Royal BAM Group

Design Manager

Royal BAM Group

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Stepps • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Demonstrating effective design leadership qualities to encourage effective design team and construction team co-ordination and collaborative working to the Project goal
  • Embracing Digital Construction to enable a digital build-before-we build team approach
  • Understanding the project requirements including Client brief & business processes, and Employer Requirements.
  • Assist with bid writing, review and preparation of tender submission documents.
  • Identifying, managing and mitigating design risk as part of the team.
  • Identifying opportunities to improve the design by considering how to improve safety, incorporate buildability, improve quality, reduce defects, and provide best value compliant solutions.
  • Working with the tender team to develop the Contractor’s Proposals document.
  • Reporting to the Project Manager, take responsibility for the management of the design through preconstruction and construction stages in line with company procedures; including managing the design development process and the interface with specialist sub-contract design.
  • Arrange design audits/compliance checks if required.
  • Ensuring designs are developed in line with the commercial objectives and contract requirements.
  • Preparing and reach agreement to the Design Management Plan and BIM Execution Plan
  • Be aware of / provide input into, designer appointment / novation; roles and responsibilities In conjunction with the Project team, develop and reach agreement on the design programme and Information deliverables, ensuring this is fully co-ordinated with the project procurement and construction programmes and monitor performance.
  • Review safety risks checking they are identified, eliminated, reduced or controlled in line with CDM requirements. Ensure designers are carrying out their duties, and where required, support the role of Principal Designer in line with CDM 2015.
  • Co-ordinating the whole design process, managing change, information approvals and working closely with the client, employer’s representatives, design team and legislative bodies.
  • Organising and chairing design co-ordination and design progress meetings with the design team and sub-contractors and ensuring that design risk assessments are produced. Prepare minutes, notes and reports as required to ensure effective communication and accurate records are maintained.
  • Managing the document control process, supported by a document controller
  • Maintaining a professional approach with clients and their professional teams, sub-contractors and suppliers

Requirements

  • Strong leadership and management skills, with a “can-do” and collaborative approach
  • Enthusiastic team player, able to listen, understand, engage and motivate, and with confidence to make decisions when required.
  • A desire to constantly learn, improve and share knowledge and experience.
  • A thorough understanding of both the design and construction processes, and the interface between them.
  • A good commercial understanding of contracts, procurement routes and risk management
  • Good collaborative planning skills
  • Thorough understanding of 3d design and BIM, with a desire to drive improvements and benefits through embracing digital construction
  • Excellent communication skills, both at the personal level and more formal reporting level.
  • Recognised degree qualification or equivalent and CIOB or equivalent is preferable.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • A wide range of family friendly policies
  • 8 % matched pension contributions
  • Private healthcare
  • Life assurance
  • 26 days holiday
  • 2 wellbeing days
  • 1 volunteering day
  • Personal and professional development

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
design managementBIM3D designrisk managementtender submissiondesign auditsdesign process coordinationdocument controlconstruction processescommercial understanding
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationteam playercommunicationdecision makingmotivationengagementlisteningproblem solvingcontinuous learning
Certifications
CIOBdegree qualification