Overview

We are working with a Tier 1 contractor based near Southampton to recruit a Design Manager to join the team.

The company are a national brand with an excellent reputation in their chosen marketplace and have excellent long term relationships with clients, subcontractors and the wider supply chain and have a forward thinking approach to staff engagement and there are opportunities to grow and develop your career with them.

The regional office is based near Southampton but the geographical area covers the Dorset, Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey areas and they target work in the education, public sector, leisure and commercial marketplaces with a mix of negotiated and framework opportunities. Turnover for 2025 and 2026 has been secured and 2027/28 is almost there so they are now in a position to be highly selective about what type of work they look ar but are tagettoings everal higfh profile local developments ranging from £25 to £90 million on JCT and NEC forms of contract.

Responsibilities

• Involvement at tender and bid stage, working with estimating and commercial teams to carry out a detailed and forensic investigation into the scheme and work on the key packages to explore and identify both opportunities and potential issues with critical pathways, carry out ve exercises where needed and use your skills and expertise to create detailed input for the tender and bid packages.
• Responsible for the information flow between client, consultants, subcontractors and your own internal teams and take the lead on the framework schemes.
• You will be responsible for taking the scheme from tender, bid including full detailed 2nd stage works, contract award and finally onto site for the construction phase. You will be responsible for management and implementation of the design on site with the project manager and site delivery teams and subcontractors and take responsibility for managing RFIs, change process, CDM regulations etc. through to handover, commissioning.
• Manage RFIs, change processes, CDM regulations, etc. through to handover, commissioning.

Qualifications

• Ideally have worked for a Tier 1 or larger regional contractor on schemes above £10 million and have experience of both D&B projects and framework negotiations.
• Be able to demonstrate excellent work practices, attention to detail, organisational skills as well as the ability to identify opportunities and potential issues.
• Experience of design management on schemes in education/public/leisure/commercial sectors is preferred.
• Strong communication with clients, consultants and internal teams and ability to lead on design matters.

Benefits and opportunities

They offer a competitive salary and package, hybrid working options, full training and bespoke development packages and opportunities for advancement are available - they regularly recognise, reward and promote the best internal talent.

Equality and notices

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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