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As a Design Manager at WSP in the PMCM Rail team you will be responsible for the delivery of complex rail projects of regional, national, and international significance. A Design Manager will lead on the integration of multi-disciplinary design teams, ensuring project delivery of high-quality, timely, and budget-compliant outcomes.
The team requires individuals who are adaptable in various situations and possess an innovative mindset. You will be willing to take on new challenges and are comfortable in working within significant and complex projects or programmes of work. A background of working with organisations such as Network Rail, HS2, TfGM, and other rail-related organisations will be advantageous.
Responsibilities:
Your Team Based in our central London office, we are a diverse, inclusive and enthusiastic team of Project and Design Managers, focused on the common goal of delivering solutions for our clients. Our passion comes from creating and shaping the built environment through tailored design management as we strive to be the best in our field. If you are looking for a challenge and professional development within our talented team, then we would love to hear from you. Role:
Working on large scale projects with significant responsibility. Planning and keeping track of documentation by putting in place appropriate management and assurance controls for design certainty. Being able to manage your time and the wider team's time effectively and efficiently. Ensuring clear communication through collaborating effectively with both internal WSP teams and external stakeholders to support the delivery of projects. Facilitating and leading any discussions in Design Team Meetings (DTMs), taking clear and concise minutes and ensuring timely completion of actions by the design team. Ensuring project management processes are consistently improved and implemented, e.g. change control. Coordinating relevant disciplines through target led workshops, enabling critical design issues to be resolved in a timely manner. Dealing with RFIs, early warnings, and general communications to reduce project risk and ensure a successful project delivery. Analysing, processing, and responding to design transmittals consisting of drawings, specifications, reports, and other project related documents. Reviewing and evaluating quotations to ensure they align with the project’s scope, budget and client requirements. Managing changes and delays that have affected the project and ensuring these are resolved or mitigated accordingly. Keeping track of meeting discussions. Through making notes, ensuring accurate documentation of discussions, decision and actions for future reference. Updating the design delivery programme, resource, and instructions. Have a thorough understanding of project scope and design responsibility. Itemising scope of services, client briefing schedules, documentation and regular assessment against industry standards to help ensure a better set of deliverables. Instigate efficiency, appropriate use of innovation, buildability whilst factoring the different design stages with the wider design team. Understanding of the design process, roles and responsibilities and be able to coordinate across all disciplines internal and external, ensuring quality and add overall value to the project. Multiple package delivery responsibility and team management, reporting to the Lead Design Delivery Manager. Qualifications & Experience:
Degree in relevant design, engineering, or management discipline (such as project or construction management, architecture, science, building or quantity surveying). Chartered (or approaching) Membership of a relevant professional body. ARB / RIBA / MICE / MIET / APM / PMI / PRINCE2 / Six Sigma certifications would be advantageous. Contract management experience and/or accreditations would be an advantage. Experience of working in major projects with proven Client-side project delivery (design or construction) Experience with major UK clients in a design consultancy environment. Ability to develop and manage customer and stakeholder relationships, through effective listening and influencing skills. Naturally curious, solution focused and responsive to client problems. Experience of delivering value-plus/cross selling of services. Where appropriate, prior compliance with appropriate security clearance levels would be an advantage. About Us:
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Your Team Based in our central London office, we are a diverse, inclusive and enthusiastic team of Project and Design Managers, focused on the common goal of delivering solutions for our clients. Our passion comes from creating and shaping the built environment through tailored design management as we strive to be the best in our field. If you are looking for a challenge and professional development within our talented team, then we would love to hear from you. Role:
Working on large scale projects with significant responsibility. Planning and keeping track of documentation by putting in place appropriate management and assurance controls for design certainty. Being able to manage your time and the wider team's time effectively and efficiently. Ensuring clear communication through collaborating effectively with both internal WSP teams and external stakeholders to support the delivery of projects. Facilitating and leading any discussions in Design Team Meetings (DTMs), taking clear and concise minutes and ensuring timely completion of actions by the design team. Ensuring project management processes are consistently improved and implemented, e.g. change control. Coordinating relevant disciplines through target led workshops, enabling critical design issues to be resolved in a timely manner. Dealing with RFIs, early warnings, and general communications to reduce project risk and ensure a successful project delivery. Analysing, processing, and responding to design transmittals consisting of drawings, specifications, reports, and other project related documents. Reviewing and evaluating quotations to ensure they align with the project’s scope, budget and client requirements. Managing changes and delays that have affected the project and ensuring these are resolved or mitigated accordingly. Keeping track of meeting discussions. Through making notes, ensuring accurate documentation of discussions, decision and actions for future reference. Updating the design delivery programme, resource, and instructions. Have a thorough understanding of project scope and design responsibility. Itemising scope of services, client briefing schedules, documentation and regular assessment against industry standards to help ensure a better set of deliverables. Instigate efficiency, appropriate use of innovation, buildability whilst factoring the different design stages with the wider design team. Understanding of the design process, roles and responsibilities and be able to coordinate across all disciplines internal and external, ensuring quality and add overall value to the project. Multiple package delivery responsibility and team management, reporting to the Lead Design Delivery Manager. Qualifications & Experience:
Degree in relevant design, engineering, or management discipline (such as project or construction management, architecture, science, building or quantity surveying). Chartered (or approaching) Membership of a relevant professional body. ARB / RIBA / MICE / MIET / APM / PMI / PRINCE2 / Six Sigma certifications would be advantageous. Contract management experience and/or accreditations would be an advantage. Experience of working in major projects with proven Client-side project delivery (design or construction) Experience with major UK clients in a design consultancy environment. Ability to develop and manage customer and stakeholder relationships, through effective listening and influencing skills. Naturally curious, solution focused and responsive to client problems. Experience of delivering value-plus/cross selling of services. Where appropriate, prior compliance with appropriate security clearance levels would be an advantage. About Us:
We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready! In today’s world it’s important to work for a company that has a clear purpose, giving back to communities and supporting what is truly important in the world. When considering a career move its vital to work for a business that is aligned to your values and goals, a place where you can belong. To find out more about our business click on the following link and discover what awaits you at WSP: Who We Are | WSP
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