Hybrid Design Manager

at East West Railway Company

• Job title: Design Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

About the role

• Managing design for designated section of East West Railway, leading a design team to ensure quality outputs. Ensuring compliance with safety and legal standards while delivering on time and budget.

Responsibilities

• Administer the design process.
• Facilitate all project processes in the production of the design – assurance, change management, RFI's, BIM/Digital, CDM etc.
• Identify and fill any process gaps where needed.
• Ensure milestones are being met.
• Manage the completion of milestone tasks such as DRN comments and responses, IDC certificates and signatures, ECC production.
• Ensure that all processes meet safety, legal, and other standards.
• Maintain records in accordance with quality assurance procedures.
• Obtain design input information as required from within EWR or from external parties.
• Administer the RFI/TQ process within contractual timescales.
• Work with the project stakeholders to understand design needs.
• Measure design programme performance against agreed targets.
• Measure cost performance against the agreed budget.
• Identify design, programme and delivery risks.
• Develop mitigation strategies for the risks and monitor their implementation.
• Identify blockers and manage their removal. Create a plan, find the right people, and manage to a conclusion.
• Work with the Principal Designer team to ensure that CDM risks are captured, communicated and resolved in line with agreed process and timescales.
• Take responsibility of your own and others’ health and safety by adopting and working to the EWR Co Health and Safety principles.
• Demonstrates a cost-conscious mindset, keeping tax payers’ money at the forefront of decisions.
• Shows a commitment to innovation by proactively seeking creative solutions to challenges and opportunities.

Requirements

• Experience of working as design manager within a complex, safety focused and regulated organisation with multiple complex interfaces, and delivering to time, budget and quality.
• Experience leading and/or participating in continuous improvement / innovation deployment in an engineering / construction environment.
• Strong communication and influencing skills to negotiate and balance the different needs of stakeholders in relation to the programme.
• A deep understanding of design management, risk and control.
• A good understanding of continuous improvement methodologies and ideas.
• Knowledge of all procurement activities on a construction project.
• Experience of project and programme management practices e.g. PRINCE2 or APM
• Experience of a construction environment and an understanding of its operational complexities.

Benefits

• Competitive salary that reflects your skills and experience
• Up to 12% employer pension contribution to support your future
• 36 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus the option to buy up to 2 extra days
• 2 volunteering days, a chance for you to give back to the community
• Enhanced family-friendly policies to support you and your loved ones
• Life assurance (4x your annual salary) for peace of mind
• Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support when you need it
• Access to Perkbox for a wide range of discounts and wellbeing benefits
• Recognition programme, including on-the-spot and annual awards
• Advanced learning and development opportunities to help you grow.