Facade Design Manager

Façade Design Manager
London
Salary – Negotiable

Role Overview:

Founded over 20 years, my client has become a leading principal contractor specialising in cladding remediation. They deliver high-quality, compliant, multi-million-pound cladding repatriations & regeneration contracts throughout London and the wider Southeast.

Role Purpose

• Management and audit of the assigned projects in its support of design, in conjunction with the relevant commercial & site teams.
• Manage specifications and drawings, including creation and amendments, where company design is applicable.
• Liaise with Site Managers to assist in quality of delivery of core services.
• Manage, motivate and appraise staff that reports directly to the Design Manager.
• Liaison with H&S and other departments as required to improve business
• processes and maintain quality, throughout the company.
• Liaison with manufacturers, external structural engineers and architects.

Role Responsibilities:

• Collation, management and monitoring of specifications, drawings related calculations and design process from start to finish on the assigned projects, where company design is applicable.
• Liaison with manufacturers and project teams including distribution of relevant documentation.
• Respond to technical queries and make recommendations to resolve problems.
• Respond to ad-hoc problems and raise with Head of Design accordingly.
• Understand commercial implications of risks, issues and recommendations.
• Management and monitoring of design specifications and drawings for other external/sub-contract works (i.e. windows, roofing, M&E), etc.

Key Tasks

Visit sites on a planned and ad-hoc basis.
Attend regular meetings with Site Teams, as required.
Attend Client Design Meetings
Resolve site issues and make recommendations for future changes to Head of Design.
Management of direct reporting staff.

Skills & Qualifications:

Role-specific:

• Technical qualifications.
• Experienced design manager, within environmental construction projects.
• CSCS card.
• DSB checked as required for specific sites (e.g. schools).

General IT:

• Competent user MS Excel, MS Word, Microsoft Outlook email and calendars.
• Competent user Project Probe.
• Expert CAD user

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