Design Manager

About Us

Lendlease are a globally integrated real estate group, we draw on decades of experience and the latest thinking in development, design, placemaking, construction and investments to deliver iconic and enormously successful places.

With UK roots going back over 100 years, Lendlease’s Construction business brings deep knowledge and capability to all that we do. We are a trusted construction partner to many of the most respected private and public sector organisations in the UK.

Whether a new build, a repurposed or reconstructed property, a heritage restoration or a multi-phased development, our clients trust us to drive delivery, deal with complexity, and provide strategic and long-term economic and social value with innovative and sustainable solutions.

The role

We are currently recruiting for a design manager to join our Public Sector and Regions Construction business as part of our DEOP team. DEOP (Defence Estate Optimisation Programme) is £5.1bn government major programme of works to rationalise the Defence Estate across the UK. Lendlease have been awarded five DEOP projects all based in the West Midlands region. The project sites are located in Bicester, Gloucester, Stafford, Leicestershire and Cirencester. All projects are currently in conversion stage. Preconstruction phase, for individual projects, commenced in September 2023. During initial preconstruction phase this role will need to be based in our Birmingham office, with the teams moving to site location as the project preconstruction develops.

The role of the Design Manager is to ensure that an effective and productive liaison is established between the external design team, the construction and commercial team and Statutory Authorities whilst interfacing with the client team. The role will be focussed upon public sector work on the Defence Estate Optimisation Programme. The Design Manager will go on to leading their own project from the programme.

The Design Manager directs the external design team ensuring the best design solutions are achieved whilst maintaining the essence of the design concept throughout the project life cycle by resolving buildability, safety, cost, programme issues through the pre contract, construction and post contract stages of the design process.

What will you do?

• Assist in the selection and procurement of the Design Team if appropriate.
• Comment on the Design Team fees and resources to provide efficient coverage on the project within the programme and cost constraints.
• Develop a mechanism for evaluating the Design Team’s performance.
• Challenge Design Team consultants who are not performing ensuring remedial action is taken.
• Interface with the client on design matters.
• Auditing design and reporting and signing off design information (if required) on the quality/content of the design information at each Design Stage.
• Establish and maintain design information release programme to ensure the timely development of the design, client approvals are achieved and subsequent release of robust design information to the project team.
• Monitor the approval of consultant’s or contractor’s designs.
• Input/Lead into Lendlease Safety in Design process depending on the project stage.
• Liaising and negotiating where necessary with planning officers, consultants, external groups to ensure that projects achieve the project programme.
• Establish methods to ensure compliance with all statutory regulations and any additional specific client requirements.
• Advising the project team of any safety issues in conjunction with the Principal Designer
• Commenting on contractor or consultants proposals including materials choices.
• Attending relevant site meetings and carrying out site inspections.
• Attending relevant meetings at various stages of the project.
• Alongside the BIM Manager ensure the Design Team implement the Lendlease BIM Strategy and the Project BIM Execution Plan
• Lead the Design Team to use the BIM toolkit to improve design co-ordination and promote clash avoidance.
• Become an active part of the Lendlease Design Community of Practice.
• Proactively engage in Value Engineering ideas throughout the life of the project
• Liaise with the Information Manager and review delivery of information, content and be able to comment on Document Management Tool.
• Ensure the Design meets the Employers Requirement and Lendlease record and deliver these at Project Completion

You will bring

• Registered and construction industry professional, eg: Registered Architect or Chartered Engineer
• A minimum of 10 years working experience within the construction industry post qualification
• Ability to lead an external design team
• Ability to become a trusted and valued member of a site-based team

What We Provide

• Car allowance
• Flexible and hybrid work options
• Industry leading pension scheme
• Private medical health benefit and dental plan options
• Enhanced parental leave
• Life assurance
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days
• Wellbeing leave
• Health and wellbeing support and initiatives
• 24/7 confidential Employee assistance programme
• Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gym’s nation wide

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Please note that due to the nature of this role, national security vetting procedures apply and a full UK security check will be carried out for the successful candidate. Further details about national security vetting can be found here: United Kingdom Security Vetting: Applicant - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) or Vetting explained - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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