Senior Design Manager NZC

The Vacancy

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Design Manager Net Zero Carbon to join our Wates Living Space Planned business based in Redditch where the primary focus will be to assist management of the design on a specific planned projects, typically from winning the tender through to completion.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Produce agree and manage, with all relevant parties, a realistic design programme and information required schedule to satisfy design, procurement and construction requirements.
• Manage the design on site with where appropriate the assistance of other site based resource implementing the design management procedures to ensure the timely production of information.
• Where applicable manage/assist in the production of the Contractors proposals, ensuring they are complete, unambiguous, and have been reviewed by the bid team, and have been updated to include all post tender negotiations.
• Ensure that all design deliverables are reviewed to establish they are within budget, are fully coordinated and are buildable.
• Review the design with respect to mitigating Health and Safety issues prior to construction.
• Ensure the project team are working to the agreed Contractors Proposals.
• Where nominated control design change process management.
• Where nominated organise and chair regular design team meetings.
• Provide guidance to the project team on design related issues.

To be successful in the role you will be an effective communicator with a positive, passionate and engaging approach when supporting and educating the business. You will have excellent Senior Design Management experience.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.