Senior Design Coordinator (Cladding Remediation)
Who are we?
Founded in 1992 and with over 250 employees, Galliard Homes is London’s largest privately owned property development and management group overseeing residential, hospitality, mixed-use, and commercial projects across London, the Home Counties, and the Midlands.
Alongside our ongoing development activity, Galliard is committed to ensuring the safety and integrity of the buildings we have delivered. As a signatory to the Government’s Developer Remediation Contract, we have taken responsibility for identifying and remediating life-critical fire safety defects within our portfolio of high-rise residential buildings.
This commitment has led to the creation of a dedicated Building Safety team, focused on delivering complex cladding remediation schemes safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with current legislation. Our approach is centred around protecting residents, meeting our regulatory obligations, and maintaining the highest standards of design, quality, and accountability across all remediation projects.
The Position
A Senior Design Coordinator (Cladding Remediation) forms part of our Building Safety department, offering a comprehensive, end-to-end service for high-rise and mid-rise façade remediation schemes. This role forms a key part of Galliard’s commitment to the safe and timely remediation of its residential portfolio, ensuring all façade works meet the highest standards of compliance, safety and quality. The Senior Design Coordinator will take ownership of design coordination processes, driving clarity, accountability, and programme adherence across multiple stakeholders. Including fire engineers, consultant teams, quantity surveyors, subcontractors and site teams.
Duties Include But Are Not Limited To
- Coordinate and manage project information flow between internal teams and external consultants, supporting the Technical Manager in optimising design processes and implementing best practices across the Building Safety department.
Monitor and report on project risks, delays in information issuance, and any discrepancies in design coordination, ensuring alignment with the programme. Maintain and update drawings and specifications received from design teams, consultants, and subcontractors, ensuring accuracy and accessibility for site teams. Lead and chair regular design coordination meetings with consultants, stakeholders, specialist contractors, and internal teams, ensuring clear agendas, defined actions, and accountability for delivery. Drive decision-making by providing clear direction, resolving design queries, and escalating issues where required to maintain programme and compliance. Provide procurement teams with comprehensive design packages for quantifying, tendering, and purchasing equipment and materials. Manage and update the Building Control and Building Safety Tracker, ensuring all comments and conditions are addressed in a timely manner. Coordinate site inspections in collaboration with site teams and ensure timely resolution of actions raised in reports. Ensure compliance with safety regulations by overseeing designer risk assessments and residual risk evaluations, acting as the Principal Designer where required. Stay up to date with industry regulations, ensuring design and site processes comply with the latest legislation and safety requirements.
The Person
Essential
A Senior Design Coordinator will be an organised, detail-oriented, and proactive professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and takes pride in delivering high-quality results. They will demonstrate a strong background in design coordination and ideally have experience in façade design, remediation, or complex external envelope systems. The Senior Design Coordinator will be able to meet the below criteria:
- Previous experience in the role of Technical Coordinator, Design Coordinator or similar within the construction industry, specifically working on high-rise mixed-use schemes.
The Benefits
As a family-owned business, we want everyone to feel at home from day one. In return for commitment, loyalty, and hard work, we offer benefits ranging from:
- Competitive salary
- 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare
- Critical illness insurance
- Matching contribution pension scheme
- Discretionary salary and bonus review
- Employee assistance programme
- Discounted gym memberships
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discount portal
- Volunteering opportunities
- Sponsorship of professional qualifications and accreditations