Design Coordinator - Modular Construction

Design Coordinator - Modular Construction

Salary: up to £45k + Excellent benefits and career opportunities

Location: Morley with some flexibility around remote working (2/3 days per week office based).

We have an exciting opportunity for a Design Coordinator to work for a global and leading Modular Building / off-site Construction business. Applicants will need to have experience as a Design Coordinator or similar and have experience in design management of construction projects £3million+.

Overview:

Provide a turnkey design service during the pre and post contract of a wide variety of construction projects within the education, healthcare, residential, retail and commercial sectors, delivered using the latest offsite, modern methods of construction.

Design Coordinator duties / responsibilities:

• Support Head of Design and the Project Design Manager in formal appointment of design consultants, ensuring design responsibilities are fully aligned with project objectives.
• Assist on pre-construction activities and tender opportunities to control and interrogate the activities of external design consultants.
• Prepare technical responses for inclusion in PQQ and tender submissions with the Project Design Manager.
• Assist the coordination of the design process through various RIBA design stages.
• Provide collaborative approach with the internal detail design team through all RIBA Stages providing expert technical advice and maintaining consistent link to the end users, clients and statutory bodies.
• Understand the responsibilities of the Lead Designer, Principal Designer and Principal Contractor as defined in the CDM Regulations 2015.
• Principal Designer: Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate H&S in the pre-construction phase of each project.
• Identify, eliminate or control foreseeable risks, ensuring Designers appointed to carry out their duties under the CDM Regulations 2015.
• Assist the Project Design Manager to produce, manage and review design programme in accordance with the master programme, identifying design risk in relation to procurement, sub-contractor selection/scope and Employer’s Requirements & documentation.
• Coordinate with internal and external clients, end users, statutory bodies and design consultants to ensure smooth delivery of the project through all stages of design.
• Assist with the process of planning applications, liaising with all relevant bodies as required. Also, work with internal and external designers to discharge any planning conditions.
• Ensure full compliance with Building Regulations and associated statutory regulations.

Candidate requirements:

• Experience in a Design Coordinator or similar role with experience in design management of construction projects £3million+.
• Excellent technical working knowledge of Autodesk AutoCAD and Revit is an absolute necessity.
• Must be from a specific consultancy base such as: Structural/Civil or Architectural background.
• Experience of design and build contracts with specific knowledge of education, healthcare, residential and commercial buildings.
• Working knowledge of CDM Regulations.
• Expert knowledge of Building Regulations, Building Bulletins and Health Technical Memorandums.
• Working knowledge of working with BREEAM.
• Knowledge of design and design interrogation software such as Navisworks for example.
• Experience within Offsite and Modern Methods of Construction is essential, but training will be provided.
• Knowledge of understanding and implementing: Information Release Schedules, Design Responsibility Matrices, Design Programmes and methods of how design is tracked/managed throughout the design process.

If this sounds like the opportunity you have been looking for then please apply by attaching your CV.