Design Coordinator

Our client is looking to recruit a Design Coordinator to join their team in London on a permanent basis to assist on a number of their water projects.  

As part of the Engineering function based in their Southern Region, the Design Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating design aspects throughout the project lifecycle. The Design Coordinator will support the Design Manager in overseeing the delivery of the design and technical solutions for their various projects across a number of clients. Their contributions will help to make sure this aspect of the project is completed on program and on cost, ensuring safety and quality through design, and achievement of outcomes.  

The role includes aspects of design management and looking at technical solutions as well as supervising the inputs of various consultants and disciplines including environmental, archaeological and planning. You will also work closely with their construction teams to ensure designs meet requirements.  

The Design Coordinator will have the opportunity to work on Water and Wastewater schemes with various clients across the Southern Region.  

Key Responsibilities:  

• Coordinate design in line with the budget and programme, ensuring compliance with the project requirements, standards and specifications.  

• Adhering to CDM regulations including supporting the Design Manager to discharge Principal Designer duties.  

• Promotion of safety, buildability, environmental best practice, and sustainability, through design.  

• Help to produce design plans and briefs.  

• Coordinate external design consultants.  

• Collaboration with other internal disciplines, other technical, operational, maintenance, and strategic stakeholders, and design coordinators.  

• Coordinate between the construction and design team to ensure site investigations and surveys meet project requirements, that design outputs are buildable and drive efficiency in construction, and that technical queries are addressed.  

• Provide input to construction planning activities such as consents and stakeholder management.  

• Coordinate and contribute to internal and external assurance, governance and review processes, including review and production of relevant deliverables.  

• Have awareness of commercial arrangements within area of responsibility.  

• Identify, record and manage design change, risk and opportunity.  

• Ensure quality in design to be ‘right first time’.  

• Coordinate and support preparation of handover documentation.  

Audit and Governance:  

• To operate in an open and even-handed manner with all personnel across the business.  

• Treat all who they interact with, with courtesy and respect, treating everyone equally and embracing differences.  

• To proactively contribute to teamwork and cross-functional working.  

• To listen to each other and share knowledge enabling them to willingly combine expertise across the business and with their clients and supply chain.  

• Behaving with integrity and always demonstrating a professional image.  

• To take personal responsibility & accountability for actions, constantly striving to improve and exceed expectations ensuring safety and quality are never compromised.

successful candidate is likely to meet the following criteria:  

Essential  

• Considerable experience in water and wastewater infrastructure  

• Temporary Works: Understanding of what encompasses Temporary Works and the supporting engineering, understanding of the types of temporary works designs available and what responsibilities the associated roles (designer/coordinator/contractor) have, and engagement of internal and external temporary works designers  

• Degree/HNC qualified, or equivalent, in Civil Engineering or similar  

• Awareness of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and common data environments  

• Proficient in using Microsoft including Excel, Word and PowerPoint  

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise effectively with both clients and staff  

• Time management, project design management  

• Self-driven and results-oriented with a positive outlook