Assistant Design Manager - Large construction projects
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| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Birmingham, West Midlands |
| Area | West Midlands, England |
| Sector | ConstructionConstruction - Design Manager |
| Salary | Car allowance + benefits package |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | remoteapi |
| Job Ref | 894885_1619788173 |
| Job Views | 28 |
- Description
Assistant Design Manager - Major Projects Team - Birmingham
This is a leading main contractor with a UK turnover of circa £3.5bn working in the sectors of education, residential and retail both new build and regeneration.
With a major new £90M further education project win this business is looking for an Assistant Design Manager to complement the existing team in Birmingham.
You should already be working in an Assistant Design Management or Coordinator role with a good understanding of dealing with external design consultants and with all construction technical design information on projects.
Responsibilities with supervision from Senior Design Manager:
Customer Relations:
- To build and enhance customer confidence.
- Enhance company image and reputation.
- Obtain customer feedback.
- Encourage partnering 'ethos'.
Information Control:
- Ensure accurate and on time design information.
- Ensure cost effective design control and buildability.
- Review design information to ensure suitability and practical for use.
- Ensure design information complies with clients requirements.
- Review and check contract documentation, warranties and bond requirements in liaison with Contracts Manager and Surveyor.
- Liaise with consultants and statutory Authorities to develop accurate service information and a "constraints" plan
- Assist the Regional Technical Manager/Design Team to obtain fee quotations from specialist consultants for all planning and engineering design and technical report requirements.
- Ensure all necessary consultants are appointed on time.
- Monitor and update design quality plan.
- Liaise with Contract Surveyor / Manager / Buyer on placement of design subcontractors / suppliers.
- Monitor and issue design information to production teams.
- Give feedback on design issues post contract and complete consultant/designer performance reports.
- Assist with material scheduling.
- Provide technical support to the site teams
- Site based, with active engagement with on-site issues, to solve them during the constructions process
- Manage and co-ordinate the technical design and approval of adoptable roads, sewers and public open space areas. Assist the Contract's Manager to manage adoption, providing technical support.
- Provide information required for the development and preparation of comprehensive Home User Guides, Handover Files and Health & Safety Files for handover
This is a permanent role which will be site based in central Birmingham. The role comes with a salary to £40,000 plus car allowance plus benefits package.
If this opportunity is of interest and you have the relevant experience then follow the link to apply.
