Facade Design Manager

Role Overview:

Founded over 20 years, Lawtech have become a leading principal contractor specialising in cladding remediation. We deliver high-quality, compliant, multi-million-pound cladding repatriations & regeneration contracts throughout London and the wider Southeast.

To:
• Management and audit of the assigned projects in its support of design, in conjunction with the relevant commercial & site teams.
• Manage specifications and drawings, including creation and amendments, where Lawtech design is applicable.
• Liaise with Site Managers to assist in quality of delivery of core services.
• Manage, motivate and appraise staff that reports directly to the Design Manager.
• Liaison with H&S and other departments as required to improve business
processes and maintain quality, throughout the company.
• Liaison with manufacturers, external structural engineers and architects.

Role Responsibilities:

• Collation, management and monitoring of specifications, drawings related calculations and design process from start to finish on the assigned projects, where Lawtech design is applicable.
• Liaison with manufacturers and project teams including distribution of relevant documentation.
• Respond to technical queries and make recommendations to resolve problems.
• Respond to ad-hoc problems and raise with Head of Design accordingly.
• Understand commercial implications of risks, issues and recommendations.
• Management and monitoring of design specifications and drawings for other external/sub-contract works (i.e. windows, roofing, M&E), etc

Key Tasks

• Visit sites on a planned and ad-hoc basis.
• Attend regular meetings with Site Teams, as required.
• Attend Client Design Meetings
• Resolve site issues and make recommendations for future changes to Head of Design.
• Management of direct reporting staff.

Skills & Qualifications:

Role-specific:

• Technical qualifications.
• Experienced design manager, within environmental construction projects.
• CSCS card.
• DSB checked as required for specific sites (e.g. schools).

General IT:

• Competent user MS Excel, MS Word, Microsoft Outlook email and calendars.
• Competent user Project Probe.
• Expert CAD user