Henry Boot Construction is part of Henry Boot, one of the UK’s leading land, property development, home building and construction businesses. Together, we are where great places start.Henry Boot Construction is an award-winning contractor that’s committed to the highest possible standards. Known for building with integrity, authenticity and passion, we offer a full range of pre-construction and construction services in the industrial and logistics, residential and urban development sectors.We have extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, including major projects such as the residential restoration of The Cocoa Works in York, the University of Sheffield AMRC’s aviation research and development facility and key schemes within Sheffield’s Heart of the City development.We are seeking a talented Design Manager/Senior Design Manager to coordinate design activities for tendering and executing design-build projects. This role involves instigating and maintaining client contact, assessing technical competence, and managing the design process from pre-construction through to on-site execution. You will ensure compliance with specifications, programme, and budget, while driving innovation and best practices in design.Key Responsibilities:Client Engagement: Procure Design & Build opportunities, identify future profitable work, and apply to tender.Design Coordination: Manage and coordinate design team members, ensuring high-quality design and performance of external consultants.Technical Competence: Appraise sub-contractor tender submissions, arrange site visits, and assist in preparing cost budgets and fees.On-Site Management: Produce regular design progress reports, investigate latent defects, and manage the design process using contractual, programme, and technical expertise.Problem-Solving: Review designs to identify risks, work with consultants and contractors to resolve project issues, and provide input into programme and commercial risks.Accountability: Take responsibility for design coordination at both pre-construction and on-site stages, ensuring compliance with current legislation, standards, and codes of practice.
Qualifications and Experience:Essential: Relevant qualification/degree, industry-specific training (health and safety), experience in the design process, and experience in major projects (£30m+) or multiple medium-sized projects (£10m+).Desirable: Membership of a relevant professional institution, proven track record of driving the design process, and experience in taking a leading role in internal tender or project teams.Skills and Abilities:Essential: Excellent communication skills, ability to inspire design consultants, approachable manner, good forward-planning skills, and strong organisational and timekeeping skills.Desirable: Comprehensive understanding of production planning and commercial issues, ability to drive adoption of digital construction and MMC technologies.Personal Attributes:Leadership: Inspire and motivate teams to achieve high performance and meet project goals.Integrity: Uphold strong ethical standards and act in the best interests of the company and stakeholders.Adaptability: Flexibility to adapt to changing situations and challenges.Problem-Solving: Creative approach to solving problems and making informed decisions.Attention to Detail: Meticulous in ensuring accuracy and quality in all aspects of the project.Interpersonal Skills: Strong ability to build and maintain relationships with clients, consultants, and team members.Resilience: Ability to handle pressure and maintain focus in a fast-paced environmentOur offer: We are passionate about our people, and we are committed to your career development with us. You will have full access to our People Development team, and we encourage you to consider your personal development desires. We pride ourselves on fully supporting you in undertaking development and education to achieve your goals and objectives. We have a competitive and progressive benefits package to help shape and support you inside and outside of work. We pay you a competitive salary we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and gender pay parity; We will provide you with car allowance and access to electric and hybrid vehicle leasing through our salary sacrifice scheme; We share our financial success with our bonus scheme; We invest in your future with our pension plan provided by AVIVA; We protect your loved ones by giving a life assurance benefit based on multiples of salary; We support you when you might have health concerns for you or your family with our Digital GP app; We will help you manage the balance of work and home with agile working (where possible) and flexibility to ensure that you can be there for those important life events; We give you 24-26 days of annual leave, with the ability to buy additional leave; We support a complete business closure between Christmas and New Year, which does not require you to use your annual leave entitlement; We give you enhanced pay if you take leave due to becoming a parent; however you become a parent;We support your career aspirations; we are committed to personal growth and internal talent development; We offer you access to our Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme, which includes access to e-bikes; We support you when you need external support with our Employee Assistance Programme.We put our people first. As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to creating an environment in which we can all be our best and bring our authentic selves to work. We ensure our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably, should you wish to discuss any adjustments please contact our people team (people@henryboot.co.uk) We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time in advance of the closing date. We are unable to accept applications from agencies who have not been directly instructed to act on our behalf, this includes communications shared with hiring managers, for more information, see the recruitment agency disclaimer on our Careers home page.
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