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Job Description
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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:
* Manage the whole process of designing the solution(s) for projects to meet or exceed customers' requirements and framework deliverables.
* Recognise Contractual, Financial, Technical and Operational Risks and find opportunities for Value Engineering to minimise risk and maximise gross profit on contracts whilst achieving Customer Satisfaction.
* Support the fulfilment of the pipeline of contracts Safely, On Time, and to the required Quality.
* Lead the Appointment of Design and associated Consultants, ensuring Contractual Requirements are captured and deliverables are clearly defined.
* Review and appraise fee proposals from the Consultants. Manage & monitor performance of Consultants encouraging a "Collaborative" approach to deliver robust, co-ordinated designs on time and to budget.
* Lead the KPI assessment of each and the production of progress Reports as required.
* Support and manage the development of CDP Packages to ensure compliance and that they are fully co-ordinated.
* Assess the Consultants in line with CDM 2015 requirements and ensure all obligations are met. Designs should fully consider Health, Safety and Buildability.
* Manage and take ownership of all Design Processes and information flow on Design and Build and heavily CDP contracts to meet the Employer's Requirements, Contractors Proposals and Contract Conditions within the agreed Programme constraints.
* Assess, evaluate and ensure alignment of Design outputs to each of the relevant RIBA Stages.
* Support the two stage submission requirements of the frameworks, securing the opportunity and delivering the second stage.
* Manage the designs to achieve the client's expectations, contract requirements and to deliver within budget.
* Support the implementation of the Galliford Try Building Southern's Business Improvement Strategy, "Delivering Excellence".
* Implement all Galliford Try's relevant policies including those for HSS, Design Management, Risk Management and our BIM strategy.
* Ensure maximum potential is achieved on the framework KPI's.
About You:
* Construction/Design related HNC/HND/Degree or equivalent.
* Member or working towards Professional Body CIOB/RIBA/RICS.
* BIM Expertise.
* New build and refurbishment experience in core markets including: Education Buildings, Health Care Projects, Civic, Frameworks, Traditional and D&B Contracts.
* Managing Designers and other Consultants, preferable with a Design background.
* Proven ability of delivering design for projects on time, to budget quality standards with high customer satisfaction results.
* 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 with drive to achieve customer satisfaction.
* 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 offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes.
Our benefits:
* Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays.
* 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 and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it.
* 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, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.
Additional Information:
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
Don't meet every requirement of the role? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
For information about this role or any other roles within our Building Southern Division, please contact Emily Bunniss on emily.bunniss@gallifordtry.co.uk.
Galliford Try are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
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