
Senior Design Manager
- Hertfordshire
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Construction Experience - 5 years (degree), 10 years (HND/HNC).
- Strong project management skills and confident when dealing with figures, design issues and programmes.
- Computer literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, including Microsoft Project.
- Previous Experience working on a large scale infrastructure project
- Manage the interface with external or in-house design teams on behalf of the Project Manager
- Represent the design department, when necessary, at internal and external meetings and, in the absence of the Design Engineer, to be the focal point of contact within the department
- Liaise with other departments and project teams within the Company with respect to design requirements.
- Undertake site visits when appropriate.
- Allocate design tasks to individuals within informal internal teams whilst maintaining responsibility for the team's overall performance.
- Undertake the responsibilities of project design engineer if appointed.
- Ensure that the work in the department is carried out in accordance with Company procedures and that a high level of professionalism is maintained.
- Ensure that chargeable work is identified and evaluated including the preparation of adequate records of time spent.
- Ensure feedback on design work is collated and saved in accordance with procedures.
- Carry out staff appraisals when required and identify appropriate development activities.
- Coach individual staff members.
- Prepare conceptual designs from with a view to the preparation of safe, practical and economic designs in accordance with current legislation.
- Prepare detailed designs in accordance with current standards and codes including calculations, design risk assessments and sufficiently detailed sketches for the preparation of working drawings.
- Checking the design work of other staff members and external designers
- Summarise quantities relating to design tasks for pricing purposes.
- Maintain responsibility for the storage, filing and archiving of documents relevant to the design tasks undertaken by yourself or your team.