.
• Experience in managing designers and other consultants, preferably with a design background.
• Proven ability to deliver design for projects on time, to budget quality standards with high customer satisfaction results.
• Experienced in analysing problems and delivering solutions.
• Computer literate and commercially astute.
• Ability to make decisions within authority and able to lead and work as a team member.
• Strives for continuous improvement for the benefit of the company with a drive to achieve customer satisfaction.
• Demonstrate our company values: excellence, passion, integrity, and collaboration.

What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long-held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our benefits:

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays.
• A wide range of corporate discounts.
• Cycle to work schemes.
• Comprehensive pension plan.
• Regular save as you earn share purchase scheme.
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it.
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role.

About us:
Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

For information about this role or any other roles within our Building Southern Division, please contact Laura Mitchell on Laura.Mitchell@gallifordtry.co.uk.