Design Manager

Job Description

Job title: Design Manager

Company: Morson Talent

Job description:

• Location: England, United Kingdom
• Salary: £350 – 380 per day
• Category

• Sector:
• Contract type Contract
• Consultant: John Kingham

Morson are currently recruiting for Design Managers for a 12 month contract based in Norwich.

Specific Tasks and Responsibilities

• Assist the Regional/Senior Design Manager in discharging their tender stage tasks and responsibilities
• Review the Project Information including the Employer’s Requirements, Contractor’s Proposals and Design Team appointments to brief the Design Team on their contractual obligations and their corresponding duties
• Agree, in conjunction with the site team, the specialist subcontractor procurement strategy

o Produce and agree the Project Stage Design Programme and associated Design Deliverables with the primary, secondary and specialist subcontract designers and monitor / report on progress
o Produce and agree the Project Stage Specialist sub-contractor Procurement Schedule and Installation/Commission Programme
o Monitor / report on progress to ensure overall progress against programme is maintained

• Establish and agree the project Common Data Environment (CDE), the project file structure, virtual file links, email file links, security rights, work flows and voting rights
• Establish the frequency and content for all design coordination workshops and progress meetings
• Produce the project specific Design Management Plan (DMP) and BIM Execution Plan (BEP) and monitor compliance
• Close out design assumptions, design opportunities (VE), design risks (HSE/CDM) made during the early stages of the design or the tender process
• Verify that all new design documentation is compliant, coordinated, affordable and buildable on a weekly basis in accordance with the DMP
• Manage the submission and timely approval of all reviewable design data
• Assist in the commercial and technical review of specialist subcontract tender returns, establish interfaces and review alternative design
• Prepare technical submissions for alternative designs, system, component, product and or material proposals for client approval
• Progress the discharge of all outstanding Planning Conditions and the approval of all Building Regulation matters
• Manage the post contract change control process in accordance with the DMP
• Ensure all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor Design Risk Assessments are produced for review and approval
• Chair and record the outcomes of all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor design workshops/meetings
• Obtain responses to primary, secondary designers’ TQs from the client’s team and specialist subcontractor TQs from the primary designers
• Monitor the production and quality of all design documentation against the agreed Design Quality / Key Performance Indicators
• Review and approve primary and secondary designers’ Applications for Payment
• Obtain Design Reports from primary and secondary designers to accompany the monthly CVRs
• Progress the approval of all specified design certificates including, CDM, BREEAM, Secure by Design
• Ensure that all changes to primary and secondary design work are incorporated in the As-Built design documentation
• Undertake design performance reviews for all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor designers
• Assist the Document Controller in archiving all final issue design documentation, for all As-Built Drawings, O&M Manuals, Health and Safety File and Post Construction Stage BREEAM certificate
• Undertake or commission design autopsies on primary / secondary design defects
• Produce a project specific Best Practice / Lessons Learnt paper

Please send CVs to

Expected salary: £350 – 380 per day

Location: England

Job date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 23:22:44 GMT

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