Design Manager Omexom Design England

The Design Manager is a key member of the Design Management team. You will assist the Head of Design Management and the relevant Business Unit General Manager to ensure:

• Design compliance
• Quality standards
• Successful delivery of a portfolio of design projects

Additional responsibilities include:

• Promoting Omexom within the industry to support business development and employee engagement
• Setting a high standard for stakeholder management across the project team
• Ensuring the design teams uphold stakeholder management best practices
• Demonstrating commercial and financial awareness to manage project scope changes efficiently
• Encouraging engineering innovation and value engineering with a focus on sustainability

Other key tasks:

• Supporting the technical design team in developing and reviewing processes and procedures, ensuring adherence during scheme development
• Assessing the impact of one project's design on concurrent projects, and supporting resource allocation
• Understanding NEC and other relevant contract types
• Managing the design programme, design scope deliverables, and reporting progress or delays accurately
• Acting as custodian of design change, managing change registers, EWNs, nCEs, and PMIs per contractual provisions
• Collaborating with commercial managers, quantity surveyors, project managers, and internal designers to manage project communications
• Managing and registering Technical Queries (TQs) and Requests for Information (RFIs)
• Liaising with the Principal Designer regarding communications for permanent and temporary works
• Promoting a proactive team culture and sharing lessons learned and best practices

Including but not limited to:

• Lead and manage the overall design programme, ensuring timely and accurate reporting
• Produce design programmes with input from design teams and OEMs, meeting client deliverables
• Coordinate tender estimates and technical responses
• Ensure timely, on-budget delivery of project design scopes in line with customer requirements, quality, safety, and CDM 2015 regulations
• Promote 'smarter working' practices
• Encourage a culture of safety, health, and environmental awareness
• Drive innovation and collaboration within the design team
• Manage technical and scope changes across projects
• Compile monthly project reports
• Seek opportunities to deliver safer, faster, and more profitable outcomes
• Maintain key project documentation
• Ensure compliance with Omexom's governance and customer requirements
• Review method statements and risk assessments to ensure design compliance
• Ensure Energy Transmission projects comply with client specifications and supplier requirements

Stakeholders and working relationships include:

• Business Unit General Managers (BUGM)
• Design Delivery Managers / Heads of Design
• Project Directors / Project Managers
• Designers and Technicians
• Site Managers
• Estimating and Planning Engineers
• Key Consultants, Subcontractors, and Suppliers
• Client Representatives

Essential:

• 8+ years in a related role
• Relevant qualifications (Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management, etc.)
• Proven ability to deliver design projects
• High attention to detail
• Strong belief in team development
• Experience in design delivery and design management
• Proven track record of safe, timely, and high-quality program delivery
• Experience interfacing with internal and external stakeholders
• Solid technical foundation and engineering experience
• Experience managing projects ranging from standard to complex
• Proven leadership in managing multi-disciplinary and multicultural teams
• Degree qualified in Engineering, Project Management, or related discipline

Desired:

• Experience in energy transmission and distribution projects
• Background in UK Energy or highly regulated industries
• Membership in a relevant professional institution

Required skills, knowledge, and abilities:

• Strong knowledge of SSEN and National Grid design management/approvals processes
• Excellent management and organisational skills
• Understanding of information management (incl. ISO19650 - BIM)
• Knowledge of CDM 2015 regulations, especially Principal Designer requirements
• Awareness of roles such as LCDAE and CDAE for National Grid projects
• Experience with National Grid design assurance and Type Approval
• Ability to meet commercial targets and work under pressure
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Strong customer focus
• Commitment to safety and quality standards

Aligned with Omexom's core values:

• Team Spirit & Generosity: Contribute effectively to team efforts and performance
• Trust & Empowerment: Manage time and responsibilities independently and professionally
• Integrity & Responsibility: Take ownership of duties to deliver high-quality outcomes
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Continuously seek to improve processes and drive efficiency