We are currently recruiting for an Regional Building Services Manager in the North West area.
Summary of Role:
Applicable to the management of Building Services (mechanical, electrical and public health systems)
Allocate adequate and suitable resource to manage the design processes on all Stage 1 and 2 tenders and live contracts and monitor performance.
Manage the off-site design process on Stage 1 and 2 tenders, commencing at RIBA Stage 2 or 3 Concept or Developed Design , in accordance with the VCUK
Design Management processes and procedures.
Specific Tasks and Responsibilities:
General Design Work
• Support the Business Development team on pre-qualification submissions and presentations
• Undertake interviews and or audits on prospective Design Teams
• Provide technical support for Design Management Team, including 3rd Party updates on legislation
• Participate in design performance reviews for all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor designers
• Participate in design autopsies on primary / secondary design defects
• Attend all project pipeline meetings and tender gateway reviews to advise on all design matters
• Provide tender and project support to Design Management Team
• Share best practice with Design Director
When appointed to support Tenders - Pre Contract
• Review the Tender Information including the Employer s Information Requirements and any existing Design Team appointments
and determine the scope and extent of all remaining design work, prior to the Tender Start -up meeting
• Verify that the existing Tender (design) Information is compliant, coordinated, affordable (within the existing budget) and
buildable prior to the Tender Settlement meeting
• Determine, in conjunction with the bid team, the strategy for the completion of all remaining design work
• Assess / audit all novated Design Team members and if applicable negotiate any additional services
• Prepare and issue fee enquiries for supplementary Design Team members
• Select and informally appoint supplementary Design Team members for both Pre and Post Contract Stages
• Prepare and issue fee enquiries for any additional survey work and or reports
• Produce and agree the Project Stage draft Design Programme, Design Deliverables and Specialist sub-contractor Procurement
Schedule
• Produce and agree the Project Stage draft Design Programme and Design Deliverables
• Develop, in conjunction with the Design Team, competitive, technically robust design and engineering solutions that respond to
the Employer s Requirements
• Engage with preferred specialist subcontractors to develop innovative design solutions and close out design interfaces
• Compile a schedule of design assumptions, design opportunities (VE), design risks (HSE/CDM) identified during the Tender Stage
design process
• Assist in the technical review of specialist subcontract tender returns and review all alternative design solutions
• Evaluate the commercial responses to specialist sub contract tender returns and propose recommendations for bid inclusion
• Produce technical responses for all design questions contained in the tender enquiry document and compile a schedule of
Tender Stage design clarifications, qualifications and derogations
• Approve all design proposals that are to be included in the tender offer
• Prepare for and attend all Pre and Post Tender Interviews
• Undertake design performance reviews for all primary, secondary and specialist subcontractor designers