Design Coordinator

Swanley, England, United Kingdom

United Living is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future. Our mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure, to create a more sustainable and inclusive society.

United Living Group is comprised of four complementary businesses, all dedicated to realising our vision of creating a connected, sustainable future:

Property Services – We revitalise homes and communities through the regeneration of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods. From delivering large programmes of work for social housing providers, to ensuring the highest building safety standards, we provide a range of services for public sector clients.

Infrastructure Services – Our team of infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical energy and water infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators. The work we do supports the requirement for effective solutions to address the UK’s decarbonisation goals, and our processes minimise environmental and carbon impacts, whilst ensuring the safe and reliable operation of assets.

New Homes - As experienced and specialist new build housing contractors, we create homes and regenerate areas with communities in mind. We work collaboratively with registered partners, local authorities, and private developers to provide high quality, energy efficient, and sustainable homes for people to live and grow.

Connected - We connect people through fixed-line and wireless telecom infrastructure, ensuring seamless communication and access to information for all. At United Living, we have one of the largest specialist in-house teams for project management, acquisition, design, construction, and maintenance in the UK.

Job Description

Purpose

To assist the Design Manager in coordinating the consultant team in the development of the detailed design, ensuring the design is fully coordinated and complies the United Living’s requirements and current regulations, to achieve the necessary approvals and enable a start on site in line with agreed programmes.

Specific Responsibilities

Coordinate technical and design processes, design teams and subcontractors throughout detail design, procurement and construction, monitoring progress to ensure delivery on time and in budget

Technical design coordination of schemes, in accordance with agreed programme, ensuring company targets are met and that the maximum revenue is generated by the quality, cost effectiveness and buildability of the design.

Assisting Design Manager with reviewing of consultants detail design drawings and subcontractor designs

Coordinating consultants and their deliverables driving a high standard

Ensuring that designs comply with Company’s standards

Promoting design that respects budgetary constraints

Providing support to Design Manager on job running

Ensuring fully complete, correct and coordinated packages issued to Commercial and Construction teams

Maintaining and delivering in accordance with Company values

Managing subcontractor and supplier design approvals ensuring timely turnaround

Monitoring subcontractor design approvals and keep up dated approvals schedule in line with build programme

Managing the flow of information to Commercial, Operations and Client.

Updating and coordinating monthly design schedules

Reviewing and coordinating design and technical related issues with the Commercial and Operations teams.

Managing change control process for variations in relation to drawing revisions, construction programmes and costs

Monitoring and obtaining all critical certificates to ensure documentation is in place for completion and handovers

Collating all required information and liaising with Planning Authorities and Building Control to make submissions and obtaining all necessary approvals as required

Ensuring all documents are correctly available for the Document Controller

Managing the processing of information through workflows on the document management system

Ensuring current drawings are filed in order and design information exchange is as per the company protocol.

Undertaking site visits as required

Attending site meetings and monthly/weekly project meetings

Principle design and technical contact during construction works

Monitoring work executed on site to ensure that is as benchmarked and as designed/specified

Managing, investigating and responding promptly with full close out to RFIs from site team and subcontractors

Reviewing and advising on corrective measures for identified design issues

Compiling H&S files and O&M manuals

At all times comply with company policies, procedures and instructions.

Comply with responsibilities as laid down in the group’s health, safety and environmental policy.

Qualifications

Essential

Thorough with a pro-active management style

Ability to prioritise as appropriate, motivate and communicate in order to influence others to ensure that the required objectives are met

An analytical approach to work with an eye for detail.

Leadership skills including being decisive, flexible, good time management, organised, effective, works well under pressure and to strict deadlines

Ability to review drawings and identify buildability and technical issues

Project and process management

Problem solving and decision making

Design delivery and assessing risks

Effective communication with all levels of management and project teams, both internal and external to the Company

Valid driving licence

Knowledge of methodology and sequencing process in delivering a construction project including design and pre-construction activities

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

Passionate about construction and customer satisfaction, with a focus on high standards and excellence.

Proven track record of design requirements for procurement and construction purposes.

Proven track record of design coordination.

Tenacious and driven

Up to date relevant construction industry knowledge including legislation and procedures.

Strong practical knowledge of construction work types, methods and design solutions.

Relevant Design and Build experience.

Experience with CAD (AutoCAD or Revit)

Knowledge & understanding of BIM

Member of relevant professional body (e.g. CIOB, CIAT, or RICS)

Experience of Building Safety Act relevant works

Experience of retrofit works

Additional Information

If you are ready to be part of our expanding team and contribute to our success, apply today for immediate consideration. Join us on this exciting journey of growth and innovation!

As a business United Living prefer to hire directly and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if we require support. We do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable.