Design Manager

Description

• Ensure compliance with The Costain Way gates & controls for design commissions within your control
• Hold and record regular design meetings to actively manage progress and coordination
• Work closely with commercial team to ensure engagement with supply chain partners to support the design development with timely provision of design information
• Control flow of information between parties to ensure relevant information is available to the relevant teams at the right time, including supply chain partners
• Maintain and grow professional working relationships with the design team, delivery team, commercial team, and employer team and communicate well with them
• Co-ordinate and manage design risk, buildability, carbon and DfMA workshops (amongst others)
• Co-ordination of reporting aligned to the Framework requirements and agreed KPIs
• Promote the business in a professional manner to both external and internal persons or organisations
• Ensuring design compliance with UU, industry and Costain standards; ensuring necessary derogations are secured as required. Challenge design solutions to ensure a safe, efficient and buildable design, considering DfMA and low carbon solutions which meet the Client’s affordability challenges
• Liaise closely with other members of the team to support package procurement and any respective supply chain partners
• Prepare design scopes and agree deliverable requirements in collaboration with relevant teams
• Management of the allocated design partner and project teams to delivery against agreed design deliverables, programmes & budgets
• Ensure design is implemented and managed aligned to the project BIM strategy
• Coordination and recording of design reviews, technical assurance reviews and CDM reviews

Requirements

• Experience of water industry working
• Civil engineering qualification and practical delivery experience
• Effective communication and strong stakeholder management skills
• Previous experience of management on complex / sensitive programmes
• Chartered Engineer of a relevant institution
• Able to work and learn quickly in a fast paced, fun and dynamic environment.
• Practical experience working with NEC 4 contracts
• Be conversant with current legislation, especially that which applies to health and safety, which is relevant to tasks being carried out
• Good organisational skills
• Driving licence

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance