Design Manager

Title:-- - - - - - - - - - -Design Manager

Location:- - - - -Exeter

Salary:- - - - - - 55,000 to -70,000 + car allowance + package-

Sector:- - - - - - - - - -Construction, Main contractor - Refurbishment, New Build-

Start Date:- - - -ASAP



Design Manager - The Company:

Our client is one of the most successful privately owned main contractors in Devon with a strong reputation and excellent client relationships across varied work streams.Typical projects are between -200k-and -12m in value across New Build, Refurbishment and fitout. The company has an excellent pipeline of work within the Southwest and is a fast growing business with exceptional progression opportunity.-


Design Manager - The Role:

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Design Manager with varied experience in main contracting across varied (non residential) projects. You will be an important part of the team working on pre-construction and post contract elements across a diverse range of project. This would suit someone keen to join an energetic, fast paced and entrepreneurial-environment. You will be a ''hands on'' Design Manager in the on site coordination of new build projects.-


Design Manager- Accountabilities and key tasks:-

• Arranging and chairing the Design team meetings to lead the process with the consultants and subcontract designers, issuing minutes and ensuring the resulting actions are actioned
• Collate and manage the contract specifications, drawing and related documents for the construction process
• Carrying drawing reviews issuing comments then ensuring all comments are added accordingly to the design
• Carry out technical reviews of any proposed works to ensure contractual and technical compliance.
• Prepare and manage the Design and procurement schedule and issue information release schedules to set design target dates
• Offer input and design reviews into the procurement process
• Providing design support to Project Management teams.
• Review and implement value engineering opportunities
• Utilising specialist consultants coordinate the information and design to ensure BREEAM and Part L compliance are attained as required.
• Coordinate the submission of information to satisfy Building Control compliance
• Coordinate the submission of information to satisfy all planning conditions are discharged
• Lead Design review workshop with the client / tenant to ensure understanding and satisfaction with proposed works
• Manage the Design Change Proposals for client sign off
• Submitting Design information to the client team and recording, tracking and closing out any comments and queries that arise
• Issue, track and close out any-Requests-For-Information that arise to enable the design to be completed.
• Assist in the collation of the O&M Health and Safety file

Design Manager- - The Person-

• You will have solid experience with either a national or regional main contractor-
• MUST have strong experience in Commercial (non-residential) sectors-
• Hands on - site based Design Manager who can cordinate the design pon projects
• Demonstrable experience working on pre and post-construction design and build projects.-
• Experience working on projects to -5m plus-
• Innovative - ability to identify better ways of doing things
• A good communicator, able to liaise between different departments in order to achieve a common goal.-

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Design Manager - The Reward:

• Competitive salary
• Company benefits package
• Varied projects across sectors
• Continued local work within the Southwest region.
• Flexible working-

Please contact Foresight Search for more information on this,- or any other vacancy