Job Description
United Living is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future. Our mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure, to create a more sustainable and inclusive society.
Purpose
To be responsible for all design and technical aspects of projects ensuring delivery on budget and to programme. This will entail effective management of external consultants together with the ability to communicate effectively with the wider United Living team and business partners.
Ensure the design is fully coordinated and complies with United Living’s requirements and current regulations, to achieve the necessary approvals and enable a start on site in line with agreed programmes.
Specific Responsibilities
* Lead technical and design processes, design teams and subcontractors throughout design, procurement and construction, monitoring progress to ensure delivery on time and in budget.
* Technical design management of schemes, in accordance with agreed programme, ensuring company targets are met and that the maximum revenue is generated by the quality, cost effectiveness and buildability of the design.
* Review and input into allocated bids, undertaking Technical appraisals of design information, assessing design requirements, compliance, consultant requirements and production of a design programme.
* Produce, develop, control and manage the project specific design programme and provide regular progress reporting.
* Monitor and manage consultant fees and invoicing.
* Fulfilment of CDM Principal Designer role.
* Undertake thorough reviews and interrogation of consultants and subcontractor designs, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, compliance with system literature, compliance with planning consent, buildability, completeness, presentation, best value, accuracy, and ultimately eliminating risk.
* Manage and coordinate external consultants in their day-to-day duties related to design, coordination and technical aspects of production information.
* Ensure fully complete, correct and coordinated packages issued to Commercial and Construction teams.
* Monitor changes from Client, design consultants, subcontractors and proposed changes by construction team.
* Manage change control process for variations in relation to drawing revisions, construction programmes and costs.
* Ensure that United Living’s drive for world class Health and Safety is delivered in all aspects of your work.
What we need from you
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Ability to work under pressure and multi-task.
* Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
* Proven track record of successfully managing all aspects of the design and technical process in relation to residential buildings.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills.
* Valid driving licence.
* High rise development experience.
Criteria
Essential
* Thorough with a pro-active management style.
* Capability to lead and coordinate with managers across a wider team.
* Ability to prioritise and delegate as appropriate.
* Leadership skills including assertiveness, being decisive, flexible, good time management, organised, effective at leading/participating in meetings.
* Effective communication with all levels of management and project teams.
* Strong technical knowledge and skillset to assess, challenge and monitor design work compliance.
Desirable
* Passionate about construction and customer satisfaction, with a focus on high standards and excellence.
* Experience with CAD (AutoCAD or Revit).
* Member of relevant professional body (e.g. CIOB, CIAT, or RICS).
* Minimum Level 4 (HNC/NVQ4 etc.) Architectural qualification (or equivalent design, technical and/or construction based qualification).
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