Design Manager

As Design Manager you will work in a close knit team based in our Leeds office. Working across a wide variety of projects within DFE, Healthcare, Higher Education, Heritage and Commercial space the design manager will take a key role in ensuring design programmes and quality standards are met through the effective management of external partners, internal stakeholders and client representatives.

What will your day to day will include?

• Taking responsibility for the management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule.


• Ensuring that our appointed design consultants carry out their duties in line with their appointment, interrogating returns to ensure compliance with standards and brief.


• Design input at both preconstruction and construction stage of projects.


• The production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules.


• Record progress and carry out upline reporting, Attending/chair necessary meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that the design is compliant to relevant legislation and technical requirements
  
  You have experience in a design role within a main contractor environment


• You can show prior experience working on high value public sector projects


• You have experience of BIM level 2 projects, including COBie data, LoDM.


• Possess a full UK Driving License
  
  Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here .