United Living Group
Design Manager

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Job Description
To assist the Design Manager in coordinating the consultant team in the development of the detailed design, ensuring the design is fully coordinated and complies with United Infrastructures requirements and current regulations, to achieve the necessary approvals and enable a start on site in line with agreed programmes.
- Coordinate technical and design processes, design teams, and subcontractors throughout detail design, procurement, and construction, monitoring progress to ensure delivery on time and in budget
- Technical design coordination of schemes, in accordance with the agreed program, ensuring company targets are met and that the maximum revenue is generated by the quality, cost effectiveness, and buildability of the design.
- Assisting Design Manager with reviewing consultants' detail design drawings and subcontractor designs
- Coordinating consultants and their deliverables driving a high standard
- Ensuring that designs comply with Company’s standards
- Promoting design that respects budgetary constraints
- Providing support to Design Manager on job running
- Ensuring fully complete, correct, and coordinated packages issued to Commercial and Construction teams
- Maintaining and delivering in accordance with Company values
- Managing subcontractor and supplier design approvals ensuring timely turnaround
- Monitoring subcontractor design approvals and keeping up-to-date approvals schedule in line with build program
- Managing the flow of information to Commercial, Operations, and Client
- Updating and coordinating monthly design schedules
- Reviewing and coordinating design and technical-related issues with the Commercial and Operations teams
- Managing the change control process for variations in relation to drawing revisions, construction programs, and costs
- Monitoring and obtaining all critical certificates to ensure documentation is in place for completion and handovers
- Collating all required information and liaising with Planning Authorities and Building Control to make submissions and obtaining all necessary approvals as required
- Ensuring all documents are correctly available for the Document Controller
- Managing the processing of information through workflows on the document management system
- Ensuring current drawings are filed in order and design information exchange is as per the company protocol
- Undertaking site visits as required
- Attending site meetings and monthly/weekly project meetings
- Principle design and technical contact during construction works
- Monitoring work executed on site to ensure that it is as benchmarked and as designed/specified
- Managing, investigating, and responding promptly with full close-out to RFIs from site team and subcontractors
- Reviewing and advising on corrective measures for identified design issues
- Compiling H&S files and O&M manuals
- 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.
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Essential
- Thorough with a proactive management style
- Ability to prioritize as appropriate, 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 being decisive, flexible, good time management, organized, effective, works well under pressure, and to strict deadlines
- Ability to review drawings and identify buildability and technical issues
- Project and process management
- Problem solving and decision making
- Design delivery and assessing risks
- Effective communication with all levels of management and project teams, both internal and external to the Company
- Proven track record of design coordination
- Minimum relevant Level 4 qualification (HNC/NVQ4, etc.)
- Up-to-date relevant construction industry knowledge, including legislation and procedures
- Valid driving license
- Knowledge of methodology and sequencing process in delivering a construction project including design and pre-construction activities
- Relevant Design and Build experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills


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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 and section agreements and utility application process
- Tenacious and driven
- Strong practical knowledge of construction work types, methods, and design solutions
- Experience with CAD (AutoCAD or Revit)
- Knowledge & understanding of BIM
- Member of relevant professional body (e.g., CIOB, CIAT, or RICS)
- Experience of Building Safety Act relevant works
- Experience of retrofit works
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- Competitive salary with great benefits that recognize your expertise 💼
- A dynamic role with clear career progression in a company that's growing fast
- Playing a key role in revitalizing communities and contributing to sustainable infrastructure
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