Design Manager (Temporary Works)
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£44,300
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2455 (85% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £44,300, and SYSTRA LIMITED is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
This could also be SOC 1122 (Production managers and directors in construction, Manages design delivery in civil engineering construction) or SOC 2127 (Engineering project managers and project engineers, Oversees engineering project design and delivery). We read the code off the advert, so it is our best guess, not the employer's.
About the role
Around the world, SYSTRA’s specialists plan, design, integrate, test, commission, project manage and deliver mass transit and mobility solutions that are relied on by more than 50 million people every day.
For more than 60 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructure with sustainability, accessibility and innovation at the heart of our designs. With over 10,300 colleagues globally and around 1000 in the UK & Ireland we are growing significantly and seeking out the very best talent to join the SYSTRA signature team and be part of leading the way in infrastructure design.
Context
We currently have an opportunity for an experienced Design Manager to join our growing engineering team. This position within our civil engineering team will suit a committed and ambitious engineer who can demonstrate strong leadership and interpersonal skills combined with commercial awareness and the ability to play their part in growing a dynamic high-performance team.
The Design Manager will be accountable for the design delivery of allocated civil engineering work packages, ensuring:
- Establishment and implementation of the Project Plan for allocated work packages
- Establishment and maintenance of forecasts, cost and revenue budgets
- Management and documentation of all fee, programme and scope changes
- Delivery of all the specified project outcomes on time, within budget and to the client’s specifications
- Co-ordination between design and construction teams to ensure timely flow of design information
- Good relationships are maintained with all external parties to enhance the reputation of the company
- Project requirements are fully met
Missions/Main Duties
Working in collaboration with our designers and contract partners, the Design Manager will be involved in a variety of tasks such as:
- Implement systems and procedures to maintain a cost effective, high quality, safe and environmentally responsible approach to design, construction, commissioning and other activities on relevant projects, compliant with all relevant legislation.
- Monitor the progress of design development against programme and budgets
- Develop and maintain resource allocation plans against allocated projects
- Liaise with other Design Managers to balance resources across the portfolio
- Apply project controls and procedures to allocated projects
- Apply relevant techniques and procedures of quantified and qualitative risk assessment and HAZOP analysis to all projects and check whether the environmental aspects of all projects are managed in accordance with Environmental Policy.
- Liaise with construction and procurement teams to ensure design timescales satisfy overall delivery objectives.
- Support the Bid Manager with all aspects of Tender Preparation.
- Support the construction teams at all stages of the construction process
- Development and review of ‘design management’ documentation and ensuring its correct use and application
- Preparation of monthly progress reports and chairing design progress meetings
- Support Stakeholder Management teams
- Implement effective, value for money and innovative design delivery solutions to meet project requirements
- Progress projects through preliminary and detailed design with emphasis on client requirements, value for money and innovation
- Liaise with clients and ensure their requirements are effectively communicated to the team
- Liaise with and co-ordinate UK and overseas multi-disciplinary design teams
- Ensure compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation, particularly the CDM Regulations
- Supervise team members including all APM’s, Graduates and Apprentices.
- Assist with contract preparation together with project planning and programming
Profile/Skills
Degree qualified within a relevant discipline
Experience of managing the coordination of multidisciplinary teams on major infrastructure projects
Experience managing design delivery programme and to budget
Broad Design Engineering experience gained on infrastructure projects
Good understanding of CDM regulations
- Experience in delivering TW design packages
NEC3 contract experience
Excellent communications skills
Working experience with ProjectWise and Bentley Systems
Professional Institution membership
Workplace Type
Hybrid
Working in collaboration with our designers and contract partners, the Design Manager will be involved in a variety of tasks such as:
- Implement systems and procedures to maintain a cost effective, high quality, safe and environmentally responsible approach to design, construction, commissioning and other activities on relevant projects, compliant with all relevant legislation.
- Monitor the progress of design development against programme and budgets
Degree qualified within a relevant discipline
Experience of managing the coordination of multidisciplinary teams on major infrastructure projects
Experience managing design delivery programme and to budget
Broad Design Engineering experience gained on infrastructure projects
Good understanding of CDM regulations
- Experience in delivering TW design packages
NEC3 contract experience
Excellent communications skills
Working experience with ProjectWise and Bentley Systems
Professional Institution membership
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Where this offer sits in the market
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What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2455 going rate of £44,300. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.