Design Manager Facades

Facades Design Manager - HYBRID BUT UK BASED with access to occasional London site visits

I am looking for an experienced Senior Facades Design Manager to work within the London area / Flexible working. This is an amazing job opportunity that gives you the flexibility of working from home, being on-site occasionally and attending Head Office meetings approximately once a month / once every 2 months. This role is with a long-standing client of mine who is expanding and in need of someone to help run the Design Team. Most of the projects involve re-cladding various properties, and a previous role within cladding/EWI/rainscreen cladding/facades or any related industry is desired.

Design Manager Role

• Management and audit of the assigned projects in support of design, in conjunction with the relevant commercial & site teams.
• Manage specifications and drawings, including creation and amendments, where design is applicable.
• Liaise with Site Managers to assist in the quality of delivery of core services.
• Manage, motivate, and appraise staff that reports directly to the Design Manager.
• Liaison with H&S and other departments as required to improve business processes and maintain quality throughout the company.
• Liaison with manufacturers, external structural engineers, and architects.

Design Manager Details

• Collation, management, and monitoring of specifications, drawings, related calculations, and design process from start to finish on the assigned projects, where company design is applicable.
• Liaison with manufacturers and project teams including distribution of relevant documentation.
• Respond to technical queries and make recommendations to resolve problems.
• Respond to ad-hoc problems and raise with Head of Design accordingly.
• Understand commercial implications of risks, issues, and recommendations.
• Management and monitoring of design specifications and drawings for other external/sub-contract works (i.e., windows, roofing, M&E), etc.

Key tasks

• Visit sites on a planned and ad-hoc basis.
• Attend regular meetings with Site Teams, as required.
• Attend Client Design Meetings.
• Resolve site issues and make recommendations for future changes to the Head of Design.
• Management of direct reporting staff.

Design Manager Specifics

• Technical qualifications.
• Experienced design manager within environmental construction projects.
• CSCS card.
• DSB checked as required for specific sites (e.g., schools).

General IT

• Competent user of MS Excel, MS Word, Microsoft Outlook email, and calendars.
• Competent user of Project Probe.
• Expert CAD user.

Please send me your CV in the first instance or call me. IMPORTANT - Please also send me samples of relevant work as this will help with my selection of relevant people. Thank you.