Design Manager - Newcastle
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| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear |
| Area | North East, England |
| Sector | ConstructionConstruction - Design Manager |
| Salary | car allow/benefits package |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | remoteapi |
| Job Ref | 894887_1615219100 |
| Job Views | 89 |
- Description
Position - Design Manager
Location - Newcastle
The Opportunity
Our client is a well-established, successful building and construction services company with a proven track record for delivering award winning projects for an international portfolio of developers, public sector clients and blue chip companies.
The business is privately owned with a current annual turnover in excess of £120m. They are looking to recruit a talented and experienced Design Manager to join their preconstruction team and be based in Newcastle where they are set to deliver a key complex accommodation project vallued at around £40m.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the design process during the pre-construction and as required, the construction phase.
- Fully investigate value engineering and value creation opportunities.
- Interrogation of enquiry documents, in the form of an Employer's Requirements.
- Production of a Contractor's Proposal document in liaison with other internal departments.
- Manage our design process via external consultants.
- Drive innovative and cost-effective solutions into the design.
- Progress design issues within a strict timescale & ensure designers meet information delivery dates.
- Review Sub contractor design proposals.
- Verify & control status of consultants and sub-contractors' drawings and specifications & maintain registers.
- Ensure the consultant scope of services, responsibilities and fees are agreed.
- Facilitate the completion of a project risk register.
- Attend tender launch /tender adjudication and launch meetings as required.
Key Skills and Qualifications:
- Commercial awareness.
- Understand different Client procurement routes.
- Experience of site/contract procedures would be an advantage.
- Ability to organise, plan, programme and manage workloads.
- Understanding of Building Regulations and Planning Permission procedures.
- Design management experience of high-rise residential projects.
If this opportunity is of interest to you, then please apply or call me direct for a confidential discussion.
