Role: Design Coordinator / Principal Engineer
Location: Leeds
Rate: £50 - £55 p/h Outside IR35/LTD Company
Duration: 12 Months+
Sector: Wastewater
 
My client is an award-winning and innovative contractor providing project solutions for the water and wastewater industry including design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance.
 
The company has continued on its growth strategy within the UK Water Sector and now boasts projects and long-term framework agreements with key Water Companies.    
 
They are seeking an experienced Design Coordinator to join their growing water and wastewater business in the UK.
 
The majority of the design packages to work through and sub contractors to manage are from a Mechanical bias as well as M&E, a Mechanical Engineer would be suitable however will also consider from a civil background
 
As a Design Coordinator you will be responsible for supporting the Design Manager to coordinate the design outputs within a multi-discipline team across the Project or Projects assigned to you from resourcing, technical and timely prospective ensuring compliance with company procedures and Client specification.
 
This will include distributing packages of work to other team members and taking on client facing responsibilities alongside managing sub contractor progress.
 
 Role:  
- Understanding and agree the clients project requirements  
- Agreeing levels of resource against the programme  
- Track and monitor design outputs against design deliverables and project programme  
- Track and monitor design expenditure against cost allowance  
- Produce monthly progress reports  
- Review and collate documents & drawings for both internal governance and client acceptance through the gateway processes  
- Identification of requirements for design of temporary works  
- Monitor and Track change control  
- Site Visits as required    
 Responsibilities:    
- Agreeing levels of resource against the programme  
- Ensuring production of all documentation required to manage the project in line with CDM
 
requirements:
 
- 10 years demonstrated Design Experience  in the water/wastewater sector
- Compilation of Weekly / monthly reports as dictated by the project  
- Monitoring of design outputs against the design deliverable schedule including remedial cause of action as required.  
- Confirming that all regularity standards are adhered to  
- Technical governance and sign off is adhered to  
- Chair Design meetings  
- Contribute to the production of the design cost for individual schemes  
- Coordinate the design engineers across all disciplines  
- Ensure that Principal Designer duties are administered and discharged in line with CDM 2015   - Develop and update the Design Management Plan.  
- Producing design briefs, incorporating the requirements of all the project needs, including Mechanical, Electrical and Civil interface  
- Producing and reviewing sub-contractor enquiry documents to enable all design to be incorporated  
- Ensure all disciplines design are incorporated into the 3D model  
- Report and gain approval for change     Experience/Qualifications Needed:    
- - Experience of managing multidiscipline teams  
- Experience of managing Multiple small projects or single larger projects  
- Industry applicable ONC/HNC/B Eng or NVQ Equivalent.  
- Principle Designer Status  
- Chartered Engineer preferred or working towards chartership