Senior Design Coordinator

This role involves coordinating the delivery of projects by working as part of a team. The Project Coordinator will be responsible for preparing feasibility study reports and reviewing them with senior colleagues.

• Job Responsibilities
• Prepare feasibility study reports to meet brief requirements in the agreed format and review with senior or project engineer.
• Work with the design team to assemble a design specification compliant with the employer's requirements, agree its format and content, and monitor and review its preparation ensuring delivery by the due date.
• Agree and monitor scope of works with the project manager.
• Clearly define building requirements and purpose of use with the project manager and design team to allow detailed design.
• CarrY out detailed design to WSP and B Regulations standard ensuring CDM, QA and technical review and sign off by the project manager.
• Review and monitor the production of calculations including QA, technical reviews and sign off.
• Ensure that information for project costing preparation is completed in requisite detail and to deadlines, and keep the design team informed regarding design progress through explanation of design decisions.
• Provide documentary information via the design team to assist in the preparation of tender documents, ensuring that information for tender preparation is completed in requisite detail and to deadlines, and keep the design team informed regarding design progress through explanation of design decisions.
• Coordinate project contracts documents (drawings and specifications) and reviews input from team members.
• Deal with the day to day queries from the design team, ensuring that relevant information is available on time for construction activity.
• Report to the design team in association with the project manager any variance between the works constructed and the design intent.
• Project manage commissions from the design team, using applicable project management tools.
• Lead the design process and encourage the rest of the team to deliver appropriate and cost effective solutions to the agreed programme.
• Follow in full the document control, archiving CDM and QA processes relevant to project work, ensuring drawings, specifications, reports and correspondence are issued, and filed in an appropriate manner, coach junior staff in their usage.
• Technical and Project Management
• Raise the level of technical competence within the teams.
• Implement delivery and quality measurement processes.
• Promote technical excellence in all our projects.
• Undertake technical reviews and contribute to the concept design.
• Provide continuous feedback to the project manager on the effectiveness of the protocols and processes in place with a view to continuous improvement.
• Develop positive professional relationship with the design team, communicating openly about project progress.
• Participate in team meetings, disseminate information within the team, and communicate with other teams.
• Identify and act on, or refer, potential risk issues and follow in full the company commercial and contracting processes.
• Manage delegated tasks to ensure that deadlines are met and flag resourcing concerns to team leader.
• Identify and flag additional fees / scope agreed to the project manager.
• Complete timesheet accurately ahead of weekly deadlines.

Key Competencies/Skills:

• The applicant will have proven experience in the design of Building Structures with significant experience in a similar role or demonstration of a good track record.
• Good presentation skills are also required.
• Must be fully conversant with technical structural software, such as RAM, CSC, ETABSs and SAFE.
• A sound understanding of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Project is essential.
• Must be fluent in English with an excellent understanding of technical terminology.

Desired Skills:

• Demonstrate good management, communication and technical skills and be capable of working both within the team and independently, as dictated by workload.

Qualifications:

• The applicant should ideally have obtained British Chartered Engineer status or equivalent, possess a degree in Civil or Structural Engineering and possess membership to an accredited engineering body Experience: 14+ years.

Benefits

This role offers the opportunity to work on various projects and develop your skills and expertise in the field of Building Structures.

Others

We are looking for someone who is proactive, able to work independently and as part of a team, and has excellent communication skills.