Assistant Design Manager - Barnes Construction

The Company
Barnes Construction are the largest division of The Barnes Group Limited and offer a comprehensive professional construction service. The Group is very proud of its commitment to its employees and actively encourages professional and personal development. Since its formation in 1978, the Company has established itself as a client-focussed Building Contractor, completing a wide range of contracts for blue chip and repeat business clientele. The business is based at its Head Office in Ipswich but operates throughout the UK. Barnes Construction is committed to good practice in Health & Safety and has established an extremely good record in this area.

Reporting to: Associate Divisional Director

Location: Barnes Construction Ipswich Head Office (in person)

Contract type: Full time, permanent

Immediate colleagues: Design Department

Schedule: 39 hours per week (Monday – Friday)

Responsibilities:

• Ability to lead or assist and manage multi-disciplinary external design teams.
• Attending client meetings, site meetings and subcontractor meetings where required.
• Basic experience in the leisure, commercial, education and mixed-use markets, designing to both traditional and modern methods of construction.
• Review all design deliverables, including specialist supplier elements and interfaces to established that they are within budget, are fully coordinated and are buildable.
• Coordinate project team comments and resolve any design related construction queries with the design team.
• Knowledge of Building Regulations and the planning process.
• Basic understanding of the Building Safety Act.
• Ability to interpret Employers Requirements and other documents and assisting with the development of Contractors Proposal.
• An understanding of the design and risk management processes.
• Produce or assist with design programmes/controls for timely information release to procurement and construction delivery teams.
• Commercial awareness and value engineering to increase value to clients and drive down capital costs.
• Abide by and help ensure conformity to all business policies and processes. 
• Assist and contribute to assigned/delegated tasks in a professional manner.

About you:

• You have a degree, HND or similar qualification in a construction discipline or currently working through a qualification.
• Construction experience; design experience is desirable.
• Articulate with the skills to produce clear and concise proposals.
• IT literate.
• Ability to work independently and manage own workload.
• A good team player working with internal and external teams.
• It’s essential you have excellent interpersonal skills.

Benefits
The Company actively encourages continued training and offers realistic long-term career opportunities throughout the business.

If you are interested in the above position, applications should, in the first instance, be made in writing enclosing a current CV marked ‘For the attention of Mr D Sheldrake, Associate Divisional Director’ or by email to: recruitment@barnesconstruction.co.uk

Mr D Sheldrake
Associate Divisional Director
Barnes Construction
6 Bermuda Road
Ransomes Europark
Ipswich
Suffolk IP3 9RU

All applicants will be treated in the strictest confidence. Barnes Construction is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and safer recruitment practices. We undertake all the required pre-employment checks on the successful candidate.
Note: Only applications made in writing or direct to recruitment@barnesconstruction.co.uk will be accepted.