Kier Group
Dalkeith, Midlothian
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Design Manager to join our Scotland business! Location : Stepps / Edinburgh We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role. What will you be responsible for? This Senior Design Manager will lead from PCSA period on a £100M + healthcare new build facility providing essential management, subject matter expertise and guidance to drive the success of the assigned project from 2nd stage through to delivery. Your day to day will include: Ensuring the management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule on a large new build healthcare project. Ensuring that our appointed design consultants carry out their duties in line with their appointment, assessing returns to ensure compliance with standards and brief, addressing any issues of underperformance from supply chain. Design management of preconstruction and construction stage of the assigned project. Assessing, mitigating and managing risks connected with design, management of external consultants to ensure performance against design programme and quality. Chairing design meetings, writing reports and upline reporting to the SLT on design progress. Production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules. Offer subject matter expertise as it pertains to design of healthcare buildings Offer strategic insight to ways of keeping Kier at the forefront of MMC and in position to offer effective technical solutions to clients What are we looking for? This role of Senior Design Manager is great for you if you can demonstrate: Relevant Qualification in Construction Management, Engineering or Architecture Evidence of high level professional development through chartership and / or additional accreditation Demonstrable experience in a design role within a main contracting environment High level experience of working on tenders, 2nd stage bids and live projects of significant size, technical complexity and construction value. Excellent well rounded knowledge of specific design management considerations as they pertain to the project (Healthcare) i.e Knowledge of NHS Scotland Assure processes, NHS Scotland KSAR process, NHS Scotland NDAP Experience of BIM level 2 projects, including COBie data, LoDM Up to date knowledge of current building regulations and understanding of how thing influences the design function. Understanding of key design principles such as M&E design parameters, fire and acoustic requirements. Understanding of Building Contracts (NEC, JCT, SBCC etc) and how they inform design management Rewards and benefits We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here. Diversity and inclusion Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview. We look forward to seeing your application to Matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, Life Assurance, Enhanced Family Friendly Policies, Discounts on go-to brands, Free Heath and wellbeing services, Training and development schemes, Electric Vehicle Leasing, Paid volunteering leave.
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Design Manager to join our Scotland business! Location : Stepps / Edinburgh We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role. What will you be responsible for? This Senior Design Manager will lead from PCSA period on a £100M + healthcare new build facility providing essential management, subject matter expertise and guidance to drive the success of the assigned project from 2nd stage through to delivery. Your day to day will include: Ensuring the management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule on a large new build healthcare project. Ensuring that our appointed design consultants carry out their duties in line with their appointment, assessing returns to ensure compliance with standards and brief, addressing any issues of underperformance from supply chain. Design management of preconstruction and construction stage of the assigned project. Assessing, mitigating and managing risks connected with design, management of external consultants to ensure performance against design programme and quality. Chairing design meetings, writing reports and upline reporting to the SLT on design progress. Production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules. Offer subject matter expertise as it pertains to design of healthcare buildings Offer strategic insight to ways of keeping Kier at the forefront of MMC and in position to offer effective technical solutions to clients What are we looking for? This role of Senior Design Manager is great for you if you can demonstrate: Relevant Qualification in Construction Management, Engineering or Architecture Evidence of high level professional development through chartership and / or additional accreditation Demonstrable experience in a design role within a main contracting environment High level experience of working on tenders, 2nd stage bids and live projects of significant size, technical complexity and construction value. Excellent well rounded knowledge of specific design management considerations as they pertain to the project (Healthcare) i.e Knowledge of NHS Scotland Assure processes, NHS Scotland KSAR process, NHS Scotland NDAP Experience of BIM level 2 projects, including COBie data, LoDM Up to date knowledge of current building regulations and understanding of how thing influences the design function. Understanding of key design principles such as M&E design parameters, fire and acoustic requirements. Understanding of Building Contracts (NEC, JCT, SBCC etc) and how they inform design management Rewards and benefits We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here. Diversity and inclusion Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview. We look forward to seeing your application to Matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, Life Assurance, Enhanced Family Friendly Policies, Discounts on go-to brands, Free Heath and wellbeing services, Training and development schemes, Electric Vehicle Leasing, Paid volunteering leave.
