Job Description
**Job Title: Design Management Lead** **Summary:** Lead design management for projects, ensuring exceptional safety, quality, cost, programme, sustainability, and compliance standards, while championing a diverse and inclusive working environment. You will need to login before you can apply for a job. At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. Our values shape the way we consult, and define the people we want to join us on our journey. **Key Responsibilities:** * Lead and maintain exceptional safety, quality, cost, programme, sustainability, and compliance standards for design resources * Champion a diverse and inclusive working environment and understand the importance of the wellbeing of the people you manage * Act as the day-to-day operational manager for design managers or other design management resource deployed to projects * Lead the delivery of design management to deliver key strategic outcomes and sub-function KPIs * Manage daily operations for project design resource/managers * Lead and present management review data/key performance indicators (KPIs) to project and sub-function leadership * Supports business development and work winning activities * Leads the identification, development, and delivery of relevant training * Ensure management system is followed and whole project roles and responsibilities are adhered to * Acts as focal point for design related matters on project/s * Recommends and initiates change to project delivery plans, develops new design management tools and operating processes * Supports and influences procurement routes, contractual and legal aspects of project/s * Contributes to the promotion of technical excellence, support dialogue/communication * Collaborates project management office (PMO) teams (as required) ensuring coordinated deliverables * Actively seeks out knowledge and experience through Company reach back * Actively seeks understanding and utilise the centre of excellence (Co E) knowledge base * Works collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition, and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work **Requirements:** * Good knowledge and application of design management systems, design risk management and mitigation * Excellent knowledge of prefabrication/build strategies * Extensive multiple sector experience delivering different building types * Display good negotiation skills to support the client/customer focus * Good knowledge of the construction and consultancy industries * Building safety legislation, building standards, construction contracts, professional appointments and health and safety legislation * Excellent communication, organisational, presentation and writing skills * Maintains impartiality & takes pragmatic approach evaluating evidence * Ability to take initiative and make appropriate decisions * Good BIM literacy, BIM management and BIM Deliverables * Good technical knowledge to challenge projects/design/proposals * Ability to lead others and delegate effectively * Continuous improvement and resilience through training and business improvement activities * Works from their own initiative * Enthusiastic, involves and encourages others * Acts as central point of contact for project and relevant stakeholders, internal and externally, operating within an inclusive environment * Understands personal strengths and weaknesses, seeks learning and support where appropriate * Educated to degree level preferably in design relevant discipline (or equivalent) * Membership professional body (RIBA, MICE, CIBSE, CIOB, RICS, CIAT) * Experience in the successful delivery phase of projects and programmes in the construction sector * Construction management expertise * Developing commercial and financial acumen * Experience leading parts of construction projects within large, diverse teams * Experience of building relationships with key stakeholders * Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on * CPD record of continual learning/development * Demonstrable building safety competence for Higher Risk Buildings * Good knowledge of all design disciplines * Exposure to Risk and Opportunity through Design management processes * Developed understanding of Statutory and Mandatory requirements and timescales, including Higher Risk Buildings * Stays up to date with key industry/professional trends * Work with industry leadership, professional bodies and affiliations (CLC, CIBSE, RICS, RIBA, ASFP) * Knowledge of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) rules and specific sector/market regulations * Ability to deal with and influence senior management * Seeks opportunities for implementing improved working practices * Actively improve the team's knowledge and improve their interdependencies and communication skills * Experience with interview and team build-up * Ability to deal with and influence senior management towards a desired course of action * Mentors and develops individuals, sharing knowledge and experience * Networks with peer project teams and other disciplines **About Mace:** At Mace, we empower our people to be collaborative, curious, and entrepreneurial. We aim to attract the best and brightest people, whatever their background, to bring new perspectives to some of the most challenging and inspiring projects around the world. We want our employees to thrive and achieve their highest potential. We are passionate about creating an environment that provides opportunities for the most stimulating and fulfilling careers.