Job Description
We are seeking a Design Co-ordinator to assist a Design Manager on a busy contract in Bristol. Ideal candidates must have previous Civils and Earthworks experience. Previous experience working for a tier 1 construction company is beneficial, as is visibility of BIM and ISO9001 in your CV.
The role will be paying between £320 and £360 per week (Umbrella CIS) depending on experience.
Role Summary
You will report to the Design Manager for a Geotechnical and off track drainage contract on the Railway. Your responsibilities will include day-to-day coordination and tracking of design activities and deliverables. You will also assist the Design manager in complying with the Design Management team and BIM plan, as well as the Design Management Procedure.
Key Responsibilities
Compliance with Design Management Procedures
* Understand the requirements of ISO 9001 with respect to design.
* Familiarize yourself with tools and procedures and their application to achieve ISO 9001 compliance.
* Comply with project-specific Design Management Plan and revise same periodically.
* Control and track design changes using the Design Manager's Toolkit.
* Implement company and client's design assurance procedures.
Behavioural Leadership
* Apply the principles of the Design Management Best Practice Guide to foster a collaborative relationship between design and production teams.
* Maintain all design project documentation up to date where required by the Design Manager.
Technical Oversight
* Familiarize yourself with the technical requirements of the project.
* Facilitate technical coordination between disciplines and suppliers.
* Attend design coordination meetings, take notes and update trackers as necessary following meetings.
* Attend IDCs, take notes and chase up actions to close out.
* Chase down responses to TQs and other design queries.
* Compile design packs for onward inclusion in construction contracts.
* Check compliance with client deliverable requirements and keep record/tracker updated.
* Coordinate all incoming information from designers, ensuring design packs are complete for submission to clients.
* Collate incoming survey information, check completeness and issue to designers as needed.
* Ensure site and commercial teams have access to and are issued with the most recent design documentation.
Legislative Compliance
* Assist the Design Manager in updates to CDM plans.
Design for Health and Safety
* Assist the Design Manager where needed to check for compliance with client guidance on designing for H+S.
Commercial and Contract Administration
* Assist the DM in assessing work complete to inform period applications for payment from design suppliers.
BIM
* Work with the BIM / Doc control team to ensure project documentation is at the correct project status and assist the BIM team where new information is incoming and needs uploading to CDE.
* Review designers' documentation incoming for completeness with BIM requirements and respond to BIM queries from the BIM team.