Job Description

We\xe2\x80\x99re looking for a Senior Design Manager to join our Kier Build team based in Newcastle. Within this role, you can enjoy private healthcare, a fantastic matched pension scheme, competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, and even more.

Location: Newcastle

Contract: Permanent, full time

Responsibilities

As a Senior Design Manager, you will be supporting the Design team, your role will be key to planned and sustained business growth through the production of client focused bid proposals within our core markets across the UK.

Your day to day will include:

\xc2\xb7 Reporting to the Head of Design you will be responsible for the management and delivery of design information in accordance with the agreed design programme and deliverable schedule.

\xc2\xb7 Ensuring that our appointed design consultants carry out their duties in line with their appointment, interrogating returns to ensure compliance with standards and brief.

\xc2\xb7 Design input at both preconstruction and construction stage of projects.

\xc2\xb7 The production of design programmes, design scopes, design responsibility matrices, appointments, schedules.

\xc2\xb7 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:

\xc2\xb7 Demonstrable experience in a design role within a main contractor environment

\xc2\xb7 Experience working on relevant projects

\xc2\xb7 Experience of BIM level 2 projects, including COBie data, LoDM.

\xc2\xb7 Full UK Driving License

We\xe2\x80\x99re all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don\xe2\x80\x99t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at to discuss and arrange these.

Benefits at Kier

We\xe2\x80\x99re proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:

\xc2\xb7 New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more

\xc2\xb7 26 days\xe2\x80\x99 annual leave + bank holidays (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday)

\xc2\xb7 Two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan)

\xc2\xb7 A free healthcare app giving you access to clinicians and experts on fertility, pregnancy and baby, menopause and men\xe2\x80\x99s health

\xc2\xb7 An additional two days\xe2\x80\x99 leave to take part in volunteering activities of your choice

And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website:

Who is Kier?

We\xe2\x80\x99re made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives:

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We\xe2\x80\x99re proud of the steps we\xe2\x80\x99ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier\xe2\x80\x99s diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here:

Closing date: 17 September 2023

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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Kier Group