Design Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne

BAM UK & Ireland is recruiting a Design Manager to join the Northern Construction region, based in Newcastle. Reporting to the Regional Design Manager, you will oversee the design management discipline, digital discipline, and establish and monitor robust strategies for new opportunities during pre-construction.

Making Possible

• Demonstrate design leadership qualities to encourage effective design team and construction team co-ordination and collaborative working to meet the Project goal.
• Demonstrating capability to manage a large complex project or a number of smaller projects with a team.
• Embracing Digital Construction to enable a digital build-before-we build team approach.
• Understanding the project requirements including Client brief & business processes, and Employer Requirements.
• Embrace and promote the use of DFMA and MMC where appropriate.
• Identifying, managing and mitigating design risks as part of the team.
• Identifying opportunities to improve the design by considering how to improve safety, incorporate buildability, improve quality, reduce defects, and provide best value compliant solutions.
• Working with the tender team to develop the Contractor's Proposals document.
• Reporting to the Project Manager and Regional Design Manager, take responsibility for the management of the design through preconstruction and construction stages in line with company procedures; including managing the design development process and the interface with specialist sub-contract design.
• Ensuring design is developed in line with the most commercially advantageous position whilst meeting strategic objectives and contract requirements.
• Preparing and reach agreement to the Design Management Plan and assist in the production of the BIM Execution Plan.
• Lead/ provide input into the TIDP and monitor performance against these.
• In conjunction with the Project team, develop and reach agreement on the design programme and Information deliverables, ensuring this is fully co-ordinated with the project procurement and construction programmes. Pro-actively manage RFI's.
• Review safety risks checking they are identified, eliminated, reduced or controlled in line with CDM requirements. Ensure designers are carrying out their duties, and where required, support the role of Principal Designer in line with current CDM (2015).
• Co-ordinating the whole design process, managing change, and working closely with the client, employer's representatives, design team and legislative bodies.
• Organising and chairing design co-ordination and design progress meetings with the design team and sub-contractors and ensuring that design risk assessments are produced. Prepare minutes, notes and reports as required to ensure effective communication and accurate records are maintained.
• Managing the document control process, supported by a document controller.
• Maintaining a professional approach with clients and their professional teams, sub-contractors and suppliers.

Your team

The role will report into the Regional Design Manager and will oversee a project within the region, alongside Pre Construction of upcoming projects.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• Company Car or Car allowance
• A wide range of family friendly policies
• 8% matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development
• Flexible benefit pot

What do you bring to the role?

• An understanding of both the design and construction processes, and the interface between them
• GCSE’s+ HNC in Building Studies, Degree in Design Management or Architecture.
• Enthusiastic team player, able to listen, understand, engage and motivate, and with confidence to make decisions when required
• A desire to constantly learn, improve and share knowledge and experience
• Desire to drive improvements and benefits through embracing digital construction
• Excellent communication skills, both at the personal level and more formal reporting level

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.

"Join us in Making Possible" For more information or an informal conversation about this opportunity, please contact Victoria Duncan, Recruitment Manager: