Design Manager - Facades

Job Title: Design Manager

Location: Warrington

Salary: Up to £60,000 + Package

The Client

Our client is a leading commercial glazing, curtain walling, cladding and façade specialist and they are looking to add a Design Manager to their team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful company that encourages innovative thinking, works as a team in line with its vision and values and is committed to progressing talented individuals from trainee roles through to senior management.

The Role of Design Manager

• To carry out all aspects of Design from Drawing to Construction
• Lead on design projects whilst coaching and mentoring trainees and juniors
• Working with the wider team to interpret drawings and designs for Curtain walling, fenestration, facades and cladding
• Program works in line with installation program
• Lead in design and assist in management of projects, establish client brief, technical requirements, scope of works, cost plans and agree deliverables, i.e. reports, specifications and drawings scope for all projects with your Line Manager.
• Produce design program for projects in line with company delivery programs
• Carry out engineering concept design to detailed design, from tender and contract through on-site supervision, to completion.
• Ensure all drawings and associated specification, e.g specified products meet all aspects of regulation such as fire safety
• Using AutoCAD and other system to ensure the accurate and timely provision of drawings as per the client brief
• Collaborate with internal & external design teams to produce co-ordinated designs that are technically compliant, to a consistent quality and standard.
• Provide positive contribution to design/project meetings. Maintain regular 'in house' design reviews and checks.
• Assist implementing and managing QA systems and procedures on all projects where appropriate.
• Effective management of own time, work and programme for allocated tasks, ensuring that information used is current and suitably recorded.

Desired Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role with similar products is essential - curtain walling, cladding, windows, doors
• Extensive experience and ability of AutoCAD
• Experience of MS Offices applications, Word, Excel & Outlook
• Experience of Revit/Sketchup/Rhino desirable
• Experience of planning and delivering design programs
• Experience of producing fabrication/detailed drawings
• Ability to interpret structural and architectural drawings and information
• Ability to work with 2D & 3D drawings
• Good working knowledge of
  • the building safety act and the golden thread
  • Passive Fire Protection - curtain walling/Cladding/Cavity Barrier

What's on Offer

• Salary up to £60,000
• Healthcare Cash Plan

• 25 days holiday
• Pension
• Death in Service

Keywords: Design Manager, Curtain Walling, Facades, Glazing, Cladding, Commercial Construction, Rainscreen