Design Manager

Design Manager – Tier 1 Contractor – Civils & Rail – Bristol or Swindon My client is a Tier 1 Contractor. They are presently working on a major Civils & Rail Framework covering the Southwest of England. The Lot stretches from London Paddington to Penzance and involves the ongoing maintenance & renewals programme of civil engineering assets such as embankments, cuttings, scour protection, and earthworks drainage. As part of the year 2 plan, they are currently looking to recruit a Design Manager to join the team operating out of the Bristol/Swindon Offices and be responsible the permanent works design subcontract packages to achieve delivery of cost-effective and compliant Contractor's design within agreed timescales and fee budgets Duties Facilitate review of design deliverables to ensure required compliance is achieved. Provide support to Contractors Engineering Manager, CEM, during design process Complete period dashboard, good understanding and use of excel, formulae , graphs etc and ideally power-bi or willingness to learn. Ensure all project trackers are completed, up to date and deliverables tracked as needed. Design coordinator is expected to support Design Manager Oversee fulfilment of Principal Designer, Common Safety Method, and Engineering Safety Management functions to the extent that the company has relevant duties to discharge on the particular project Lead administration of design sub-contract; Lead administration of main contract with regard to Contractor's design (raise Early Warnings, Compensation Event notifications etc.) Monitor cost and schedule performance of sub-contracted designers using EPPR proforma from Design Manager's Toolkit (or project-specific EVM based pro-forma). Review subcontracted designers' applications for payment and authorize as appropriate With support of company and Design Consultant's BIM specialists participate in development of project BIM strategy oversee implementation of BIM Execution Plan Person Specification HND/Degree in an engineering discipline CSCS Understand the requirements of ISO 9001 with respect to design Understanding of NR/L2/INI/02009, NR/L2/CIV/003, NR/L2/CIV/003, NR/L2/P3M/201 and ability to manage works to these requirements Preferred Civil engineering background, experience of Earthworks and heavy civils Preferred experience of framework environment, and experience of multiple projects over multiple geographic locations