Design Manager - Yorkshire
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| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Area | Yorkshire and Humberside, England |
| Sector | ConstructionConstruction - Design Manager |
| Salary | car allow/benefits package |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | remoteapi |
| Job Ref | 894939_1623156961 |
| Job Views | 24 |
- Description
Position - Design Manager
Location - Yorkshire with Leeds office
The Opportunity
My client who is a well known and successful Yorkshire based construction business is looking to recruit an experienced Design Manager with a minimum of 7 years post grad experience. The main purpose of the role is to ensure successful delivery of key regional projects in the commercial and high rise residential sectors. You will play a key role on pre-construction activities and tender opportunities, to control and interrogate the activities of external design consultants.
Key Responsibilities:
- Management of the design process during the pre-construction and as required, the construction phase.
- Manage the process of fully investigating value engineering and value creation opportunities.
- Carry out the interrogation of enquiry documents, in the form of an Employer's Requirements.
- Produce Contractor's Proposal documents in liaison with other internal departments.
- Manage the design process via external consultants.
- Drive innovative and cost-effective solutions into the design.
- Progress design issues within a strict timescale & ensure designer 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.
- Some experience of site/contract procedures would be an advantage.
- Ability to organise, plan, programme and manage workloads.
- Some understanding of Building Regulations and Planning Permission procedures.
- Design management experience of high-rise residential projects (preferable but not essential)
- A minimum of 7 years' experience post grad.
If this opportunity is of interest to you, then please apply or call me direct for a confidential discussion.
