United Infrastructure

UK infrastructure construction and maintenance provider

Senior Design Manager

Construction ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeWrotham, Sevenoaks, UK£75k - £90kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Use a proactive management style and lead and coordinate with managers across a wider team.
Prioritise and delegate appropriately; negotiate, motivate, and communicate to influence others and achieve objectives.
Use an analytical approach and attention to detail.
Demonstrate leadership skills, including assertiveness, decisiveness, flexibility, time management, organisation, effective meeting leadership or participation, and the ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines.
Review drawings and identify buildability and technical issues.
Manage direct reports effectively, including goal setting, performance management, feedback, direction, support, and coaching.
Solve problems and make decisions.
Communicate effectively with all levels of management and project teams, internally and externally.
Have a proven track record of managing all aspects of the design and technical process for residential buildings.
Maintain current construction-industry knowledge, including legislation and procedures.
Hold a valid driving licence.
Know the methodology and sequencing process for delivering construction projects, including design and pre-construction activities.
Have strong written and verbal communication skills.
Have high-rise development experience.
Understand the building-safety legislative framework, including the Building Safety Act, Building Regulations dutyholder roles and competency requirements, and the HRB Procedure Regulations.
Have strong technical knowledge and skill in assessing, challenging, and monitoring design-work compliance.
Have experience in designer scoping.

Responsibilities

Ensure all design and technical aspects of projects are delivered on budget and to programme, managing external consultants and communicating with the wider team and business partners.
Ensure designs are fully coordinated and comply with company requirements and current regulations to secure approvals and enable site starts in line with agreed programmes and safety standards.
Lead technical and design processes, design teams, and subcontractors through design, procurement, and construction, monitoring progress for timely, on-budget delivery.
Manage technical design of schemes against the agreed programme and company targets, maximising revenue through design quality, cost-effectiveness, and buildability.
Review and contribute to allocated bids, including technical appraisal of design information, assessment of design requirements and compliance, consultant fee requirements, and preparation of design programmes.
Assess received information quality, identify value-engineering opportunities and risks, collate consultant costs, and prepare contractor proposals.
Review Employer’s Requirements technical specifications.
Produce, develop, control, and manage project-specific design programmes and provide regular progress reports.
Produce project-specific design scopes and procure consultant and subcontractor designers.
Assess competency-assessment questionnaires and supporting evidence from consultant and subcontractor designers.
Monitor and manage consultant fees and invoicing.
Fulfil the CDM Principal Designer role.
Fulfil the Building Regulations Principal Designer role and act as the named Designated Individual.
Thoroughly review and interrogate consultant and subcontractor designs to ensure compliance with legislation, system literature, planning consent, buildability, completeness, presentation, best value, accuracy, and information requirements, and to eliminate risk.
Review and assess alternative build methods and practices.
Manage and coordinate external consultants’ day-to-day design, coordination, and technical production-information duties, ensuring delivery within time, quality, budget, and technical constraints.
Ensure designs comply with company standards and respect budgetary constraints.
Organise and manage technical coordination workshops, package reviews, and design-team meetings on a weekly, fortnightly, or monthly basis.
Ensure building designs are fully coordinated, including fire safety, structures, mechanical and electrical services, façades, internal specifications, service strategies, and maintenance strategies.
Ensure complete, correct, and coordinated packages are issued to Commercial and Construction teams.
Establish the required scope for survey and investigative works.
Manage subcontractor and supplier design approvals, ensuring timely turnaround; monitor approvals and maintain a tracker in line with the programme.
Manage information flow to Commercial, Operations, and the Client.
Update and coordinate monthly design schedules.
Chair and deliver design-package presentations with consultant and subcontractor designers.
Review and coordinate design and technical issues with Commercial and Operations teams.
Monitor changes from the Client, design consultants, subcontractors, and construction team; manage variation change control relating to drawing revisions, construction programmes, and costs.
Collate information and liaise with Planning Authorities and Building Control to make submissions in accordance with the programme and obtain required approvals.
Oversee registration and distribution of design and technical information; monitor information workflows on the document-management system and ensure current drawings are properly filed and information exchange follows company protocol.
Undertake site visits as required, attend site and project meetings, and monitor site work against benchmarks and the design/specification.
Manage, investigate, and promptly close out requests for information from site teams and subcontractors.
Review design issues and advise on corrective measures.
Monitor and obtain critical certificates required for completion and handovers.
Oversee and participate in compiling handover information, including the golden thread, health and safety files, operation and maintenance manuals, and resident packs.
Comply with company policies, procedures, instructions, and group health, safety, and environmental responsibilities, ensuring the company’s health and safety standards are delivered in all work.

Desired Qualifications

Have a track record of design requirements for procurement and construction.
Have in-depth knowledge of contractual requirements, section agreements, and utility application processes.
Have practical knowledge of construction work types, methods, and design solutions.
Have experience producing and managing design programmes.
Know PAS 9980 fire risk assessments, EWS1s, and FRAEW.
Have temporary-works knowledge and experience.
Have experience with computer-aided design software such as AutoCAD or Revit.
Know and understand building information modelling.
Be a member of a relevant professional body such as CIOB, CIAT, or RICS.
Hold a minimum Level 4 (HNC/NVQ4 or equivalent) architectural qualification, or an equivalent design-, technical-, and/or construction-based qualification.

Job Description

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 Infrastructure team and business partners.

