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Assistant Design Manager
Guildford
An opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Design Manager to join the team at Galliford Try.
Ideally, you will based in or around the Guildford area and will have the opportunity to travel across multiple sites/projects in the Region.
What you will be doing:
- Build effective working relationships throughout the business, up to and including Director level.
- Develop relationships with internal and external customers.
- Promote a culture of inclusive customer service and equal opportunities, to exemplify and promote Galliford Try.
- To implement and comply with Galliford Try’s SHE policy and procedures, all legal requirements, and best practice within the business unit and areas.
- Support the achievement of the annual financial budget (operating profit) for the business unit.
- Assist the team to manage the process of designing solutions.
- Assist the team in conducting ‘value engineering’.
- Assist the Design Manager to propose resources for projects.
- Assist the Design Manager to implement functional policies.
- Assist the Design Manager to support the generation of tenders.
- Support the winning of contracts while minimising risk and maximising gross profit.
- Manage the design process for tender, as directed.
- Meet or exceed the expectations of external and internal customers and to contribute to achieving the greatest possible satisfaction for all customers in all their dealings with Galliford Try’s.
- Assist the Design Manager to propose the design solution for tenders.
- Assist the Design Manager to conduct value engineering.
- Implement Galliford Try’s policies and procedures.
- Implement best practice.
About You:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Be positive, enthusiastic and personable - a team player.
- Be pro-active, organised and professional.
- Willingness to travel and ability to manage own time.
- Ability to work to deadlines.
- Ability to work and communicate at all levels in a way that encourages two-way communication both written and verbal. Comfortable with both groups and individuals.
- High level of computer literacy.
What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.
We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.
We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.
Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.
Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.
Our benefits:
We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.
- Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
- A wide range of corporate discounts
- Comprehensive pension plan
- Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
- Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
- Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role
About us:
Named Contractor of the Year by the Water Industry Awards, Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.
Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.
We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.
For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Building Southern Business business please contact Laura Mitchell on Laura.Mitchell@gallifordtry.co.uk.
Additional Information:
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, part-time and / or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.
Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
A full job description for this role is available upon request.
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