Job Purpose
The MEICA Design Manager will be responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of the MEICA design packages on the Havant Thicket Reservoir Project. Responsible for managing and updating the MEICA aspects of the project programme with the assistance of our project programmer. The MEICA Design Manager will have both technical competencies and practical experience delivering complex, multi-disciplinary MEICA projects as Design Manager.
Responsibilities
- Understand the clients requirements and review the suitability of the proposed solution given the constraints of the site.
- Review design submissions before issuing to the client.
- Coordinate and submit suitable responses to client comments in a timely manner.
- Instrumental throughout the planning, design, procurement, construction and commissioning of projects.
- Conduct site asset surveys at scoping stage and commissioning / handover stage.
- Lead in reviewing mechanical design, specification, equipment orders and schedules.
- Liaise with operations and maintenance staff during initial scope and upgrade works.
- Liaise with and lead stakeholders engagement throughout design and commissioning stages.
- Attending design and progress meetings, tender handover and pre start meetings.
- Effective commercial engagement to manage risk and performance.
- Review and approval of design consultant applications for payment.
- Liaise with stakeholders to ensure timely management of both temporary and permanent design to meet the requirements of each project.
- Ensuring compliance with current industry standards.
- Manage the delivery of design projects within a BIM environment.
Working in accordance with the projects seven strategic drivers:
- 1. Quality: Quality in procurement, design, and delivery to deliver an exemplar project to serve Customers in the short, medium, and long term.
- 2. Timeliness: In service and operating by 2029 to support a major bulk transfer to Southern Water.
- 3. Innovation: Develop best practice in the largest new reservoir project in the South East for decades. Capture learning from companies working in partnership to deliver better value for Customers.
- 4. Flexibility: Create a project that offers multiple uses and enables Portsmouth Water to be a strategic water supplier for the South over the medium and long term.
- 5. Responsibility: Realise and build upon our health, safety, and well-being goals.
- 6. Connectivity: Positive connection for all stakeholders β Customers, the local community, regulators, staff, contractors, shareholders, commercial partners, environmental groups, and individuals with a passion for the environment.
- 7. Environment: A positive contribution to local and internationally important habitats. Direct support for Government's objective to reduce the damaging abstraction of water from rivers
Required qualifications, skills, experience
Skills& Knowledge
- Compliance with specifications, standards & design
- Mechanical specifications, general, outline and detailed system design drawings
- Awareness of Health and Safety, DSEAR and HAZOP requirements
- Commercial awareness (NEC3,4 & JCT)
- Structural, Mechanical and Geotechnical Engineering
- Significant knowledge of construction techniques on particular projects
- Knowledge of compliance with health, safety & environmental legislation
- Understanding of the certified management systems ISO 9001 -2015, ISO 14001- 2015 & ISO 45001 - 2018
Experience
- Design Management - project/site programme & progress
- Over 3 years post graduate experience within the wastewater industry
- Managing others
Technologyskills
- IT Microsoft Office skills - Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Proficient MS Office, MS Project or Primavera
Training
- CSCS card (desirable)
- Full driving licence
- Health & Safety qualifications, such as IOSH, NEBOSH
- CDM regulations
Qualifications
- Educated to Degree/HND level or equivalent in an industry related discipline