Design Manager

Skanska
Description and requirements

Our Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture team is working in partnership with HS2 to deliver the new London tunnels from Euston to West Ruislip. Our joint venture team is working on sites at Euston, Old Oak Common and West Ruislip, building tunnels 13 miles long and up to 50m deep, supporting delivery of HS2 phase one.

We are looking for A Design Manager to join our HS2 team onsite in London.

Role

Reporting to the AP Engineering Manager (Buildings), you will be responsible for managing designs produced by outside consultants to strengthen (or otherwise mitigate) privately owned buildings, located adjacent to the HS2 railway, adversely affected by ground displacements caused by construction of the new railway. This role within the Engineering Team is to take a position which is independent of SCS Delivery. The resource should take a leading role in all interfacing and coordinating aspects

Structures requiring mitigation include Scheduled Heritage Buildings, some of whose freeholds are held by the Crown Estate. Railway assets are not part of this remit and will be managed by the separate AP Design Manager (Rail). Work is significantly underway with reports produced for structural surveys and structural assessments.

A mitigation strategy has been finalized, with a plan to produce detailed engineering designs, drawings, and specifications, or other forms of mitigation. Some design contracts have been awarded. However, some designs may be carried out by our own Design House, or by a design and build subcontractor. The resource is also required to contribute to reviewing WPPs, Task Briefing Sheets, RAs, MSs, ITPs etc, and to contribute to reviewing Red Line data for accuracy, as a prelude for inputting into an as-built model

An understanding of structural engineering and building design is required to be able to make critical decisions and to interface / coordinate / integrate with other discipline specialists

Working with the Asset Protection Manager, and the Design Houses, you will take the outline plan and produce a detailed plan for design delivery to meet the construction programme; subsequently taking steps to ensure that no slippage occurs in the programme. Forecast dates should match the original scheduled dates unless a scope change to baseline is identified as being required and has been authorized by the project.

You will manage day-to-day interactions with internal (e.g., SCS Construction, Procurement, Legal, Logistics etc) and external interfaces, with the customer and third-party stakeholders (e.g., Property Owners, Crown Estates, External structural consultants who advise the Owners, LBC departments including Building Control, and Utility Companies (Thames Water etc). You will ensure the production of the design deliverables by our design partners meets the correct quality, contract, safety, time, and cost requirements. You will also work closely with the other design managers, to ensure coordination of design elements throughout the contract and to identify change.

In association with others, you will accept completed designs, complete with assurance documentation. Assurance processes include those of HS2, SCS, Crown Estates, LBC, and Utility Companies

Key Responsibilities

• Reviewing Client documentation and providing timely input into the design process
• Planning, tracking, and reviewing design documentation
• Coordinating documentation review with the relevant SCS teams
• Assisting the Asset Protection Lead in the review of design resources and outputs
• Ensuring that relevant design management plans and assurance plans are adhered to, wit
• Being familiar with, and committing to Health & Safety and Environmental Policies
• Implementing requirements of the Safety Management System
• Ensuring that the Construction Team, Sub-Contractors and Suppliers receive or have access to copies of the Health and Safety and Environmental Policies, and are kept informed
• Internal liaison with the Construction Team, QA team and Cost Control
• External liaison with HS2, Suppliers & Stakeholders. Co-ordination with the Asset Manager
• Managing, mentoring, and developing junior team members and graduate engineers

Required Qualifications & Skills

• University Engineering Degree in Civil Engineering or similar
• Professional qualification (CEng, MIStructE); or close to obtaining this qualification
• Building Control skills, working in a similar capacity for a contractor on a major project
• Strong understanding of Engineering Principles, demonstrated by design experience
• Extensive technical knowledge of construction techniques and best practices
• Knowledge and understanding of construction contract law and forms of contract through experience and formal training
• Training in Health & Safety and Environmental management
• Relevant CSCS Card

Equal opportunities

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Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

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Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.