Design Manager

Job Title: Design Manager

Location: Bristol

Thorn Baker’s Award-Winning Civils Specialist client is looking for a Design Manager to join the team operating out of the Bristol Office 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.

What’s in it for you:

• £55-60k + car allowance
• Generous pension contribution
• Learning and Development opportunities

Required Skills:

• 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

Your Responsibilities:

• 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 Taylor Woodrow 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 the support of the business and Design Consultant’s BIM specialists participate in the development of project BIM strategy and oversee the implementation of BIM Execution Plan

Key skills: design manager, construction, civils, CSCS, ISO 9001, earthworks

For more information on the role please contact Rhian at Thorn Baker on 07969 972 412 or email:

rhian@thornbaker.co.uk