Senior Design Manager

Description:

We have an excellent opportunity for a Design Manager/ Senior Design Manager  in our Aberdeen Business. 

The Senior Design Manager will work closely with the Head of Design and Regional Operations Manager to ensure that the PCSA programme is met and the project teams are supported during delivery, This role will be aligned initially with a high value heritage project involving the refurbishment and regeneration of a historic public entertaining facility.

Location: Aberdeen, Scotland 

 

What will you be responsible for?

 

Responsibility for the management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule.

Ensuring that our appointed design consultants carry out their duties in line with their appointment, interrogating returns to ensure compliance with standards and brief.

Design input at both preconstruction and construction stage of projects.

At times there may be a requirement to take responsibility for junior staff.

The production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules.

Record progress and carry out upline reporting,

Attending/chair necessary meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.

Ensuring that the design is compliant to relevant legislation and technical requirements. 

 

What are we looking for?

This role of Design Manager is great for you if:

You have  experience in a design role within a main contractor environment or experience working on high value heritage projects within architectural practice. 

You are commensurate with  BIM level 2 projects, including COBie data, LoDM.

Have experience working within public sector schemes – Heritage experience is especially desirable

Hold full UK Driving License

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

 

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. .

 

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. .

 

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier