Design Manager - Main Civil Works Job Description Design Manager - Main Civil Works Job Location City: Ipswich, Leiston Country/Region: United Kingdom Contract Type: Permanent Pole: TRAVAUX PUBLICS (AP003) Full/Part Time: Full Time Remote/Onsite: On-site/Office based Travel Requirements: Occasional travel Requisition ID: 4665 Information at a Glance

Specialized in civil engineering and engineering structures, Bouygues Travaux Publics is one of the world leaders in the fields of land use planning and sustainable infrastructure construction. Bouygues Travaux Publics is committed to diversity and is open to all talents.

Sizewell C is one of the UK's most significant infrastructure and energy projects. The programme will deliver a new nuclear power station in Suffolk, providing reliable low-carbon electricity and supporting the UK's long-term energy security.

We are looking for an experienced Design Manager to join the team delivering the Main Civil Works programme at Sizewell C.

The role will initially support two technically significant work packages covering Secondary Steelworks and Steel Cylinder Concrete Pipes, with responsibility for coordinating design development, technical interfaces and design delivery across the Client, construction teams, designers, consultants and supply chain.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in ensuring complex civil and structural designs are technically compliant, coordinated, constructible and delivered in line with the wider construction programme.

The Role

As Design Manager, you will coordinate the development, review, control and delivery of design information across your assigned packages.

You will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams, Responsible Designers, construction teams,



consultants, procurement, commercial teams and specialist suppliers to ensure design solutions meet technical and contractual requirements while considering safety, constructability, maintainability, quality, programme and cost.

A key part of the role will be managing the interfaces between design, materials, manufacturing, procurement and construction methodology, ensuring technical decisions support successful delivery on site.

You will also challenge and optimise design solutions, lead option studies and value engineering activities, and ensure design risks, changes and technical actions are effectively managed through to close-out.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage design activities, deliverables and technical interfaces across the Client, construction teams, designers, consultants and supply chain;
- Ensure design information is complete, coordinated, approved and delivered in accordance with contractual requirements and programme;
- Review designs for technical compliance, safety, constructability, maintainability, quality and whole-life performance;
- Coordinate design programmes with construction, procurement and commercial requirements;
- Monitor design progress, resources and performance and provide clear reporting to project leadership;
- Manage design risks, opportunities, changes,



technical actions and decisions through to formal close-out;
- Lead option studies, design optimisation, value engineering and whole-life cost assessments;
- Manage design consultants, establishing clear scopes, deliverables, interfaces and performance expectations;
- Challenge design proposals to achieve safer, more constructible and better-value solutions;
- Identify and manage critical interfaces between design, materials, manufacturing, construction methodology and procurement;
- Promote effective information management and the consistent use of BIM and 3D design environments; and
- Support the management of Professional Services Contracts and associated NEC compensation event processes.

Essential Skills & Experience

We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate:

- Strong design management experience within complex civil engineering, construction or major infrastructure projects;
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary designers, consultants, contractors and project stakeholders;
- Experience managing design information, technical interfaces, changes and design deliverables;
- Working knowledge of steelwork and concrete design;
- Solid understanding and practical application of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations;
- Understanding of constructability, design risk management, value engineering and whole-life cost principles;
- Experience aligning design activities with construction programmes, procurement and commercial requirements;
- Familiarity with BIM and 3D design environments;
- Ability to interpret project information and effectively monitor and report design progress and performance;
- Degree-level qualification in a relevant e

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