Senior Design Manager Contractor

Senior Design Manager

Location:             Kensington

Project:                 High end residential £120m

Salary:                  Highly competitive

The Company

The client is a successful main contractor who specialise in the high end residential and 5-star hotel market in London and the southeast. They boast an annual turnover in excess of £250m.

The Person

We are looking for an experienced lead Design Manager who has worked for a main contractor on London based new build residential projects.

This role is to work on a high-end residential featuring grade 2 listed project with a contract value in excess of £120m. You will ideally have experience leading high end residential projects. You will need to able lead meetings with external design teams and ensure that they are delivering design on time, within budget and at the desired quality. Experience of leading projects in the £50m plus range is essential.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Understand the clients brief, ER’s, specification & drawings; assist if any ER discrepancies arise
• Prepare trackers to manage the full D&B build process using the pro-formas from the Intranet
• Develop the Design Risk Assessment (DRA) and assist in the ongoing Technical Audits
• Produce the information release schedule (IRS) Building and MEP using ACL pro-forma docs and formally agree it with the Design Team
• Assist in the development of the procurement schedule
• Chair & manage design team meetings including production & issue minutes
• Provide value engineering and buildability reviews with technical feedback to the project team
• Manage and track the design development process
• Understand the full requirements of BREEAM & manage the process through our appointed consultants looking for best value design to economically meet code compliance to meet the timer constraints of the project
• Develop sub-contractors and Suppliers design/specs with the design team ensuring that full ER and Statutory compliance is met
• Ensure Design Team comply with Planning Consent & Building Regulations
• Co-ordinate drawings and check that the drawings comply with the ER’s and Standards
• Direct the sampling process including the production of the samples sign off pro-forma

The Plus Points

This is a great opportunity to further your career on a prestigious project that will stand out on any CV. Long term career prospects are on offer for the successful applicant along with a generous remuneration

Please note

You have to be eligible to live and work in the UK to be considered for this role.