Location: Between Birmingham and Nottingham

Salary: £(phone number removed)

The role:

Work with senior design managers to learn the role of a design manager and support the SDM with daily tasks on aspects of tenders and projects in progress.

Specifications:

* Play a part in managing the project design resource and team profile at bid and delivery stages

* Support the senior design manager to lead and provide a professional, comprehensive and sustainable design service for the customer and key partners / suppliers at bid and delivery stages

* Manage and co-ordinate agreed specific elements of the design process through the RIBA design stages. Challenge those elements of the brief and bring fresh thinking, innovation and implement continuous improvement benefits to the projects at bid and delivery stages

* Ensure understanding and compliance with design management departmental procedures at bid and delivery stages

* Assist the Senior Design Manager to set-up and agree design management regime with the design team

* Ensure adherence to the design brief/scope of service and develop a comprehensive scope of service for key stages of project

* Assist with design reviews and co-ordination meetings

* Assist with the implementation of the design strategy to deliver co-ordinated Human Resources - Recruitment Jan 2014 ROLE DEFINITION design solutions

* Assist in the production of fully co-ordinated design programme

* Monitor progress against programme, and report to the project team

* Establish the need for and input into design reviews

Requirements;

* BSc/HND/HNC in a relevant technical or architectural discipline

* 3-4 years’ experience with design development/architecture in the construction industry

* Experience in the main contracting market – ideally with Education/Healthcare schemes