Design Manager

Our client has a great opportunity for a Design Manager (highways experience essential) to work within their expanding team,you willbe responsible for driving delivery of all Capital design work on the East Sussex contract, liaising closely with the Project Managers, Team Leads and design subcontractors.

As aDesign Manageryou will:

• Drive the delivery of the design programme, working closely with Project Managers, Team Leads and designers
• Ensuring adherence to the Construction Design & Management Regulations 2015
• Review of designs to ensure they are fit for purpose and meet current standards, ensuring that liability is not a risk to the business
• Review of fee proposals submitted by subcontracted design teams are accurate and sufficient for the work required
• Ensure that processes and plans are followed to ensure that all service agreements with the client and key performance indicators are fully achieved.
• Monitor financial expenditure such that financial targets for profit and margin are fully met
• Develop and manage strategic links and relationships with customers and other key stakeholders involved in the projects, in order to fully understand their requirements & resolve issues and problems in a timely manner.

Who we're looking for

You will have the following:

• A person whose attitudes, conduct and demeanour reflects the our clientsvalues and who is able to effectively represent the company
• A strong people manager, who is focused and has experience in getting the best out of people
• The role requires significant previous design management experience, along with highways design and civil engineering experience
• A full driving licence is essential
• PC Literate with knowledge of MS applications e.g. Word, Excel
• Able to communicate and present confidently, clearly and expressively
• Capable of influencing within cross-functional teams.