Design Manager

We are working with a Main contractor who are looking for a Design Manager to work on Public sector new build and refurbishment projects out of their offices in Stockport, The company are a well established business with a strong portfolio of work and extensive pre planned works.

Roles, Duties, Responsibilities:

• Take full responsibility for the design coordination of large projects.


• Audit the design and identify inconsistencies, discrepancies and missing information and record, report and track the close out of these items in an Information Required Schedule format.


• Review design development regularly with the Financial Manager to ensure design and commercial aspects are aligned.


• Manage the production and approval of samples, mock ups and quality benchmarks.


• Produce and manage Open Items Schedules for each trade contractor package.


• Chair Design Team Meetings with the consultant designers and record and track information from DTMs.


• Coordinate the integration of the building services with the architectural and structural elements of the project.


• Identify potential quality issues and latent defects and to manage the design development of these with the design team to provide a suitable resolution.


• Be a point of contact between the design team and the trade contractors.


• Identify problems and offer solutions.


• Provide input into Contractors Proposals document for D&B projects.


• Background in Architectural design or Construction management


• Industry experience. Track record of successful projects either internally or externally
  
  In-depth knowledge of the design and construction process


• Understands the pre-construction process. Can organise and manage the design phase of a project


• Has been involved in at least one large (£10m+) project


• CAD


• Bid Management


• Working on multiple projects


• Architectural/ Structural / Project Management


• Good Presentation skills


• Good communicator