Head of Design Management

Full Time, Permanent

About the role: We are looking for an experienced Head of Design Management to lead Design Management within the Essex, Morgan Sindall Construction office. Reporting to the Area Director, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Design Management function including line management of Design Managers, resourcing and recruitment, project input within pre-construction and construction phases, design programme development and reporting, compliance with MS processes and standards. This position is office based with the requirement for regular site visits.

Through the administering of the Morgan Sindall Design Management processes, you will be managing and co-ordinating safely the overall design process through the RIBA design stages, inputting to bid/work winning, PCSA/Second Stage, SHEQ, operations and commercial reviews. Sustainability and Digital knowledge/capabilities are essential for how we work as this is built into our business-as-usual approach to design management. You will ensure completion and compliance of design management departmental procedures, be involved with design strategy and approach and ensure adherence to the design brief/scope of service and develop a comprehensive scope of service for the key stages of the project.

The successful candidate will oversee design managers and their management/co-ordination of activities for the design team, supply chain and statutory bodies (e.g. Local Authority planners & Building Control/HSE) in line with programme critical dates, and ensure that the design process recognises compliance issues, current legislation, standards and codes of practice.

What are we looking for? You may be an existing Principal Design Manager or Senior Design Manager who has previous experience of line management and looking for the next step in your career. This opportunity will include the management of a larger group of team members, and inputting to the evolution of design management within Morgan Sindall through the national Design Manager HoDM working group. A clear communicator, who works collaboratively and promotes collaborative working to maximise the output of the team. You will have previous large or medium scale project experience across the RIBA plan of work stages, strong two-stage (PCSA) design and build procurement experience and on-site design management. Previous Tier one main contractor construction knowledge with qualifications to a BA/BSc level and/or membership of relevant professional institute is preferred.

Ideally you will have:

• Significant experience in the main contracting market with experience of working on Education, Healthcare and/or Higher Education sectors upon schemes between £10 and £50 million.
• Network of existing consultant contacts and relationships.
• Ability to lead a professional team of consultants is important along with strong sustainability knowledge including BREEAM previous project experience across the Bid/Delivery stage.
• Extensive experience in Pre-construction (PSCA), BIM, embodied carbon calculation, Energy-in-use, is advantageous.
• Experience presenting to variety of stakeholders/customers in both the work winning environment and also regular reporting process.

To thrive in our business, you should share our passion for the project at hand and enjoy working in an inclusive and hardworking team environment. At Morgan Sindall Construction our employees work collectively, encouraging and challenging each other to succeed. Across our business we treat everyone equally and have developed a community where voices are heard, and respected.

Benefits: We strive to support our colleagues to achieve a healthy work-life balance. We understand that many of our people have family and personal responsibilities and so we are committed to providing that support with benefits including the following on-top of your salary:

• Pension Scheme matched up to 6%;
• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays and rising to 30 days after 8 years service;
• Holiday plus scheme;
• Private Healthcare Cover;
• Life Assurance up to 4 times your basic salary;
• Recognition for professional qualification/membership achieved up to £1000;
• Mental Wellbeing and Employee Supports;
• Company car/car allowance;
• Sharesave Plan;
• Incentive Scheme;
• People Portal for high street discounts;
• Long Service Awards;
• Enhanced Family leave.

About Us: Morgan Sindall provides national construction and infrastructure services to private and public sector customers across a comprehensive range of markets. We aim to create great results for our customers, partners and ourselves. Our Leadership are focused on building a sustainable and profitable business unit based on selective, relationship-based business driven by outstanding people who are motivated by delivering an exceptional customer experience. Relationships with our customers and supply chain partners drives our business strategy. We have a balanced approach to securing new work, engaging with customers and frameworks that offer the opportunity for long-term relationships and repeat business.

Please refer to the full Job Description upon completing your application. At Morgan Sindall Construction we encourage diversity of people and thought, and we embrace people's differences. Everyone is unique and we value the different ideas, experiences, and perspectives that each individual brings to their work, their team, and the wider business. We are committed to ensuring we create the absolute best place to work in the industry, and an environment where every person feels included and is treated equally, fairly and with respect. We actively promote an inclusive culture where you can be yourself at work. It's this approach we believe brings out the best in everyone and creates a fun, dynamic, innovative, and rewarding environment.