Design Manager

Title: Design Manager

Location: Exeter

Salary: 55,000 to 70,000 + car allowance + package

Sector: Construction, Main contractor - Refurbishment, New Build

Start Date: ASAP



Design Manager - The Company:

Our client is one of the most successful privately owned main contractors in Devon with a strong reputation and excellent client relationships across varied work streams.Typical projects are between 200kand 12m in value across New Build, Refurbishment and fitout. The company has an excellent pipeline of work within the Southwest and is a fast growing business with exceptional progression opportunity.


Design Manager - The Role:

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Design Manager with varied experience in main contracting across varied (non residential) projects. You will be an important part of the team working on pre-construction and post contract elements across a diverse range of project. This would suit someone keen to join an energetic, fast paced and entrepreneurialenvironment. You will be a 'hands on' Design Manager in the on site coordination of new build projects.


Design Manager- Accountabilities and key tasks:

• Arranging and chairing the Design team meetings to lead the process with the consultants and subcontract designers, issuing minutes and ensuring the resulting actions are actioned
• Collate and manage the contract specifications, drawing and related documents for the construction process
• Carrying drawing reviews issuing comments then ensuring all comments are added accordingly to the design
• Carry out technical reviews of any proposed works to ensure contractual and technical compliance.
• Prepare and manage the Design and procurement schedule and issue information release schedules to set design target dates
• Offer input and design reviews into the procurement process
• Providing design support to Project Management teams.
• Review and implement value engineering opportunities
• Utilising specialist consultants coordinate the information and design to ensure BREEAM and Part L compliance are attained as required.
• Coordinate the submission of information to satisfy Building Control compliance
• Coordinate the submission of information to satisfy all planning conditions are discharged
• Lead Design review workshop with the client / tenant to ensure understanding and satisfaction with proposed works
• Manage the Design Change Proposals for client sign off
• Submitting Design information to the client team and recording, tracking and closing out any comments and queries that arise
• Issue, track and close out anyRequestsForInformation that arise to enable the design to be completed.
• Assist in the collation of the O&M Health and Safety file

Design Manager - The Person

• You will have solid experience with either a national or regional main contractor
• MUST have strong experience in Commercial (non-residential) sectors
• Hands on - site based Design Manager who can cordinate the design pon projects
• Demonstrable experience working on pre and post-construction design and build projects.
• Experience working on projects to 5m plus
• Innovative - ability to identify better ways of doing things
• A good communicator, able to liaise between different departments in order to achieve a common goal.

Design Manager - The Reward:

• Competitive salary
• Company benefits package
• Varied projects across sectors
• Continued local work within the Southwest region.
• Flexible working

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