Role Overview
The role will involve full design management & co-ordination of the project including management of Contractor’s design team to include all subcontractors with design responsibility. This role would be minimum 50% site based with the remaining time spent in Head Office.
The successful candidate will be required to have previous experience working on large scale design & build residential schemes with value in excess of £100m with design being complete from stage 3 in 12-14 months. The successful candidate will require exposure to BSA projects including co-ordinating design for such.
Project Description
This project consists of 130 apartment residential scheme spread across 3nr blocks consisting of a mix of Shared ownership and Affordable rent units. The project is constructed from a Reinforced Concrete frame with a brick façade and bolt on balconies. The scheme is due to commence on site in September of this year with a completion forecast for Q2 2028.
Key Skills
- Develop quick understanding of design team scope of service including setting out
- Input in sub-contractor packages and scopes of works to ensure all items have been included.
- Good understanding of residential construction and current building regulations, Building safety Act including warranty Provider requirements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills at all levels
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and achieve targets
- Proficient using Microsoft Office Word, Outlook, Excel, Procore.
- Desirable to have a basic understanding of BIM.
- Confident in leading & chairing meetings including writing effective meeting minutes.
- Confidence in dealing with client team.
- Commercial awareness.
- Decisive when faced with on-site issues to avoid delays to progress.
- Effective management of design consultants & sub-contractors including strong enforcement of the design deliverables and timeline.
- Knowledge of Principal Contractor and Design roles (CDM & Building Control etc)
Operational Actions
- Set out Information release schedule to align with master programme
- Consultant procurement & scope of service
- Assist with Pre-Construction requirements to protect Contractor.
- Carry out buildability review
- Identify commercial impact of any changes to ER’s prior to incorporation into design.
- Review client ER’s including gap analysis and subsequent RFI schedule
- Input into Procurement of subcontract packages incl scope
- Understanding of CDP/Subcontractor design responsibility
- Chair project design team meetings with CMT & Contractor team.
- Carry out design workshops as required
- Agree design approvals process with client team which they will be responsible for managing.
- Input design section into monthly progress report and present at in-person project progress meeting.
- Full control of design submittals including status of information
- Full control of discharging regulatory requirements not limited to planning, building control, BREEAM, HQM, SBD, S278, BSA GW2 & GW3, ESG, Warranty provider.
- Manage sample sign-off for all finishes including collating of all samples and creating sample tracker for client sign-off.
- Assist in collating the O&M manual prior to Practical completion.
- Ensure all regulatory conditions are discharged in a timely manner to avoid any delays to PC
- Ensure document control process is being managed effectively including liaising with site Document Controller
We are an equal opportunities employer.
