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Job Description
Senior Design Manager
Guildford
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Design Manager to join the team at Galliford Try.
Ideally, you will be based in or around the Guildford area and will have the opportunity to travel across multiple sites/projects in the Region.
What you will be doing:
1. Manage the whole process of designing the solution(s) for projects to meet or exceed customers' requirements and framework deliverables.
2. Recognise Contractual, Financial, Technical and Operational Risks and find opportunities for Value Engineering.
3. Minimise risk and maximise gross profit on contracts whilst achieving Customer Satisfaction.
4. Support the fulfilment of the pipeline of contracts Safely, On Time, and to the required Quality.
5. Lead the Appointment of Design and associated Consultants, ensuring Contractual Requirements are captured.
6. Review and appraise fee proposals from the Consultants.
7. Manage & monitor performance of Consultants encouraging a "Collaborative" approach.
8. Lead the KPI assessment of each and the production of progress Reports as required.
9. Support and manage the development of CDP Packages to ensure compliance and that they are fully co-ordinated.
10. Assess the Consultants in line with CDM 2015 requirements and ensure all obligations are met.
11. Manage and take ownership of all Design Processes and information flow on Design and Build contracts.
12. Support the two stage submission requirements of the frameworks.
13. Implement Galliford Try Building Southern's Business Improvement Strategy, "Delivering Excellence".
14. Ensure maximum potential is achieved on the framework KPI's.
About You:
* Construction/Design related HNC/HND/Degree or equivalent
* Member or working towards of Professional Body CIOB/RIBA/RICS
* BIM Expertise
* Experience in core markets including: Education Buildings, Health Care Projects, Civic, Frameworks, Traditional and D&B Contracts.
* Managing Designers and other Consultants, preferably with a Design background.
* Proven ability of delivering design for projects on time, to budget quality standards.
* Computer literate and Commercially astute.
* Ability to make decisions within authority and able to lead and work as a team member.
* Strives for continuous improvement for the benefit of the company.
* Demonstrate our Company Values: Excellence, Passion, Integrity and Collaboration.
What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion, we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work.
Our benefits:
* Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service.
* A wide range of corporate discounts.
* Cycle to Work schemes.
* Comprehensive pension plan.
* Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme.
* Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees.
* Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role.
About us:
Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business.
Additional Information:
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly.
We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement of the role.
As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position.
For information about this role or any other roles within our Building Southern Division, please contact Emily Bunniss on emily.bunniss@gallifordtry.co.uk.
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