<p>Job Title: Design Manager</p> <p>Reporting to:</p> <p>Role Purpose</p> <p>The Design Manager is a key member of the Design Management team.</p> <p>You will assist the Head of Design Management and the relevant design Business Unit General Manager, to ensure design compliance, quality, and successful delivery of a portfolio of design projects.</p> <ul> <li> <p>Promote Omexom within the industry to assist with developing the business and employees and attract likeminded people that share our values to join our expanding team.</p> </li><li> <p>The DM possesses a high level of skill and understanding of the design delivery process and is able to perform all parts of the task satisfactorily and make judgements and decisions correctly in a variety of situations.</p> </li><li> <p>Set the highest standard for stakeholder management across the project team and ensure that the Design teams uphold it.</p> </li><li> <p>Be commercially and financially aware to ensure that all scope change is managed efficiently across the project.</p> </li><li> <p>Encourage engineering innovation and value engineering during the design and construction process to reduce site-based construction activity with a particular emphasis on sustainability.</p> </li><li> <p>Support the technical design team in preparation and review of the Processes and Procedures used to manage the design and ensure that these are followed during scheme development.</p> </li><li> <p>Assess the impact of any one project design requirement on other concurrent projects and support allocation of resources as necessary.</p> </li><li> <p>Understand NEC and other relevant contract types.</p> </li><li> <p>Manage the design programme, design scope deliverables and report progress and delays accurately.</p> </li><li> <p>Act as custodian of change, through a change register, managing site changes, EWNs, nCEs and PMIs in line with contract requirements.</p> </li><li> <p>Work with commercial managers, quantity surveyors, project managers and internal designers to manage design and communication between delivery teams and Omexom Design Business Units.</p> </li><li> <p>Manage Technical Queries (TQs) and Requests for Information (RFIs), maintaining a register.</p> </li><li> <p>Liaise with the Principal Designer to ensure communication around permanent and temporary works.</p> </li><li> <p>Promote a proactive team culture, sharing lessons learned and best practice.</p> </li></ul> <p>Responsibilities & Duties</p> <p>Including but not limited to:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Lead and manage the overall design programme, design scope deliverables, and report progress and delays accurately.</p> </li><li> <p>Produce design programme in collaboration with the design teams and OEMs.</p> </li><li> <p>Overall coordination of tenders, estimates, and technical responses.</p> </li><li> <p>Ensure delivery of scope on time, on budget, and in compliance with quality and safety-by-design principles (CDM 2015).</p> </li><li> <p>Drive 'smarter working' practice within the design team.</p> </li><li> <p>Promote safety, health, and environmental awareness.</p> </li><li> <p>Create a culture of innovation and collaboration.</p> </li><li> <p>Manage scope and technical change across projects.</p> </li><li> <p>Monthly project reporting.</p> </li><li> <p>Seek opportunities to deliver safer, faster, better and more profitably.</p> </li><li> <p>Ensure production and maintenance of key project documents.</p> </li><li> <p>Ensure compliance with Omexom governance and client requirements.</p> </li><li> <p>Review method statements / risk assessments for design compliance.</p> </li><li> <p>Ensure design team works to Client specifications and supplier requirements on Energy Transmission projects.</p> </li></ul> <p>Key Interfaces</p> <p>Key relationships:</p> <ul> <li> <p>BUGM</p> </li><li> <p>Design Delivery Managers / Heads of Design</p> </li><li> <p>Project Directors / Project Managers</p> </li><li> <p>Designers & Technicians</p> </li><li> <p>Site Manager</p> </li><li> <p>Estimating & Planning Engineers</p> </li><li> <p>Key consultants, subcontractors, suppliers</p> </li><li> <p>Client representatives</p> </li></ul> <p>Person Specification</p> <p>Qualifications & Experience</p> <p>Essential:</p> <ul> <li> <p>8+ years' experience in a related role plus relevant degree (Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management, or similar)</p> </li><li> <p>Proven design project delivery capability</p> </li><li> <p>High attention to detail</p> </li><li> <p>Strong focus on developing people and building a team</p> </li><li> <p>Design delivery and management experience</p> </li><li> <p>Experience supporting teams to deliver safely, on time, on budget, to high quality</p> </li><li> <p>Stakeholder management experience</p> </li><li> <p>Strong technical grounding and engineering delivery experience</p> </li><li> <p>Leadership experience delivering varied project complexity</p> </li><li> <p>Experience managing multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams</p> </li><li> <p>Degree qualified in a relevant discipline</p> </li></ul> <p>Desired:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Experience with energy transmission/distribution specifications</p> </li><li> <p>Experience in UK Energy sector or highly regulated industries</p> </li><li> <p>Membership of a relevant professional institution</p> </li></ul> <p>Competencies</p> <ul> <li> <p>Knowledge of SSEN and National Grid design management and approvals</p> </li><li> <p>Strong management and organisation skills</p> </li><li> <p>Experience with information management (ISO19650 / BIM)</p> </li><li> <p>Knowledge of CDM 2015 & Principal Designer requirements</p> </li><li> <p>Knowledge of National Grid LCDAE & CDAE roles</p> </li><li> <p>Experience assuring NG designs & type approval processes</p> </li><li> <p>Ability to meet commercial targets and work to deadlines under pressure</p> </li><li> <p>High proficiency in Microsoft Office</p> </li><li> <p>Customer-focused decision making</p> </li><li> <p>Commitment to highest safety and quality standards</p> </li></ul> <p>Values</p> <p>Aligned with Omexom values:</p> <p>Team Spirit & Generosity - contribute to team success and performance</p> <p>Trust & Empowerment - manage responsibilities and time effectively</p> <p>Integrity & Responsibility - deliver high-quality results and accountability</p> <p>Innovation & Entrepreneurship - continually improve and introduce new ideas</p>