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Superb opportunity for a Head of Design / Senior Design Manager working for a highly successful civil engineering main contractor in the water sector
The role will be based near Brighton, East Sussex
The Head of Design will be responsible for design production during the detail design phase and construction/commissioning support phase of AMP8 Wastewater projects.
The successful candidate will have extensive Design and Build experience in the Water Sector with strong technical capability on constructability matters.
Key Responsibilities of the Head of Design
- Leading a team of design managers and discipline design engineers
- Ensure safe and constructable design solutions are delivered
- Establish collaborative working relationships with the client, design teams, construction staff and supply chain representatives
- Agree design budgets, monitor performance against the budget and provide forecast costs
- Ensure Design Teams record, monitor and control design changes
- Report on design progress and escalation matters at Monthly Project Reviews
- Coordinate both internal and Client Site Conformity Inspections across the Wastewater programme.
Ideal requirements of the Head of Design
- Experience of technical project delivery in a design-build environment
- A successful track record of managing constructability in design
- Experience in the Water Treatment Industry
- Experience in leading and managing multi-disciplinary design teams
- Must be delivery-driven with the ability to set targets, manage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives
- Technical and management skills
- Able to identify and manage project/programme risk
- Able to identify and manage changes to project scope
- Chartered Engineer in an engineering-related discipline
- Experience of offsite manufactured design solutions
This opportunity provides the right Senior Design Manager to make a real difference
On offer is an incredible career opportunity coupled with a highly attractive salary package
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