Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure
Senior Design Manager
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Job title – Senior Design Manager
Location: HMNB Clyde and Glasgow
Company: Morgan Sindall Infrastructure
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure delivers some of the UK’s most complex and critical infrastructure across six core sectors. From working on projects and long-term frameworks, we believe in connecting people, places and communities through responsible infrastructure. Our people are our business. We leverage their expertise to design and deliver safe, resilient infrastructure through innovative solutions. Morgan Sindall Infrastructure is part of Morgan Sindall Group plc, a leading UK construction and regeneration group with revenue of over £3 billion.
Job Description
We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Senior Design Manager to lead the design aspects of tenders and ongoing projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring effective design management, compliance with company standards, and collaboration with stakeholders to deliver high-quality outcomes. They will play a crucial role in project planning, execution, and innovation, contributing to the successful delivery of construction projects.
Key Responsibilities
- As the Design and Build Contractor’s Senior Design Manager, you will join the project at the Concept stage and be responsible for managing our design partners to deliver design solutions for a complex, multi-discipline scheme in the Defence Nuclear sector.
- Develop and maintain relationships with our design partners and customer stakeholders.
- You will be the main point of contact between our design partners and our construction team, balancing the needs of both and providing direction to ensure that the overall project objectives are prioritized.
- Understand our design liabilities, develop appropriate strategies for managing these and take a lead on developing design subcontracts that effectively step down liabilities to appointed design partners and/or extended design and build supply chain.
- Lead in managing the contractual relationship with our design partners.
- Establish, maintain, and manage an effective project design team and resource profile during bid and delivery stages.
- Oversee and coordinate the design process through RIBA and/or client gated process, ensuring innovation and continuous improvement.
- Ensure full compliance with design management procedures at bid and delivery stages.
- Develop and implement design strategy and approach for projects.
- Ensure appropriate and sustainable design resources, skill sets, and structures are put in place.
- Manage and coordinate design reviews and meetings to align design outputs with project objectives.
- Develop and maintain fully coordinated design programs integrated with the overall project timeline.
- Monitor design progress against the program and provide regular updates to the project team.
- Adopt a proactive approach to managing design progress, through monitoring leading indicators and initiating corrective action where required.
- Ensure design solutions align with commercial and construction requirements while adhering to budget constraints.
- Oversee change control processes and ensure necessary design modifications are approved and implemented.
- Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, standards, and codes of practice.
- Management of a small team of Design Managers.
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Requirements/Qualifications
Essential
- HND, HNC or Degree in Engineering or related discipline
- Experience in developing and implementing design strategies and approaches for infrastructure and/or major construction projects.
- Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to motivate teams.
- Excellent organizational, planning, and time management skills.
- In-depth knowledge of the construction industry, design processes, and compliance requirements.
- Strong negotiation and diplomacy skills with the ability to present compelling business cases to senior stakeholders.
- Ability to work collaboratively across business units and manage multiple projects without compromising standards.
- Candidates must have the right to work in the UK and be a sole UK national.
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Desirable
- Membership of a recognised, relevant professional institute.
- Experience in Nuclear or similar highly regulated sector
What's in it for you?
- Generous, incremental holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days
- Flexible and adaptable working
- Family friendly policies and work/life approach
- Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support
- Contributory pension scheme
- Annual bonus scheme
- Recognition scheme and long service awards
- Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance
We offer a share-save scheme, discounts like cycle-to-work and gym memberships, plus support services for colleagues and their families.
At Morgan Sindall, we are an equal opportunities employer and Investors in People company, committed to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace.
Morgan Sindall employs only those with the legal right to work in the UK. Proof of eligibility is required during the recruitment process.
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please note that any CVs submitted will be deemed as gifted to Morgan Sindall and any agency terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be null and void.
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