Design Manager

Description

• Take ownership and accountability for the technical appropriateness of the project solutions delivered throughout the project life cycle.
• Ensure the Barhale Code of Conduct is thoroughly understood, adhered to, and promoted across the business to ensure safe, compliant, and consistent working practices.
• Mitigate design risk, identify and realise opportunities
• Implement change control processes to track and manage the development of the Engineering element of a project to ensure all budgetary, programme and scope changes are correctly managed.
• Support supply chain selection for specialists’ input on the design.
• Building Information Modelling (BIM) and common data environments
• Foster and maintain excellent supply chain, stakeholder and client relationships
• Produce high-quality comdesign trackers
• Manage the development and delivery of appropriate, robust, reliable, operable, and maintainable asset designs that meet the project objectives.
• Maintaining deadlines in line with monthly reporting
• Use planning tools to manage design programmes
• Collaboration with other technical, operational, maintenance, and strategic stakeholders and design coordinators.
• Evaluate designs and solutions.
• Liaison with Engineering Managers, Project Managers and consultants concerning project issues, scope changes, risks, etc.
• To proactively contribute to teamwork and cross-functional working.
• Manage the agreed contract with external design consultants, ensuring that duties are discharged under the contract and if not, that appropriate action is taken.
• To take personal responsibility & accountability for actions, constantly striving to improve and exceed expectations, ensuring safety and quality are never compromised/
• Ensure design work is correct and complies with the customer and statutory standards, regulations, and specifications.
• Management of multi-disciplinary teams of Engineers from within the business, consultants, and partner companies in the production of project solutions to the required level of design.
• Treat all whom we interact with, with courtesy and respect, treating everyone equally and embracing differences.
• Production and management of project engineering budgets and schedules for review by the head of engineering before submission to the Project Manager.
• Ensure that all engineering outputs provided are following Health and Safety Legislation, documented Business Processes, Quality Management Systems & best practices, e.g., checked and verified: calculations, drawings, specifications, and compliance with appropriate standards.

Requirements

• Signs (design and fabrication)
• Member of a recognised engineering institution, Incorporated Engineer, or Chartered Engineer and or working towards membership
• To operate in an open and even-handed manner with all personnel across the business.
• Temporary Works: Understanding of what encompasses Temporary Works and the supporting engineering, understanding of the types of temporary works designs available and what responsibilities the associated roles (designer/coordinator/contractor) have and engagement of internal and external temporary works designers.
• Degree/HNC qualified, or equivalent, in civil engineering
• Ability to interrogate and challenge designs, reports and survey information
• Leadership & management training and coaching
• Accurate internal and external forecasting
• People management, time management, and project design management
• To listen to each other and share knowledge enables us to willingly combine expertise across the business and with our clients and supply chain.
• Minimum 10 years of design and management experience
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise effectively with both clients and staff

Benefits

• Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
• Private Medical
• Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from withi,n as we believe this is a key driver to our success
• Potable Water Mains
• Job security, long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
• Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
• Foul water drainage system
• 8 hours volunteering
• Company Pension
• Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
• 25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
• Continuous service awards
• Competitive salary
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance