DESIGN COORDINATOR in South East (London/Exeter), United Kingdom
DESIGN COORDINATOR - Permanent Opportunity
Division: Civil Engineering
Location: South East (London/Exeter)
Salary: £35,000 - £38,000
Benefits: Motor & Travel Allowance; Subsidised Private Medical Cover; Life Assurance Scheme; Living away from home allowance (where appropriate), Contributory Pension, 33 Days annual leave (Including Public Holidays)
Are you a Design Co-Ordinator with experience in Civil Engineering looking for a fantastic opportunity to make a difference?
In this role you will be working alongside the Design Managers, coordinating and resolving any design, technical or potential issues. You will lead and manage multiple projects at a time, overseeing and contributing to the design process to ensure every aspect of the project runs smoothly with no clashes.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Design Co-Ordinator to take a role in a supportive, successful Tier One Contractor with varying projects, training and career development opportunities alongside a generous salary.
A full driving licence is essential.
About You
The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in a similar position with a main contractor.
Typical duties will include:
- Managing permanent and temporary works designs for live projects and tenders.
- Managing the design process, with a focus on buildability and efficiency, to ensure the optimum solution is arrived at.
- Development of Design Deliverables schedule in co-ordination with the designers
- Liaising with tender and project teams to ensure design is developed in line with expectations.
- Ensuring a design programme is prepared and agreed with each designer.
- Incorporating the design programme into the main programme.
- Meeting with designers on a regular basis to ensure the design is developing as planned.
- Monitoring progress of the design and works and updating the programme as necessary.
- Ensuring the design is managed in accordance with the relevant quality procedures.
- Ensuring Principal Designer duties are fulfilled for pre-construction operations under the CDM Regulations.
- Providing design input as required for tender submissions.
- Liaising with clients, designers, subcontractors, suppliers and third parties as appropriate.
- Providing technical input and advice as required for live projects and tenders.
- Providing input into programmes where required, including tender, design, construction and Variation / Compensation Event programmes.
- Coordinating the design of temporary works and where appropriate design elements of temporary works.
- Undertaking a review of design drawings (for both D&B and Construction) and raising technical queries accordingly.
- Providing construction methodology input and incorporating in the programme where required.
- Managing the flow of information from the design team and advising the project team of any impact on progress and programme.
- Providing necessary information to the Procurement Department to enable the procurement of materials and subcontractors.
- Preparing handover documents.
- Introducing improvements and innovations where appropriate.