Job Ref: 214077337

Date: 2021-06-28 18:29:16

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CarmichaelUK are seeking an experienced Design Manager for work on the HS2 Main Works package at West Ruislip.

Role

Reporting to the Area Design Manager, you will be responsible for leading the design management of the West Ruislip Portal and Ruislip Golf Course design packages, ensuring the design is delivered to an acceptable standard of quality in-line with commercial and programme expectations.

The West Ruislip Portal is a reinforced concrete, porous portal structure, which is used in the temporary case to launch the two Northolt Tunnel West Tunnel Boring Machines.

Working with the Design House (DH), you will forecast and plan the permanent works design delivery for your area. You will lead day-to-day interactions with internal (e.g. Construction Teams, Logistics etc.) and external interfaces, with the customer and third-party stakeholders (e.g. Network Rail, Cadent Gas, HS2 MWCC C1 etc.). You will ensure the production of the design deliverables by the Design House meets the correct quality, contract, safety, time and cost requirements. You will also work closely with the other senior design managers, to ensure coordination of design elements throughout the contract and to identify change.

Key Responsibilities

Design Review

You will manage the review process for the design in your area in accordance with the programme. This includes progressive design reviews (Jour Fixe meetings) with relevant members of HS2 teams along with any 3rd parties, review of the IDR submission of design deliverables, IDR reviews, review of the Final submission and comment close-out.

You will lead the resolution design issues and open comments.

You will reinforce the requirements for the wider team to undertake their design reviews in a timely manner.

Design Assurance

You will ensure that the assurance activities are completed for each design package and liaise with the other team members that have assurance responsibilities.

You will coordinate the programme for L3 panels with the wider area team and lotwide.

Change Control

You will manage design change for your assets; identifying change and assessing the scale of that change. You will manage the change control process through Change Panel and instruction to Design House, gathering inputs from the wider team.

Construction Interface

You will liaise with the construction team and temporary works team and you will lead the resolution of any issues between those teams.

You will ensure that the construction team complete their design-related deliverables, including the Constructability Reports for each design package.

Reporting

You will gather information, data and status updates for the monthly Forecasting and Reporting presentations (F&R), weekly Area Senior Leadership Team meetings and fortnightly Visual Management presentations.

Programme

You will manage the design programme and review and accept/reject programme variations for your assets.

You will manage the interface between the design programme and follow-on activities by liaising with the Planning Team.

Commercial

You will respond to EWNs from the Design House and HS2 and raise EWNs to the Design House (DH) and HS2 that relate to your assets. You will track all EWNs that relate to your assets and ensure that Risk Reduction Meetings are held, actions completed and issues resolved.  

You will also raise and respond to GCs to/from DH and HS2 as required.

Procurement

You will liaise with the procurement team and meet the procurement programme for design information required.

CDM Reviews and Risk Register

You will hold CDM risk reviews and manage the CDM Risk Registers.

You will ensure that you and the Design House meet your / their CDM 2015 responsibilities.

RFIs

You will manage RFIs that relate to your assets, from Design House to HS2 and from the main contractor and other subcontractors to Design House.

Departures

You will manage Departures that relate to your assets, gaining HS2 acceptance prior to signing off the affected design packages.

Assumptions

You will ensure that the Design House raise all relevant assumptions for your assets, that the assumptions are recorded with all relevant information and actions, that assumptions are reviewed as appropriate during the design lifecycle and critical assumptions are reviewed and agreed with the wider HS2 teams. It may be necessary to put design packages on hold if open assumptions are too high a risk to be acceptable to the project.

Project Risk

You will review the Project Risk Register for risks that are relevant to your assets, add new risks to the register as they occur and update existing risk register entries.

Interfaces

You will manage the design interfaces with other HS2 contracts and 3rd parties, liaise with the Interface Managers and manage the interface deliverables from Design House such as interface registers and interface control documents.

Rebar Detailing

You will manage the rebar detailing designs for your assets in accordance with the SCS procedures and you will take the lead to resolve any issues between the design intent, the detailing and the construction team’s requirements.

Consents

You will manage the review, approval and submission of consents deliverables that relate to your assets and liaise with the Consents Team.

CAT 3

You will manage the interface between Design House and the CAT 3 checkers: provide them with early engagement and programme updates for CAT 3 submissions, meet the programme for CAT 3 submissions and manage the issue of comments between the two. You will lead on the resolution of issues where DH and the CAT 3 checker cannot come to agreement.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Degree level qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering or similar.

Holder of a relevant professional qualification (IEng or CEng), or close to obtaining a professional qualification

Experience working in a similar capacity for a contractor on a major project is required

Strong understanding of Engineering Principles

Knowledge and Understanding of construction contract law and forms of contract through experience and formal training

Extensive technical knowledge of construction techniques and best practices.

Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, Document control systems).

Relevant CSCS Card

Training in Health & Safety and Environmental management

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