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Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services

Design Manager

Welwyn Garden City
Posted about 18 hours ago
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Job Overview

Design management of design and build projects from inception of a scheme through to completion (RIBA Stages 0 – 7).

Management of the design processes associated with design and build project from inception through to installation, full testing, and commissioning, proving of successful integration, demonstration, handover, sign off and training of the systems to the client and their appointed representatives.

Ensure that statutory obligations are met in full and ensure that the business is not exposed to undue risks.

Ensure that records, data, and systems are maintained up to date and in accordance with standards, policies, and procedures.

Maintain excellent client relationships.

Work with all stakeholders to identify opportunities in line with business strategy.

Main Duties

Pre- Construction Phase

  • Be responsible for the technical accuracy and compliance of projects and contracts.
  • Engagement with stakeholders and clients to ascertain and prepare the project brief, including:
    • Options studies
    • Feasibility studies
    • Site appraisals
    • Strategic infrastructure plans.
  • Be responsible for the full design management of design and build projects from inception of a scheme through to completion (RIBA Stages 0 – 7), including:
    • Drive design with continual input to optimise design and minimize unnecessary work.
    • Developing Design Delivery Schedules and documentation including design management plans, design execution plans and BIM (Building Information Modelling) execution plans
    • Develop comprehensive scope-of-work and contract document deliverables for each discipline.
    • Negotiate scope-of-work, deliverables and price with consulting firms, commissioning managers, suppliers, and sub-contractors.
    • Support legal team with consultant appointments
    • Support QS team in developing model cost and pricing schedule.
    • Compile, monitor and manage design programmes.
    • Support QS team in management of the tender process / preparing cost analysis/budgets.
    • Lead Value engineering and opportunity reviews
    • Lead design risk identification, mitigation, and management
    • Continual technical support during the construction process including FATs (Factory Acceptance Tests) and SATs (Site Acceptance Tests)
    • Continual technical support during testing, commissioning, integrated system testing (IST) and handover procedures
    • Undertake design review and have responsibility for the overall project governance.
    • Reviewing project delivery and produce monthly reports highlighting any areas of technical risk or non-compliance and the associated mitigation measures.
    • In conjunction with the construction team undertake buildability reviews and input into design.
    • Support technical director in the preparation of fee bids.
    • Support technical director in resource planning, financial performance, and control.
    • Undertake project QA (Quality Assurance) reviews & Project peer reviews.
    • Undertake value engineering and opportunity reviews.
    • Support commissioning manager with commissioning management documentation and process.
    • Support BIM manager with project BIM management documentation and process.
    • Support and input into the overall commissioning process.
    • Support construction team and input into the overall project integrated programme and sequence of works schedules.
    • Responsibility for design health and safety procedures and documentation including review of designer risk assessments.

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Construction Phase, Testing And Commissioning Phase

  • Conduct in conjunction with design team quality control inspections on project sites during construction phase.
  • Conduct in conjunction with design team quality control inspections quality control inspections on project sites during pre-commissioning and commissioning stages.
  • Continual technical support during the construction process including FATs and SATs
  • Continual technical support during testing, commissioning, integrated system testing (IST) and handover procedures
  • Manage, co-ordinate and lead the design team's input and close out of:
    • Site technical queries and request for information (RFI's),
    • Construction drawing reviews.
  • Technical submittal reviews
  • Commissioning plans and commissioning scripts
  • O&M manuals including design criteria statements.
  • Input into O&M documentation from outset of project through to practical completion, including liaison with office O&M team to ensure documents are issued as per requirements in a timely and presentable manner.
  • Assist Project Engineers with compiling and populating Handover packs and other relevant QA/QC documents including inspections.
  • Assist the project team in their production of documentation and the Health & Safety File.

General

In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the jobholder is required to carry out such other duties as may be required and as may be assigned by the directors from time to time.

What we are looking for

  • Relevant degree level qualification in an Engineering Qualification (Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Building Services).
  • Proven background in design management.
  • Project experience in live critical working environments. (Data centres, pharmaceutical, laboratories, heavy industrial, etc.)
  • Knowledge of the construction and engineering industry's statutory requirements, methods, and processes.
  • CSCS (Construction Skills Certification Scheme) card holder relevant to role.
  • IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) or SMSTS (Site Management Safety Training Scheme) CITB (Construction Industry Training Board) site management safety training scheme course.
  • First aid at work.
  • Full UK Driving licence holder.
  • Willingness to travel or stay away on short term basis dependent on needs of project.
  • Client facing and client management experience.

Key Skills

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Leadership and managerial skills
  • Commercially aware
  • The ability to work well under pressure.
  • Teamworking skills
  • Good IT and analytical skills
  • The ability to cope with shift work and unsocial hours, which are often required where equipment is in 24-hour operation.

About Us

JCA is a multi-faceted engineering services and construction business. Our core expertise is in the development of buildings and facilities with business critical engineering systems.

We deliver a comprehensive range of services to meet the needs of commercial property owners operating in a number of industry sectors. From design and construction to fit-out and maintenance, JCA provides a bespoke solution to every client project.

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JCA offers clients a first-class service at all times, operating with transparency and integrity. We are proud to provide excellence as standard and it's our mission to be recognised as leading our industry in service and innovation through engineering and business excellence.

Our Defining Quality Is Our Ability To Manage Projects By Keeping Our Clients' Needs At The Heart Of Everything We Do. We Take a Collaborative And Integrated Approach To Each Of Our Four Core Business Areas

  • Engineering Projects
  • Service & Maintenance
  • Interior Fit Out
  • Design & Consultancy

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Shabana Randall at shabana.randall@mitie.com.

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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Skills

Design Management
Stakeholder Engagement
Value Engineering
Risk Management
BIM Execution
Project Governance
Quality Assurance
Client Management
Interpersonal Communication
Leadership
Commercial Awareness
Analytical Skills
Technical Compliance
Contract Negotiation
Resource Planning
Budget Management

Location

Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom

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