Ensure the design is fully coordinated and complies with United Infrastructure requirements and current regulations, to achieve the necessary approvals and enable a start on site in line with agreed programmes safety standards.
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 fee requirements and production of a design programme.
Assess the quality of received information, identify value engineering opportunities, risks, collate consultants costs and prepare contractors proposals
Review ER technical specifications
Produce, develop, control and manage the project specific design programme and provide regular progress reporting
Produce detailed project specific design scoping and undertake procurement of consultant and subcontractor designers
Assess consultant and subcontractor designers completed competency assessment questionnaires and supporting evidence provided
Monitor and manage consultant fees and invoicing
Fulfilment of CDM Principal Designer role.
Fulfilment of Building Regulations Principal Design role and named as Designated Individual
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, level of information, and ultimately eliminating risk.
Review and assess alternative build methods and practices
Manage and coordinate external consultants in their day-to-day duties related to design, coordination and technical aspects of production information and to ensure delivery within the constraints of time, quality, budget and technical requirements, driving a high standard
Ensure that designs comply with company standards
Promoting design that respects budgetary constraints
Organise and manage weekly, fortnightly or monthly technical coordination workshops, package reviews and design team meetings
Ensure that all aspects of the building design are fully coordinated including but not restricted to, fire safety, structures, M&E, façades, internal specification, service strategies, maintenance strategies etc.
Ensure fully complete, correct and coordinated packages issued to Commercial and Construction teams
Establish required scoping for survey and investigative works
Maintain and deliver in accordance with company values
Manage subcontractor and supplier design approvals ensuring timely turnaround
Monitor subcontractor design approvals and maintain a tracker in line with programme
Manage the flow of information to Commercial, Operations and Client
Update and coordinate monthly design schedules
Chair and undertake design package presentations in conjunction with consultant and subcontractor designers
Review and coordinate design and technical related issues with the Commercial and Operations 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
Collate all required information and liaise with Planning Authorities and Building Control to make submissions in accordance with programme and obtain all necessary approvals as required.
Oversee document control with regards to registration and distribution of design and technical information
Monitor and manage the processing of information through workflows on the document management system
Ensure current drawings are filed in order and design information exchange is as per the company protocol
Undertake site visits as required
Attend site meetings and monthly/weekly project meetings
Monitor work executed on site to ensure that is as benchmarked and as designed/specified · Manage, investigate and respond promptly with full close out to RFIs from site team and subcontractors
Review and advise on corrective measures for identified design issues
Monitor and obtain all critical certificates to ensure documentation is in place for completion and handovers
Oversee and participate in the collation of handover information, golden thread, H&S files, O&M manuals and resident packs
At all times comply with company policies, procedures and instructions
Comply with responsibilities as laid down in the group’s health, safety and environmental policy.
Ensure that United Living’s drive for world class Health and Safety is delivered in all aspects of your work

Qualifications

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, effectively negotiate, motivate and communicate in order to influence others to ensure that the required objectives are met
An analytical approach to work with an eye for detail.
Leadership skills including assertiveness, being decisive, flexible, good time management, organised, effective at leading / participating in meetings, works well under pressure and to strict deadlines.
Ability to review drawings and identify buildability and technical issues
Effective people management of direct reports, including goal setting, performance management, giving feedback, direction, support and coaching.
Problem solving and decision making
Effective communication with all levels of management and project teams, both internal and external to the Company
Proven track record of successfully managing all aspects of the design and technical process in relation to residential buildings
Up to date relevant construction industry knowledge including legislation and procedures.
Valid driving licence
Knowledge of methodology and sequencing process in delivering a construction project including design and pre-construction activities
Strong written and verbal communication skills
High rise development experience
Understanding of the building safety legislative framework, including the Building Safety Act, Building Regulations (dutyholder roles & competency requirements and the HRB Procedure Regulations.
Strong technical knowledge and skillset to assess,
challenge and monitor design work compliance.
Experience in designer scoping

Desirable

Passionate about construction and customer satisfaction, with a focus on high standards and excellence
Proven track record of design requirements for procurement and construction purposes
In depth knowledge of contractual requirements, section agreements and utility application process
Tenacious and driven
Strong practical knowledge of construction work types, methods and design solutions
Experience of producing and managing design programmes.
Knowledge of PAS9980 fire risk assessments, EWS1s and FRAEW
Temporary works knowledge and experience
Experience with CAD (AutoCAD or Revit)
Knowledge & understanding of BIM · 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) and/or

Additional Information

Join us at United Infrastructure today and be part of our mission to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to the complex infrastructure needs of the UK. 

Please note that United Living has rebranded to United Infrastructure. Our LinkedIn landing page will still display as "United Living," but when you click “Apply,” it will redirect to "United Infrastructure.

Salary Range / Charge Rate: £75k-£90k
Salary Category: £75,000 - £99,999

About the Company

United Infrastructure

UK infrastructure construction and maintenance provider

United Infrastructure provides critical infrastructure solutions in the UK for water, energy, power, telecoms, and property services, with two main arms: Utility Infrastructure and Social Infrastructure. It wins revenue by securing contracts for large projects and long-term maintenance frameworks, including social housing repairs and major energy/utility schemes such as a CO2 pipeline. The company differentiates itself by pursuing acquisitive growth to broaden its technical capabilities and capabilities across multiple sectors, plus its focus on large, long-dated contracts. Its goal is to strengthen its position in the critical infrastructure and energy transition space by expanding its technical footprint and customer base through selective acquisitions and steady project delivery.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: England, United Kingdom
Founded: 2004

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