Location
Belfast | United Kingdom
Job description
McLaughlin & Harvey are one of the leading Building and Civil Engineering Contractors operating throughout the UK and Ireland.
We are seeking to recruit an experienced Design Coordinator to join the team.
Responsibilities
In the role of Design Coordinator, you will work closely with the Design Manager and assist with overall management of the McL&H process. The role will enable you to expand on your existing design experience and core skills associated with managing Design Deliverables and Change Control Schedules and allow you to develop additional responsibilities including preparation of Design Responsibility Matrices, appraisals of individual consultant Scope of Services, Design Risk and Mitigation together with participating in and chairing Design Coordination Meetings, Workshops and Reporting.
- Attend design team meetings to co-ordinate architects, engineers and sub-contractor information. Assist the design manager in producing and issuing accurate meeting minutes, ensuring actions are closed out within agreed timescales.
- Assist the Design Manager, reviewing design information to ensure compliance with the ER’s and contract information.
- Assist the Design Manager with drawings reviews to identifying clashes, errors, omissions, issuing comments back to the design team / sub-contractors. Ensuring all comments are accurately integrated into the design.
- Provide support to Design Manager and the operations team with all aspects of the design, co-ordination, sub-contractor design packages and change control processes.
- Assist the Design Manager and operations team to identify, review and implement value engineering opportunities and the change control process to action any value engineering.
- Track the submission of information to satisfy Building Control compliance and pre-commence planning conditions.
- Assist the Design Manager when submitting Design information to the client team, recording, tracking and closing out comment/ queries that arise.
- Assist the Design Manager to ensure all drawings are distributed to the design team and sub-contractors ensuring the flow of information is completed within the design and procurement programme.
- Report design progress to the design manager using Viewpoint and CDE platforms.
Qualifications
Recognised Design or Construction related qualification and/or a proven track record of working as a Design Coordinator within the construction industry.
Experience
- Ability to work to meet project time and cost constraints.
- In-depth knowledge of design process and detailed construction design at both preconstruction and construction phases of projects.
- Must be able to demonstrate ability as a design coordinator working within the construction industry.
- Good understanding of standard document control processes, being able to manage change control processes, establish design responsibilities with design consultants, and programme design to suit main construction programme and activities.
- Ability to work to meet project time and cost constraints.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Experience in the use of extranet based document management systems.
- Good commercial and technical awareness.
What's in it for you?
At McLaughlin and Harvey we offer a fantastic benefits package including the following:
- Flexible and Hybrid working
- Competitive salary
- 33 days annual leave entitlement
- Generous pension contributions
- Life Assurance
If this sounds like the role for you, please apply by clicking here.
McLaughlin & Harvey are an Equal Opportunities Employer
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