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Design Manager

Costain Group144 open roles

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United Kingdom, London, United Kingdom, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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13.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Costain Group postings stay open a median of 14 days.

Share of postings closed within
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  2. 4.6%3 days
  3. 13.3%7 days
  4. 21.3%14 days
  5. 35.7%30 days
  6. 59.1%60 days
This job: posted 6 days ago

Costain Group median: 14 days open

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Job Description

As Design Manager, you are accountable to the Principal Design Manger for managing the day to day activities of designers and/or design work packages. You are responsible for the design packages allocated to you being delivered on time, to budget and technically compliant to the HRS02 Works Information, comprising of the design for:

  • Construction tunnel ventilation system, plus Construction Ventilation Control System
  • Permanent Tunnel Ventilation system, plus VCS
  • Tunnel M&E, including LV distribution, Lighting, Signage, CMS, Fire Main, Tunnel pumped drainage, CCTVS, PAVA and all associated
  • Tunnel and M&E SCADA systems
  • Open Route LV and lighting systems
  • All associated design and engineering scope such as, CAT checks, Noise and Vibration, EMC and Earthing and Bonding
  • Temporary Works Consideration

All our designs must be safe, sustainable (including meeting the HS2 Carbon reduction targets), and efficient to construct meeting project objectives of MMC.

Click the link for the job description, responsibilities, and qualifications - OPSEF07 - Design Manager.pdf

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

  • Managing and coordinating multidisciplinary designers and consultants supporting the production of assured design deliverables of suitable quality and definition for the stage, review deliverables for acceptance when required.
  • Ensuring compliance with Standards Works information, CSM,CDM requirements and statutory approvals.
  • Manage design risk and opportunity schedule.
  • Manage design quality, innovation, sustainability and buildability with a focus on health and safety.
  • Working collaboratively with client, supply chain and delivery teams to achieve project outcomes.
  • Supporting programme management, procurement activities and technical reviews.
  • Be familiar with our design and engineering needs so that they are understood and well-defined including the scope split between design stages and designer organisations. Work to the Design Management Plan and other control documentation. Support the PDM/SDM in producing these as required.
  • Work to and report against a detailed integrated design (& procurement) programme which is robustly monitored to ensure design delivery. Contribute to reporting on design progress and technical risks.
  • Manage design change. Contribute and review commercial correspondence related to design.
  • Ensure the designs are constructable, follow safe-by-design principles and achieve our sustainability goals, including reporting or carbon metrics etc as required.
  • Ensure compliance with and update where requested required Engineering Management plans and processes (as required by our contract and as necessary for design delivery)
  • Work with our commercial team to draft technically oriented correspondence (upstream to HS2 and downstream to designers and subcontractors).
  • Support the principles of Production Thinking / MMC into our design solutions.
  • Engage regularly with the project procurement and construction teams during the design development and options selection.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essentials

  • Experience of managing design change
  • Understand of operating Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) and design workflows
  • Engineering or management experience in infrastructure or related industry with demonstrable track record of achievement
  • Demonstrable knowledge of at least one design and s=construction process models (e.g. plan of work)
  • Practical approach, logical thought process and a methodical way of working
  • A creative and innovative approach to problem-solving
  • Experience of technical management being able to understand and review design deliverables and able to demonstrate the ability to collate information and prepare reports
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Clear communication, presenting and influencing skills

Desirables

  • Experience of managing design change
  • Understand of operating Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) and design workflows
  • Demonstrable basic legal, contractual and construction knowledge
  • Confidence and ability to assert influence
  • Experience of drafting effective contractual correspondence and the facilitation of collaborative solutions
  • Negotiating and team-working skills.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Bachelor’s degree / Engineering or management apprenticeship with industry experience
  • Bachelor’s degree / Engineering or management apprenticeship with industry experience
  • Master’s / post graduate degree (preferred)
  • Chartered member of professional institute (MICE/IMechE/MCIOB etc)
  • Project Management training / skills
  • Other secondary professional qualifications and training desirable (e.g. MAPM, MICE MCIOB)
  • Experience of multiple infrastructure markets/sectors (desirable)

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