Design Project Manager

Location

Birmingham | United Kingdom

Job description

Design Project Manager Location: Birmingham Salary: £65,000 - £74,000 dependant on experience plus package including:- Travel Allowance (up to £350 per month) - Private Healthcare - Competitive Pension Plan - Lunch AllowanceSummaryOne of the UK's largest infrastructure contractor has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Design Project Manager to join their Rail Team based in Birmingham working on projects including Curzon Street Railway Station Project You will provide support to the Head of Design, providing consistency across the Design and Engineering group in terms of project management of the design, contract administration, programme, change control and reporting on overall progress.Key Responsibilities- Managing the JV design contract including cost control and contract admin activities. - Coordinate management of communications (EWs, GCs, CEs, TQs), cascading this information to the relevant Design Delivery Managers, follow up, chase actions, attend RRMs and provide responses. - Optimise the process and provide consistency. - Change Control: Manage project-wide design scope and manage design change, maintaining a record of changes across packages, making sure any change from design is captured and follows the process. - Programme: Manage project-wide design programme and manage design programme change. - Cost & Programme reviews: Support the Design Delivery Managers on the cost and programme reviews for the work packages to ensure a better and more coordinated review on these two key areas. - Support the head of Design on regular, dashboard-based design status reporting. - Liaise closely with the Consultant Design PM and client Design PM to ensure clear and consistent messaging on design through the IPT. - Support Design Delivery Managers in preparation of Work Package MIDs and be responsible for the preparation of project-wide MIDP. - Ensure consistency across all design work packages with respect to contract admin, reporting, programme, change and quality. - Help ensure that the consultant delivers best value design services for the client.Seeking candidates with:- Experience within a similar role within an appropriately sized engineering organisation. - Educated to degree or higher level or equivalent in a numerate discipline, typically Engineering discipline (or related). - A lower educational level, typically HNC or HND, may be acceptable where a very significant level of experience in a senior technical engineering role can be demonstrated. - Membership of an appropriate Professional body, typically Chartered member of Institute of Civil Engineering or an international equivalent professional status - Ability to manage teams of people in a multi-disciplinary environment - An excellent communication skills (including presentation skills) in English, both written and verbal and the ability to report at both Project and Board level.For further information on this opportunity and to apply please get in touch.Navartis Ltd is a specialist recruitment company supplying highly skilled technical and management professionals within the global Transportation, Civil Engineering & Utility industries, if you are seeking a new position our recruitment team can locate the opportunity to suit your needs.

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£65k - £74k per annum