Senior Design Manager - Motherwell

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About the role

Job Title: Senior Design Manager

Location: Motherwell / Eurocentral

Project Type: Building Projects

Company: Balfour Beatty Group Employment Limited (UK).

About Us:

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group. We finance, develop, build, and maintain innovative and efficient infrastructure that underpins daily life, supports communities, and enables economic growth. Our unparalleled expertise and resources ensure that we deliver high-quality projects safely, on time, and within budget.

Now is a great time to join us. As a leading international infrastructure group with a healthy pipeline of work, we're growing our teams. Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award-winning team.

Our team shapes projects that connect communities and impact daily life for millions. Join our Regional Scotland team as a Senior Design Manager to support site-based Buildings project teams and early buildings related stages of building projects.

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our well-established construction teams working on our significant future pipeline of large-scale Building Projects in Scotland you will work with true experts who will share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we'll help you take it much, much further.

What you'll be doing

As a Design Manager you will support site-based buildings project teams and early stages of building projects. This includes managing and controlling the design process to ensure the design and procurement of specialist packages meet project requirements and align with cost parameters. Additionally, support Work Winning/Project Delivery teams by providing design input and cost-effective solutions.

As a Design / Senior Design Manager, you will have the following accountabilities:

• Manage the development and implementation of design proposals to meet customer requirements, including budget constraints. Present proposals for customer approval.
• Ensure designs deliver safety in construction and use, quality within affordable parameters, ease of maintenance, energy efficiency, minimal environmental impact, and innovation.
• Manage effective briefing of the Design Team, including third parties or novated design teams, ensuring they meet customer specifications and assessing their competence and resources.
• Provide buildability advice to design and construction teams on all packages.
• Liaise with statutory bodies/authorities as required (planning, building control, services such as gas and water).
• Support the Safety by Design & Engineering forum or similar forums.
• Lead the development and management of the design deliverables programme.
• Ensure a clear schedule of design deliverables.
• Lead gate review activities to ensure timely and appropriate sign-off, including communication to Bid Managers and Design/Work Winning team members.
• Coordinate and produce design data, bid deliverables, reports, and documentation essential to project and contractual requirements.
• Lead the implementation of BIM CSUK protocols, managing and sharing data related to BIM models.
• Liaise with BIM management during bid and construction stages to ensure the supply chain is aware of BIM requirements.
• Apply Lean construction techniques for cost efficiency reduce waste, and optimize construction.
• Capture and share learning and best practices across the business stream and CSUK.
• Contribute proactively to the Risk and Value Management process.
• Uphold Balfour Beatty Values.
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm.
• Support the delivery of CSUK's sustainability activities.

Who we're looking for

The following traits are essential to be successful in this role

• Proven experience in delivering design services within a site-based and work-winning environment, with successful implementation of design strategies.
• Leadership skills in a matrix organization to deliver design services timely, focusing on customer and business sector specifics.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to form effective relationships under time pressure.
• Knowledge of what constitutes 'good' in bid submissions and work-winning, with hands-on experience in delivering timely work-winning bids.
• Understanding and experience of site-based activities and the role of design management in effective project delivery.
• Good working knowledge of BIM and current forms of procurement.
• Relevant professional membership with an appropriate institute and a valid CSCS card.
• Excellent IT skills relevant to the business stream, with essential proficiency in Microsoft Office. Detailed knowledge of applicable codes of practice and regulatory material.
• A continuous pursuit of innovation and development with a customer and business stream focus.
• Numeracy and bid/report writing skills.

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it's sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

*70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

For further information about Balfour Beatty Regional Scotland please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers/Scotland - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

From Dunfermline's tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland's transition towards net zero in the built environment.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com