Design Manager

At Dornan we are currently recruiting for Design Manager on a commercial site in central London

Reporting to the UK Engineering Manager and Project Director, ensuring the successful execution and completion of designs for a number of projects, meetings defined timescales, milestones, qualify standards and commercial objectives. This will also involve managing internal and external relationships.

As an Engineering member of the team, the Projects Design Manager will be an exemplar ambassador for the company and its values, integrity, dependability, safety, pride, and quality.

Your day to day will include:

• To fully own, lead and co-ordinate the design of a project including process, mechanical, electrical, civil and CAD). Also, to offer design support throughout the project (i.e for Feasibility study, Conceptual design, Basic engineering, Detailed design)
• To produce a design activity schedule and monitor the design and engineering activity within the schedule; thus, ensuring all the necessary design deliverables are achieved on time
• Ensure that calculations are prepared / reviewed by appropriately qualified staff
• To develop best value, robust design solutions which can withstand external challenge
• To understand the design risk and assumptions associated with the project and manage this risk.
• To record the risks and assumptions as the project progresses
• Prepare design and engineering EPC proposals
• To lead the design staff working on the project (including process, mechanical, electrical and BIM)
• Assignment of work to subordinates and provide instructions and training to team members
• To support and maintain good communications with all members of the design and project team
• To ensure the design team are working to the company procedures
• To work to continuously improve standards of performance and improve efficiency
• To promote good H & S practice and minimize risk to operators / maintainers (e.g. designing out confined spaces and working from heights)
• To understand the environment issues associated with the design and to manage them through the design process
• Identify, propose and test innovative ideas
• To undertake post project reviews to identify and communicate lessons learnt and best practice
• To support the UK Head of Engineering on engineering initiatives
• To review of scope and costs for appointment of BIM Companies and Design Companies
• To support tender reviews including:
• Application of lessons learned and compiling of same
• Coordination and buildability reviews, to be presented in A3 report format
• Completion of Fire strategy overlays onto Ventilation drawings to communicate missing dampers
• Completion of void depth mark-ups
• Initial module maps and prefabrication schedules
• Organisation of peer reviews and benchmarking of costs on same
• Development of detailed interface schedules
• Performance tracking of BIM and Design companies
• Planning / Reporting on his project:        
• Inputting with project planner to the TIDP for the project
• Tracking of deliverables and lookahead as outlined in TIDP
• Producing weekly progress reports on development and look ahead
• Managing % complete register for BIM works completed internally
• Ensuring Coordinators weekly “time trackers” are populated, particular care to ensure time spent on instructed works is recorded
• Ownership of Builders work process to include:
• Liaising with the Design / client teams to agree on project specific criteria
• Ensuring information is clearly documented and shared among internal team and supply chain
• Monitoring supply chain compliance with the above details
• Tracking any deviations / new requirements released which have an impact on works complete
• Compiling reports to demonstrate impact to support commercial team
• Representing Dornan in client coordination workshops / progress meetings:
• Compiling detailed and accurate minutes
• Delegating actions arising to team
• Inputting into project risk register
• Leading development of initial Prefabrication strategy / Module mapping. ensuring input from key team members including commercial team
• Tracking change including collating sufficient supporting evidence to support commercial team in recovery
• Track and report on the compilation of O & M documentation, including redline drawings through construction
• Regular input into project lessons learned register and production of “Bulletins” for key items that should be highlighted across projects – leading the post project design lessons learned element
• Contribute to the development / update of Dornan Standards, Methods, and procedure documents
• All other reasonable tasks assigned to you from time to time from your manager / Project Manager

What we are looking for:

• Detailed knowledge of the Projects Design Manager role
• Commercial understanding
• Health, Safety and Environmental systems
• Knowledge of the team's strengths and weaknesses

Why Dornan?

Our commitment to our employees development - we offer career progression pathways, always seeking opportunities to promote and upskill our people.

Health & Wellbeing - Fostering health and wellbeing is paramount to creating a supportive and inclusive work environment. Our commitment to mental health manifests through targeted workshops. We have a Health & Wellbeing Calendar, our Employee Assistance Programme, and the formation of a Wellbeing Network comprising over 80 trained Mental Health First Aiders.

Corporate Social Responsibility - We embrace our role in shaping a sustainable future and understand the significance of our impact. We are committed to delivering leadership in sustainability as ESG Citizens. With our expertise, we strive to reduce the environmental footprint of the communities we serve.

Benefits – from helping you to plan for the future to Health & Wellbeing services we continue our commitment to support our people

Diversity & Inclusion

We believe your career should only be limited by your own ambition. At Dornan we are proud of our dynamic workforce and will continue to recruit people from a variety of backgrounds, cultures and beliefs. Because we know that diverse organisations perform better.

Note for Recruitment Agencies:
We prefer to hire directly and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.

We do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable – please direct all queries to the relevant  Talent Acquisition Partner.