Design Manager

Position Design Manager Location Cambridge Project £350m New Build Healthcare Project Summary of Role Manage the on-site design process at ‘RIBA Stage 4 & 5 – Technical Design & Construction’, in accordance with our Design Management processes & procedures. Specific Tasks and Responsibilities * Assist the Regional/Senior Design Manager in discharging their tender stage tasks/responsibilities * Review the Project Information including the Employer’s Requirements, Contractor’s Proposals and Design Team appointments to brief the Design Team on their contractual obligations and their corresponding duties * Agree, in conjunction with the site team, the specialist subcontractor procurement strategy * Produce and agree the Project Stage Design Programme and associated Design Deliverables with the primary, secondary and specialist subcontract designers and monitor / report on progress * Produce and agree the Project Stage Specialist sub-contractor Procurement Schedule and Installation/Commission Programme Monitor/report on progress to ensure overall progress against programme is maintained * Establish and agree the project Common Data Environment (CDE), the project file structure, virtual file links, email file links, security rights, work flows and voting rights * Establish the frequency and content for all design coordination workshops and progress meetings * Produce the project specific Design Management Plan (DMP) and BIM Execution Plan (BEP) and monitor compliance * Close out design assumptions, design opportunities (VE), design risks (HSE/CDM) made during the early stages of the design or the tender process * Verify that all new design documentation is compliant, coordinated, affordable and buildable on a weekly basis in accordance with the DMP * Manage the submission and timely approval of all reviewable design data * Assist in the commercial and technical review of specialist subcontract tender returns, establish interfaces and review alternative design * Prepare technical submissions for alternative designs, system, component, product and or material proposals for client approval * Progress the discharge of all outstanding Planning Conditions & the approval of all Building Regulation matters * Manage the post contract change control process in accordance with the DMP * Ensure all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor Design Risk Assessments are produced for review and approval * Chair and record the outcomes of all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor design workshops/meetings * Obtain responses to primary, secondary designers’ TQs from the client’s team and specialist subcontractor TQs from the primary designers * Monitor the production & quality of all design documentation against the agreed Design Quality / KPI’s * Review and approve primary and secondary designers’ Applications for Payment * Obtain Design Reports from primary and secondary designers to accompany the monthly CVRs * Progress the approval of all specified design certificates including, CDM, BREEAM, Secure by Design * Ensure that all changes to primary and secondary design work are incorporated in the As-Built design documentation * Undertake design performance reviews for all primary, secondary & specialist subcontractor designers * Assist the Document Controller in archiving all final issue design documentation, for all As-Built Drawings, O&M Manuals, Health and Safety File and Post Construction Stage BREEAM certificate * Undertake or commission design autopsies on primary / secondary design defects * Produce a project specific Best Practice / Lessons Learnt paper