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Assistant Design Manager - Mechanical Bias - Infrastructure
Sector: Creative and Design, Technology
Role: Assistant
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Are you passionate about exemplary Design Management?
Do you have end to end Design Management experience?
Are you considering what's next for your career?
Then we would love to hear from you!
The Opportunity:
Laing O'Rourke have an opportunity for an Assistant Design Manager from a Mechanical background to join the team on our portfolio of projects in the rail sector based from our Birmingham office.
A Laing O'Rourke Assistant Design Manager ensures that all design information is reviewed and delivered in line with the design management procedures for completeness and compliance with contractual obligations, including factors such as programme, buildability, safety, maintenance and technical suitability. In addition, the Design Manager oversees the production, control and distribution of design information at different project stages and ensures regular progress reporting of the design is in place.
What will the role look like?
* Supporting our consultant teams to maximise their effectiveness and value optimisation in the provision of effective integrated design solutions that meet our clients' business needs (strategies and budgets).
* Maximising the effectiveness of consultant relationships.
* Reviewing design delivery to enhance quality of solutions and efficiency of design, procurement, manufacturing, assembly, commissioning and handover of total engineering excellent solutions for our clients.
* Supporting our consultants in adopting LOR's design processes, delivering with rigour and quality project management processes and ensuring effective collaboration throughout the supply chain (using appropriate tools for this including, but not limited to, BIM/Digital Engineering).
* Capturing business knowledge and capability enabling continuous improvement, innovation and improved capability towards an Engineering Enterprise.
Technical Capabilities:
* Creating and owning the design brief
* Design optimisation
* Design for Manufacture and Assembly
* Managing consultancies
* Information and Change Control
* Design compliance
What skills & experience are we looking for?
* First degree in Mechanical Engineering or other appropriate construction related qualification plus design related experience.
* Approx 5 years' experience across different procurement routes and sectors. Experience end to end in managing design - from concept to handover.
Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.
About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to the interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com.
Company
Laing O'Rourke is committed to inclusion; an employer that maintains the highest standard of employment practice and one which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse society in which we live and work.
Laing O'Rourke believes that when we go to work, we should feel we are going to a place where we are accepted, understood and valued, and that we should make others we work with feel this way too.
Diversity & Inclusion:
Laing O'Rourke has ten Diversity & Inclusion Subcommittees aimed at offering a safe and supportive environment to listen and share personal experiences and insights, as well as play a sympathetic role for each other.
Support for Disabled Employees:
* LOR recruitment, HR Teams, Leadership and management have undertaken disability awareness training and are eager to provide an inclusive and accessible experience to job applicants and new colleagues.
* LOR Dis-ABILITY Subcommittee is an Employee Network Group of colleagues passionate about disability inclusion.
* Disability Confident Leaders – We are using the requirements of the government scheme to create an inclusive environment for disabled job applicants and existing colleagues.
Sustainability:
In April 2021 Laing O’Rourke announced new global sustainability targets, including:
* To be a net zero company by 2050
* By 2033 to achieve equal gender balance across currently 5,500 international staff
Rewards and Benefits:
* Private Medical Insurance
* Pension – basic and enhanced schemes
* Health and Wellbeing
* Virtual GP
* Health Assessment (Age 50+)
* Phased return to work (80% of working week for 100% pay)
* Employee Assistance Programme
* 5 days leave extra can be purchased
* Employee Discounts
* Allowances – car or transport allowance, depending on role/grade
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