Review all preliminary contract documentation [drawings, specification etc] and produce RFI’s / TQ’s for submission.
* Actively chase RFI’s/TQ’s in a timely manner to ensure overall design meet the contractual programmes
* Compile DDS [Design Deliverable Schedule] to ascertain required level of drawings. Update actively with drawings that can be completed, drawings in delay and report to the Design Manager and Project Team
* Track & raise all design changes to the Project Team as soon as the change becomes apparent
* Liaise with commercial and procurement staff to identify, assess and advise of changes to scope or specification.
* Attend Design Co-ordination meetings when required.
* Attending site when required.
* Manage the contractual compliance within each process and ensure that engineering solutions, meet the requirements of the Contract and Client.
* Provide guidance and mentorship to Designers & Trainee Designers with any design or technical queries.
* Cross check material schedules prepared by other members of the Design Team.
* Liaise with structural engineers to obtain calculations to prove design compliance.
* Engage with Manufacturers and Suppliers to ensure designs are in accordance with recommendations and warranties will be maintained
* Working to contract specifications, drawings and Employers’ requirements to produce high-quality technical CAD designs from plans/ elevations/details/schematics etc
* Co-ordinating the drawings development against site survey results
* Attend Handover Meetings with the Head of Technical Design or Design Manager on all new projects to gather all required information to fully understand the projects
* Attend Planning Meetings on all Projects that you are a stakeholder in and provide updates to the wider Project Team
* Produce Fabrication Drawings for all profiles, flashings and panels and issue to Procurement Department
* Provide internal panel elevation drawings/setting out or schematics to assist Procurement Department with material purchasing, sequencing as and when required
* Complete and issue full material schedules with all specifications and quantities for Procurement Department to purchase. Where necessary, complete all Manufacturers standard templates for material procurement
* Comply with Procurement and Priority Trackers to ensure all schedules and fabrications are issued in a timely manner to meet contractual programmes.
* Produce, update and maintain material and fabrication trackers.
* Plan and manage own workload to meet target programmes set by the Design Manager or Head of Technical Design. Report progress on a regular basis to the Design Manager or Head of Technical Design which could get incorporated into the monthly board report.
* Produce design risk assessments in conjunction with Design Manager and/or Head of Technical Design