Job Description

Kier Group are looking for a Senior Design Manager to join our Strategic Projects business unit on a major scheme in the Defence sector at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire.



Our Strategic Projects business delivers major projects across the Custodial, Life Science, Commercial, Defence and Healthcare sectors on a national scale.

Location:

Cranwell, Sleaford

Hours

: Full time, permanent. Flexible working options are available.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Design Manager you'll be working as part of a wider design team on a major project.



Your day to day will include:


Management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule. Ensuring that our appointed design consultants carry out their duties in line with their appointment, interrogating returns to ensure compliance with standards and brief. Design input at both preconstruction and construction stage of projects The production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules. Attending/chair necessary meetings and workshops with internal and external stakeholders.

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Design Manager is great for you if you have:


Experience of delivering high value, complex design work from the main contractor perspective. Ability to organise, plan, programme and manage workloads. Experience of site/contract procedures would be an advantage Any exposure to Defence of our other core sectors would be advantageous.




We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.



As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.





Due to the nature of this role and the nature of the work at this site, you will be required to complete a Government Security Check (SC) Clearance, which takes place before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. (Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us - to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit jobs.kier.co.uk/prison-programme/). This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.





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