Skanska
Design Director
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Skanska
One of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, Skanska is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
We are looking for a Design Director to join our Building team in Cambridgeshire.
Working as a Design Project Director
You will lead the design delivery process, design management team, and multi-disciplinary design team on a major project (or portfolio of projects), from initial enquiry, through tender and bid submission, pre-construction construction, and handover phases.
What You'll Do
- Lead, complete, and maintain the Project Execution Plan (design) and Design Management Plan for the project.
- Lead and manage relationships with Principals from the Consultant Designers.
- Member of the Project Leadership Team meetings.
- Lead and manage the completion of design-related elements within the Client Monthly Report as well as internal Governance and Project Controls reporting.
- Ensure the design team scope and appointment documents are complete.
- Lead and manage the design and procurement programme with the planning team and commercial team and/or with the support of third-party consultants in line with Project/ Design Controls and Governance requirements.
- Ensure Statutory Responsibilities (including building Control, Planning and Building Safety Act) are clearly set out, understood, and managed.
- Ensure the CDM (Health and Safety) and CDM (Building Safety Act) responsibilities are clearly set out, understood, and managed.
- Ensure all Information Control procedures for the CDE are implemented and maintained in line with the Operating Unit protocol.
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What You'll Bring To The Role
- Member of a professional institution (RIBA, ICE, MCIOB) would be desirable
- Experience in a senior leadership role and in leading teams on a wide range of project types, including hospitals, defence, commercial, data centres, and other technical buildings.
- Experience of delivering construction projects (£50m-£200m+) in a relevant building type working through bid, PCSA, and delivery stages, and successfully converting and delivering on quality, time, and to budget.
- Demonstrable experience of varied forms of contract including specifically NEC3 & 4.
- Knowledge and experience of managing design and working within a secure UK environment.
- Experienced in use of digital technologies to deliver design (e.g. CDE, BIM, Cobie, and design co-ordination software) and experience of delivering to the ISO19650 Information Management standard.
- Experience and working knowledge in use of CDM Regulations and the Principal Designer duties.
- Experience and knowledge of Building Safety Act and Principal Designer duties.
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