Overview
Design Manager – Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 0
About Barhale
Who are Barhale?
Barhale is a business founded on family values having been established by our Chairman, Dennis Curran in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services working across multiple sectors including:
- Water
- Transport
- Built environment
- Energy
We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working as part of large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, as well as on individual standalone projects developing long-term relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since their inception in 1985.
Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do as we believe that people are our greatest asset. Therefore, we robustly source, train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide.
We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities including:
- Tunnelling
- MEICA
- Temporary and permanent design
- Steel-fabrication
- Signs (design and fabrication)
- Health & safety equipment and products including PPE
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Why join Barhale?
- As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to our business strategy, ethos and philosophies.
- Job security, long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes
- Broad range of civil engineering and mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects and clients
- Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within as we believe this is a key driver to our success
- Skills Development and Training
Design Manager
The Role:
As part of the Engineering function based in our Yorkshire Region, the role is to manage design teams involved in our growing portfolio of work. This includes management of the design delivery and technical design solutions for our programme of work in the water sector where we are fortunate to have a large number of exciting and challenging projects. You will be involved in managing design for projects that capture some of our clients most critical operational assets, working with highly experienced teams and playing a key role in projects ranging from £1m to £30m.
This involves managing design consultants and multi-discipline teams to deliver the design solutions on schedule and within budget.
The role supports the project delivery teams by managing the development of concept, and detailed design solutions based on client and site-specific requirements for water and wastewater infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Effectively manage the design teams in line with the design delivery programme, ensuring compliance with the project requirements, standards, and specification.
- Adhering to CDM regulations in the capacity of Design Manager and ensuring that appropriate CDM appointments are in place.
- Promotion of safety, environmental best practice, and sustainability, through design.
- Produce design plans and briefs. Manage the agreed contract with external design consultants ensuring that duties are discharged under the contract.
- Support Estimators and the Project Manager to produce and manage the design and budget schedule.
- Implement change control processes to track and manage the development of the Engineering element of a project to ensure all budgetary, programme and scope changes are correctly managed.
- Lead internal and external design reviews.
- Support supply chain selection for specialists’ input on the design.
- Collaboration with other technical, operational, maintenance, and strategic stakeholders, and design coordinators.
- Liaising with Engineering Managers, Project Managers and consultants concerning project issues, scope changes, risks etc.
Audit and Governance:
- Ensure the Barhale Code of Conduct is thoroughly understood, adhered to, and promoted through design to ensure safe, compliant, and consistent working practices.
- To operate in an open- and even-handed manner with all personnel across the business.
- Treat all who we interact with, with courtesy and respect, treating everyone equally and embracing differences.
- Encourage everyone to achieve maximum potential.
- To proactively contribute to teamwork and cross-functional working.
- To listen to each other and share knowledge enables us to willingly combine expertise across the business and with our clients and supply chain.
- Behaving with integrity and always demonstrating a professional image.
- To take personal responsibility & accountability for actions, constantly striving to improve and exceed expectations ensuring safety and quality are never compromised
Key Relationships:
- Designers & Engineers
- Regional Managers, Contracts Managers, and Project Managers
- Site Agents and Site team
- Regional HSEQ team
- Quality and Technical Assurance Manager
- Communication team
Person Specification:
The successful candidate is likely to meet all the following criteria:
Essential
- Minimum 10 years of design and management experience
- Experience in the design management of water and wastewater infrastructure, including pipelines, hydraulics and MEICA.
- Working knowledge of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and common data environments
- Degree/HNC qualified, or equivalent, in relevant discipline
- Member of a recognized engineering professional body
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise effectively with both clients and staff.
- Self-driven and results-oriented with a positive outlook
- People management, time management, project design management
- Temporary Works: Understanding of what encompasses Temporary Works and the supporting engineering, understanding of the types of temporary works designs available and what responsibilities the associated roles (designer/coordinator/contractor) have and engagement of internal and external temporary works designers.
Caring and investing in you
Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years and they are our guiding principle regarding how we care and invest in people. Our values are our commitment to being a people-centric company.
As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers, where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them.
From the moment you join us, your wellbeing and career aspirations will be supported by;
- Competitive salary
- Company Pension
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical
- Profit share scheme
- 25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
- 8 hours leave of absence for volunteering
- Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing
- Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
- Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
- Leadership & management training and coaching
- Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
- Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
- Continuous service awards
Would you like to know more?
Please contact our Recruitment team via careers@barhale.co.uk
