Successful delivery of the project to agreed targets
Identifying and agreeing project objectives with the Design Director
Identifying, escalating and managing any potential contractual/commercial risks
Leading the project team: building, motivating, maintaining, coaching, guiding, and developing the team
Ensure safety is prioritised throughout delivery
Facilitating communication, coordination and information flow with the Client and within the project team
Assembling and owning the project delivery programme and delivery plans
Closing out the project on completion, updating market information and ensuring that lessons learnt are captured and disseminated internally

Chartered Engineer/Architect or equivalent with experience managing design commissions on large infrastructure projects
Experience across a range of construction projects
Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills both verbal and written
Ability to manage and motivate a team and demonstrate good leadership qualities
Understands and has experience in deploying various forms of construction contract, particularly NEC3/NEC4
Experienced at preparing Scope Definition papers, Project Execution Plans, Risk Registers, Change Control Logs and Client & Stakeholder Management plans
Experience of managing design projects to time, cost and quality objectives and familiar with programming and earned value techniques
Familiar with BIM and has an understanding of 3D modelling tools for design and coordination purposes and the associated Information attributes that can be assigned and managed within the Model
Customer focused with excellent client relationship management skills.

Design Manager

Key skills